Results of the 1984 Australian federal election in territories


1984 Australian federal election
National results
State and territory results

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1984 federal election for the Australian Capital Territory [1] and the Northern Territory.[2][3]

Australian Capital Territory

1984 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)
5 March 1984
Both Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and both seats in the Australian Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock
Party Labor Coalition
Last election 2 seats 0 seats
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 71,637 43,225
Percentage 53.34% 32.19%
Swing Decrease 10.56 Increase 0.15
TPP 61.96% 38.04%
TPP swing Decrease 3.53 Increase 3.53
Turnout 94.1% (CV) — Informal 2.9%[4]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 71,637 53.34 -10.56 2 Steady
  Liberal 43,225 32.19 +0.15 0 Steady
  Democrats 10,225 7.61
  Nuclear Disarmament 4,945 3.68
  Deadly Serious 2,826 2.10 -0.86
  Independents 1,435 1.07 -0.03
Total 134,293 2
Two-party-preferred vote
  Labor 83,207 61.96 -3.53 2 Steady
  Liberal 51,074 38.04 3.53 0 Steady
Invalid/blank votes 7,204 5.09 2.88
Turnout 141,497 94.07
Registered voters 150,416
Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

Canberra

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canberra § 1984.[edit]
1984 Australian federal election: Canberra [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ros Kelly 33,454 51.6 −10.4
Liberal Gary Humphries 21,667 33.4 −1.2
Nuclear Disarmament Robyn Hancock 4,945 7.6 +7.6
Democrats Fiona Richardson 4,087 6.3 +6.3
Deadly Serious Joanne Hansen 724 1.1 −2.3
Total formal votes 64,877 95.8
Informal votes 2,829 4.2
Turnout 67,706 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ros Kelly 39,946 61.6 −2.1
Liberal Gary Humphries 24,931 38.4 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −2.1

Fraser

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory) § 1984.[edit]
1984 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Langmore 38,183 55.0 −10.0
Liberal John McLaren 21,558 31.1 +0.9
Democrats Andrew Freeman 6,138 8.8 +8.8
Deadly Serious Rozalyn Daniell 2,102 3.0 +0.5
Independent Emile Brunoro 737 1.1 +1.1
Independent Kevin Wise 353 0.5 −1.7
Independent Arthur Burns 345 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 69,416 94.1
Informal votes 4,375 5.9
Turnout 73,791 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Langmore 43,261 62.3 −5.1
Liberal John McLaren 26,143 37.7 +5.1
Labor hold Swing −5.1

Northern Territory

1984 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)
5 March 1984
The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives
and both seats in the Australian Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke
Party Coalition Labor
Last election 0 seats 1 seat
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 27,335 25,140
Percentage 48.8% 44.9%
Swing Increase 2.0 Decrease 1.7
TPP 51.4% 48.6%
TPP swing Increase 3.3 Decrease 3.3

Northern Territory

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1984.[edit]
1984 Australian federal election: Northern Territory [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Paul Everingham 27,335 48.8 +2.0
Labor John Reeves 25,140 44.9 −1.7
Democrats Wiyendji Roberts 1,906 3.4 −0.1
Independent Phil Ward 1,191 2.1 +2.1
Independent Strider 390 0.7 +0.1
Total formal votes 55,962 95.1
Informal votes 2,909 4.9
Turnout 58,871 85.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Paul Everingham 28,747 51.4 +3.3
Labor John Reeves 27,194 48.6 −3.3
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.3

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1984 House of Representatives: Australian Capital Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "1984 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "1984 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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