The Northern Territory Nationals was a political party active in the

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in the late 1980s. The party was not affiliated with the

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, the NT affiliate of which was the

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. However, the party was associated with the

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-supported "

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" campaign. After the 1987 election, the party was represented in the Assembly by Ian Tuxworth, the former

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and CLP leader. The party gained a second seat in 1988, when

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won a by-election in the seat of

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. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1990 election erased Tuxworth's majority in Barkly and abolished Flynn altogether. Tuxworth tried to transfer to the new seat of Goyder, but lost to the CLP's Terry McCarthy. Floreani tried to transfer to Araluen, but was heavily defeated by CLP incumbent

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. The NT Nationals faded away soon afterward.

Territory electoral performance

References

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