Electoral division of Alice Springs

Alice Springs was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election, and was named after the town of Alice Springs. It was abolished in 1983 and replaced by the new seats of Araluen, Braitling and Sadadeen.

Members for Alice Springs

1974 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country Liberal	Bernie Kilgariff	1,319	72.2
	Labor	Jean Leunig	377	20.6
	Independent	Alan Gray	131	7.2
Total formal votes			1,827	94.5
Informal votes			106	5.5
Turnout			1,933	75.7
	Country Liberal win		(new seat)

1976 Alice Springs by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Eric Manuell	874	53.2	−19.0
	Labor	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

1977 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country Liberal	Rod Oliver	929	51.1
	Labor	Rosalie McDonald	644	35.4
	Progress	Brian Evans	245	13.5
Total formal votes			1,818	96.9
Informal votes			59	3.1
Turnout			1,877	73.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Denis Collins	999	43.8	−7.3
	Independent	Rod Oliver	620	27.1	+27.1
	Labor	Ted Hampton	505	22.1	−13.3
	Independent	Dave Pollock	158	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			2,282	97.4
Informal votes			60	2.6
Turnout			2,342	78.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Denis Collins	1,170	51.3
	Independent	Rod Oliver	1,112	48.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ 1976 Alice Springs By-Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 February 1976
^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980