2001 Norfolk Island legislative election

2001 Norfolk Island legislative election

29 November 2001
All 9 seats on the Legislative Assembly
First party   IND Leader N/A Party Independents Last election 9 seats Seats won 9 Seat change
Chief Minister before election Ronald Nobbs Independent Resulting Chief Minister Geoff Gardner Independent

The 2001 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 29 November 2001 to elect the 10th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.

The election, which was initially scheduled for 2003, was called early instead following the results of the early election referendum.

Following the elections, Geoff Gardner replaced Ronald Nobbs as Chief Minister on 5 December.

Results

Source:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoff Gardner (elected)	930	10.06
	Independent	David Buffett (elected)	859	9.29
	Independent	Ivens Buffett (elected)	712	7.70
	Independent	George Smith (elected)	656	7.10
	Independent	Graeme Donaldson (elected)	646	6.99
	Independent	Stephanie Jack (elected)	546	5.91
	Independent	Chloe Nicholas (elected)	519	5.62
	Independent	John Brown (elected)	504	5.45
	Independent	Ronald Nobbs (elected)	491	5.31
	Independent	Neville Christian	488	5.28
	Independent	Adrian Cook	480	5.19
	Independent	Colleen Evans	435	4.71
	Independent	Bruce Walker	351	3.80
	Independent	Alan McCoy	311	3.36
	Independent	Brian Bates	309	33.4
	Independent	William Sanders	305	3.30
	Independent	Michael Perkins	261	2.82
	Independent	Nadia Cuthbertson	261	2.82
	Independent	Graeme Woolley	179	1.94
Total formal votes			9,243	100.0