1976 Alice Springs by-election

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.^[1]

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 19.0 16.0 3.0

MP before election Bernie Kilgariff Country Liberal Elected MP Eric Manuell Country Liberal

Results

1976 Alice Springs by-election^[2][3]

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