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by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election ( Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election use ...
for the seat of
Stuart
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in the
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 23 September 2006. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of
Labor
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member
Peter Toyne
Peter Howard Toyne (born 25 January 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2006, representing the rural electorate of Stuart. He served as Attorney-Gene ...
, the Minister for Health, on 29 August 2006 due to ill health. The seat had been held by the Labor Party since 1983, with Toyne as the member since 1996.
The Labor Party selected indigenous policy adviser
Karl Hampton as its candidate. The opposition
Country Liberal Party
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...
endorsed two candidates, while three independents also contested, including the CLP's 2005 candidate Anna Machado. Hampton easily won the by-election.
Results
§ The combined CLP vote was 20.3%, a decrease of 8.4% from the 2005 result.
References
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2006 elections in Australia
Northern Territory by-elections
2000s in the Northern Territory