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1976 Alice Springs by-election
7 February 1976
  First party Second party Third party
  ALP IND
Candidate Eric Manuell John Piper Alan Gray
Party Country Liberal Labor Independent
First preference vote 874 602 168
Percentage 53.2% 36.6% 10.2%
Swing Decrease 19.0 Increase 16.0 Increase 3.0
MP before election

Bernie Kilgariff
Country Liberal

Elected MP

Eric Manuell
Country Liberal

A by-election for the seat of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 7 February 1976. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member Bernie Kilgariff, the Deputy Majority Leader, to run for one of two newly created seats in the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory in the 1975 federal election.

Results

1976 Alice Springs by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Manuell 874 53.2 −19.0
Labor John Piper 602 36.6 +16.0
Independent Alan Gray 168 10.2 +3.0
Total formal votes 1,644 97.2 +2.7
Informal votes 48 2.8 −2.7
Turnout 1,692 66.2 −9.5
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

References

  1. Adlam, Nigel (14 April 2010). "Territory pioneer dies". Northern Territory News. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. 1976 Alice Springs By-Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 February 1976
  3. Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974-1984, Dean Jaensch & Deborah Wade-Marshall, Australian National University
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