Northern Territory general election, 1974

19 October 1974 (1974-10-19)

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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

	First party

Leader	Goff Letts
Party	Country Liberal
Leader's seat	Victoria River
Seats won	17 seats
Percentage	49.0%

Elected Majority Leader

Goff Letts
Country Liberal

The first general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 19 October 1974, and was won by the Country Liberal Party (CLP), formed a few months earlier from the merger of the territorial Country and Liberal parties.

The CLP won 49.01% of the vote, the Australian Labor Party won 30.46% and independent candidates won 20.54%. The Country Liberals took 17 of the 19 assembly seats. The other two were held by independents; Dawn Lawrie won the seat of Nightcliff, and Ron Withnall won the seat of Port Darwin. Despite finishing second in the vote count, Labor was not represented in the assembly.

As the territory was still being prepared for self-government, Country Liberal Leader Goff Letts took the post of Majority Leader, while a seven-person "executive" managed internal affairs.

Northern Territory general election, 19 October 1974
Legislative Assembly
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Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

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