Electoral division of Flynn

Flynn was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed between 1983 and 1990 and was named after John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Members for Flynn

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Hanrahan	Country Liberal	1983–1988
	Enzo Floreani	NT Nationals	1988–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Flynn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Ray Hanrahan	1306	67.7
	Labor	Peter Hughes	564	29.2
	Independent	Pamela Gardeiner	60	3.1
Total formal votes			1,930	96.7
Informal votes			65	3.3
Turnout			1,995	82.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Ray Hanrahan	1,336	69.2
	Labor	Peter Hughes	594	30.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1987 Northern Territory general election: Flynn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Ray Hanrahan	829	50.6	-17.1
	NT Nationals	Jacqueline Anderson	412	25.1	+25.1
	Labor	John Omond	399	24.3	-4.9
Total formal votes			1,640	96.7
Informal votes			56	3.3
Turnout			1,696	63.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Ray Hanrahan	1,132	69.0	0.0
	Labor	John Omond	508	31.0	0.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

• Two party preferred vote is estimated.

1988 Flynn by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Di Shanahan	694	39.3	+15.0
	NT Nationals	Enzo Floreani	553	31.3	+6.2
	Country Liberal	June Tuzewski	520	29.4	-21.2
Total formal votes			2,941	95.7	-1.1
Informal votes			133	4.3	+1.1
Turnout			3,074	75.8	-7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	NT Nationals	Enzo Floreani	979	55.4	+55.4
	Labor	Di Shanahan	788	44.6	+13.6
	NT Nationals gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A