Northern Territory general election, 1974

Northern Territory general election, 1974

19 October 1974 (1974-10-19) → 1977

All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party   Leader Goff Letts Party Country Liberal Party Leader's seat Victoria River Seats won 17 seats Percentage 49.0%

Elected Majority Leader Goff Letts Country Liberal Party

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 incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP).

The Country Liberal Party 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, independents 2. Labor was not represented in the assembly.

As the territory had not yet achieved self-government, Country Liberal Leader Goff Letts took the post of Majority Leader. In place of a cabinet, a seven-person "executive" managed the affairs of government.

Two independents wons seats at this election. Dawn Lawrie won the seat of Nightcliff, and Ron Withnall won the seat of Port Darwin.

See also

• First Letts Executive
• Second Letts Executive
• Third Letts Executive
• Fourth Letts Executive