2004 Norfolk Island legislative election

The 2004 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 20 October 2004 to elect the 11th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.

2004 Norfolk Island legislative election

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All 9 seats on the Legislative Assembly
Registered1,332
Turnout91.22%
  First party
 
IND
Leader N/A
Party Independents
Last election 9 seats
Seats won 9
Seat change Steady

Chief Minister before election

Geoff Gardner
Independent

Resulting Chief Minister

Geoff Gardner
Independent

The election was held three months after the murder of Assembly member Ivens Buffett, who also served as Deputy Chief Minister and Lands Minister. His seat remained vacant until the election.[1]

Geoff Gardner remained Chief Minister following the election.[2]

Electoral system

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Electors each had nine equal votes, which could be divided in any way between candidates, but no more than four votes could be given to any particular individual candidate. This variation of cumulative voting is called "weighted first past the post".[3]

Results

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14 candidates contested the election.[4]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Geoff Gardner (elected) 1,809 17.22
Independent Tim Sheridan (elected) 1,436 13.67
Independent Neville Christian (elected) 949 9.04
Independent Lorraine Boudan (elected) 838 7.98
Independent Ron Nobbs (elected) 810 7.71
Independent David Buffett (elected) 755 7.19
Independent John Brown (elected) 674 6.42
Independent Vicky Jack (elected) 652 6.21
Independent Tim Brown (elected) 628 5.98
Independent Chloe Barbara Nicholas 566 5.39
Independent Ric Newton Ion Robinson 512 4.87
Independent John Walsh 426 4.06
Independent Terence Jope 226 2.15
Independent Craig Andrew Robinson 222 2.11
Total formal votes 10,503 100.0
Total formal ballots 1,167 96.05
Informal votes 48 3.95
Turnout 1,215 91.22

References

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  1. ^ "Drama takes a back seat for Norfolk poll". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Hon. Geoffrey Robert Gardner MLA". Norfolk Island Government. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19.
  3. ^ "Change to voting system for March 21 election" (PDF). THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-04.
  4. ^ "Norfolk Island Government Gazette No. 51" (PDF). Norfolk Island Government. 22 October 2004.