# Electoral division of Alice Springs

Alice Springs was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. Originally created for the Legislative Council in 1947, the seat had 735 electors and elected a single member. It became one of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates and was contested at the 1974 election, and was named after the town of Alice Springs. It was abolished in 1983 and replaced by the new seats of Araluen, Braitling and Sadadeen.

## Members for Alice Springs
### Legislative Council

| Member | Party | Term |
| Lionel Rose | Independent | 1962–1965 |
| Lionel Rose | North Australia | 1965 |
| Charles Orr | Labor | 1965–1971 |

### Legislative Assembly

| Member | Party | Term |
| Bernie Kilgariff | Country Liberal | 1974–1975 |
| Eric Manuell | Country Liberal | 1976–1977 |
| Rod Oliver | Country Liberal | 1977–1979 |
| Rod Oliver | Independent | 1979–1980 |
| Denis Collins | Country Liberal | 1980–1983 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country Liberal | Bernie Kilgariff | 1,319 | 72.2 | N/A |
| | Labor | Jean Leunig | 377 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Alan Gray | 131 | 7.2 | N/A |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,827 | 94.5 | N/A |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 106 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,933 | 75.7 | N/A |
| | Country Liberal win | Country Liberal win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1976 Alice Springs by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country Liberal | Eric Manuell | 874 | 53.2 | -19.0 |
| | Labor | Piper | 602 | 36.6 | +16.0 |
| | Independent | Alan Gray | 168 | 10.2 | +3.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,644 | 97.2 | +2.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 48 | 2.8 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,692 | 66.2 | −9.5 |
| | Country Liberal hold | Country Liberal hold | Swing | | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country Liberal | Rod Oliver | 929 | 51.1 | N/A |
| | Labor | Rosalie McDonald | 644 | 35.4 | N/A |
| | Progress | Brian Evans | 245 | 13.5 | N/A |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,818 | 96.9 | N/A |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 59 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,877 | 73.0 | N/A |
| | Country Liberal hold | Country Liberal hold | Swing | | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country Liberal | Denis Collins | 999 | 43.8 | -7.3 |
| | Independent | Rod Oliver | 620 | 27.1 | +27.1 |
| | Labor | Ted Hampton | 505 | 22.1 | -13.3 |
| | Independent | Dave Pollock | 158 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,282 | 97.4 | N/A |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,342 | 78.0 | N/A |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country Liberal | Denis Collins | 1,170 | 51.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Rod Oliver | 1,112 | 48.7 | N/A |
| | Country Liberal hold | Country Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |