Country: | Northern Territory |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 7 February 1976 |
Vote Type: | First preference |
Party1: | Country Liberal Party |
Popular Vote1: | 874 |
Percentage1: | 53.2% |
Swing1: | 19.0 |
Candidate2: | John Piper |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote2: | 602 |
Percentage2: | 36.6% |
Swing2: | 16.0 |
Candidate3: | Alan Gray |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote3: | 168 |
Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Swing3: | 3.0 |
Before Party: | Country Liberal Party |
After Party: | Country Liberal Party |
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]