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The Greatorex by-election, 2007 was a by-election held on 28 July 2007 for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly electorate of Greatorex in Alice Springs.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Labor admits it's on ropes in Alice". ''Northern Territory News'', 11 July 2007.〕 The by-election was triggered when Dr Richard Lim, the Country Liberal Party member for Greatorex, resigned from politics on 9 July 2007. Lim had held the seat since 1994, and had served as Deputy Opposition Leader under former CLP leader Denis Burke.〔Lollback, Rebecca. "Then there were 3 as CLP loses Lim". ''Northern Territory News'', 29 June 2007.〕 Greatorex is generally considered a safe seat for the CLP, and Lim, a popular local member, had managed to retain the seat at the 2005 election despite both a huge territory-wide loss which saw Burke lose his seat and the presence of a Labor star candidate in high-profile Alice Springs mayor Fran Kilgariff.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Outspoken talkback host set for CLP nod". ''Northern Territory News'', 3 July 2007.〕 Lim stated that he was resigning in order to care for his ailing wife and parents, and was considering returning to his medical practice. He apologised for retiring mid-term, an act he had previously criticised former Attorney-General Peter Toyne for doing in 2006.〔Lollback, Rebecca. "Then there were 3 as CLP loses Lim". ''Northern Territory News'', 29 June 2007.〕 The by-election saw CLP candidate Matt Conlan elected on primary votes alone, polling 52% of the vote, a small increase on the 2005 election. Independent candidate Paul Herrick finished second with 20%, just ahead of Labor candidate Jo Nixon on 16%. Greens candidate Jane Clark finished fourth with 9% of the vote. There were 4564 people enrolled within the electorate at the close of the rolls for the by-election on 13 July.〔Adlam, Nigel. "4564 on seat roll". ''Northern Territory News'', 14 July 2007.〕 ==Candidates== The Country Liberal Party preselected local "shock jock" radio presenter Matt Conlan as their candidate unopposed, with the support of party leader Jodeen Carney. A number of potential CLP candidates, including former MLA John Elferink, former candidate Michael Jones, who nearly won the adjacent seat of Braitling in 2005, and Alice Springs deputy mayor David Koch had all previously ruled out nominating.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Outspoken talkback host set for CLP nod". ''Northern Territory News'', 3 July 2007.〕〔Calacouras, Nick. "Shock jock gets poll nod for CLP". ''Northern Territory News'', 4 July 2007.〕 The Australian Labor Party preselected Jo Nixon, an audiologist and the organiser of the annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival as their candidate.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Labor admits it's on ropes in Alice". ''Northern Territory News'', 11 July 2007.〕 The 2005 candidate, Fran Kilgariff, was reportedly not interested in standing again.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Shock jock gets poll nod for CLP". ''Northern Territory News'', 4 July 2007.〕 Alice Springs' deputy chief fire officer, Paul Herrick, contested the by-election as an independent. He was strongly endorsed by Loraine Braham, the independent MLA for the adjacent seat of Braitling.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Independent adds fire to by-election". ''Northern Territory News'', 12 July 2007.〕 His candidacy was widely thought to pose the biggest potential threat to the CLP in the traditionally safe seat, and raised some speculation that the CLP could have lost party status had he won.〔"CLP funding under threat via Greatorex". ''Northern Territory News'', 13 July 2007.〕 Former Alice Springs alderman Jane Clark contested the by-election for the Australian Greens. She had previously expressed interest in the Labor nomination, but had been unsuccessful, and had been expected as a likely independent candidate after resigning from the council on 12 July. However, she made a surprise announcement on the last day of nominations, 16 July, that she would instead run as a candidate of the Greens, who had not previously been expected to contest the by-election.〔Calacouras, Nick. "Greens aim at by-election". ''Northern Territory News'', 16 July 2007.〕〔Calacouras, Nick. "CLP funding under threat via Greatorex". ''Northern Territory News'', 13 July 2007.〕〔Calacouras, Nick. "Labor admits it's on ropes in Alice". ''Northern Territory News'', 11 July 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greatorex by-election, 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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