Country: | Northern Territory |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 31 July 1999 |
Party1: | Country Liberal Party |
Popular Vote1: | 1,599 |
Percentage1: | 46.4% |
Swing1: | 27.4 |
Candidate2: | Nicole Cridland |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,396 |
Percentage2: | 40.5% |
Swing2: | 14.3 |
Candidate3: | Peter Gandofi |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote3: | 352 |
Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Swing3: | 10.2 |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 53.3% |
2Data1: | 20.5 |
1Data2: | 46.7% |
2Data2: | 20.5 |
MP | |
Before Party: | Country Liberal Party |
After Party: | Country Liberal Party |
A by-election for the seat of Blain in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 31 July 1999. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member Barry Coulter, a former Deputy Chief Minister. Coulter had held Blain, and its predecessors Berrimah and Palmerston, since 1983.
The CLP selected Terry Mills, a private school Principal, as its candidate. The Labor candidate was Nicole Cridland.