2013 Norfolk Island legislative election

The 2013 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 13 March 2013 to elect the 14th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.

2013 Norfolk Island legislative election

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All 9 seats on the Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A Dave Porter
Party Independents Liberal
Last election 8 seats 1 seat
Seats won 8 1
Seat change Steady Steady

Chief Minister before election

David Buffett
Independent

Resulting Chief Minister

Lisle Snell
Independent

This was the last election for the Assembly before it was abolished in 2015 and replaced with the Norfolk Island Regional Council as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.[1]

Following the elections, Lisle Snell replaced David Buffett as Chief Minister on 24 March.[2]

Background

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Nine members are elected to the Assembly for a three-year term. Electors each have nine equal votes, which could be divided in any way between candidates, but no more than two votes could be given to any particular individual candidate. This variation of cumulative voting is called "weighted first past the post".

Incumbent members Craig Anderson (Liberal), Mike King (Labor) and Andre Nobbs (independent) did not seek re-election in 2013. The Norfolk Island Labor Party − led by King − did not contest the election, however the Norfolk Liberals ran two candidates.[3][4][5]

Results

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15 candidates ran at the election.[5][6]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lisle Snell (elected) 869 9.93
Independent Robin Adams (elected) 781 8.93
Independent Ronald Ward (elected) 767 8.77
Independent Timothy Sheridan (elected) 744 8.50
Independent Melissa Ward (elected) 715 8.17
Independent David Buffett (elected) 709 8.10
Liberal Dave Porter (elected) 704 8.05
Independent Ronald Nobbs (elected) 647 7.40
Independent Hadyn Evans (elected) 636 7.27
Independent John Kelly 440 5.03
Independent Fred Howe 420 4.80
Independent Rhonda Griffiths 420 4.80
Independent Neville Christian 387 4.42
Independent Terence Jope 303 3.46
Liberal Ian Anderson 206 2.35
Total formal votes 8,748 100.0
Total formal ballots 972 94.83
Informal votes 53 5.17
Turnout 1,025 93.52

References

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  1. ^ "Norfolk Island self-government to be replaced by local council". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Norfolk Island government website Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Norfolk Island 'may lose self-government'". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "Bankrupt former penal colony Norfolk Island battles to keep its autonomy". The Independent.
  5. ^ a b "NON Government News". Norfolk Online News.
  6. ^ Results