1987 Barkly by-election

1987 Barkly by-election

5 September 1987

First party Second party Third party   Candidate Ian Tuxworth Maggie Hickey Malcolm Holt Party Nationals Labor Country Liberal Popular vote 1,000 886 391 Percentage 42.0% 37.2% 16.4% Swing 42.0 2.5 43.9 TPP 55.9% 44.1% TPP swing 55.9 4.4

MP before election Ian Tuxworth Country Liberal Elected MP Ian Tuxworth Nationals

A by-election for the seat of Barkly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 5 September 1987. Ian Tuxworth's election to the seat of Barkly was declared void after independent candidate Maggie Hickey challenged the result on the basis that the Labor candidate, Keith Hallet, held British nationality and was not an Australian citizen. Due to the close result (Tuxworth had won by only 19 votes), Justice John Nader voided the election on 30 July 1987.

Ian Tuxworth would recontest as the NT Nationals candidate and Maggie Hickey would recontest as the Labor candidate.