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Electoral Division Of Braitling
Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the electorate of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly. Braitling is an almost entirely urban electorate, covering 9 km² in north-western Alice Springs. The electorate takes its name from the Braitling family, an early pioneering family in the district. There were 5,830 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020. The city of Alice Springs has, along with the Darwin satellite city of Palmerston, traditionally been one of two conservative bastions in the Northern Territory. For most of its first three decades, Braitling was a comfortably safe seat for the Country Liberal Party. The seat's first member, Roger Vale, transferred here after his former electorate of Stuart was made somewhat less friendly for the CLP. Indeed, Braitling included most of the Alice Springs share of the old Stuart. Vale retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Burgoyne
Joshua Roland Burgoyne (born 17 October 1989) is an Australian politician who is the member for Braitling in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Burgoyne was born and raised in Alice Springs, and was elected to parliament for the Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ... at the 2020 Northern Territory general election, 2020 Northern Territory election. At the time he was the youngest member of the Assembly. Burgoyne previously ran for the Australian Senate, Senate at the 2019 Australian federal election as the number two candidate on the CLP ticket but was unsuccessful. References 1989 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |