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Electoral Divisions Of The Northern Territory
The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. The ''Electoral Act 2004'' dictates the characteristics of each of these electorates, and requires, among other things, that each electorate has a similar number of eligible voters and that the physical area of an electorate should be kept as small as is practicable. Mandatory redistributions take place in the middle of each term in order to respond to changing demographics. The boundaries of each division attempts to match a quota of the average divisional enrolment as closely as possible. Redistributions are organised by the independent Northern Territory Electoral Commission. As of 14 June 2019, the quota of electors was 5,555.2019 Enrolment Statistics Northern Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (also known as the Parliament of the Northern Territory) is the unicameral legislature of Australia’s Northern Territory. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method for the Assembly is the full-preferential voting system, having previously been optional preferential voting. Elections are on the fourth Saturday in August of the fourth year after the previous election, but can be earlier in the event of a no confidence, no-confidence vote in the Government of the Northern Territory, government. The most recent election for the Legislative Assembly was the 2024 Northern Territory general_election, 2024 election held on 24 August. The next election is scheduled for 26 August 2028. Persons who are qualified under the ''Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918'' to vote for a member for the Northern Territory in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Fong Lim
Fong Lim is an Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The district is named after Alec Fong Lim, Lord Mayor of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin from 1984 to 1990. There were 5,555 people enrolled in the division in August 2020. The seat is currently held by Tanzil Rahman of the Country Liberal Party. Geography Fong Lim is located in the suburban corridor south of the Stuart Highway in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. It takes in the suburbs of Bayview, Northern Territory, Bayview, Stuart Park, Northern Territory, Stuart Park, Woolner, Northern Territory, Woolner and The Narrows, Northern Territory, The Narrows, and parts of Coconut Grove, Northern Territory, Coconut Grove and Ludmilla, Northern Territory, Ludmilla. History Fong Lim largely replaced the abolished seat of electoral division of Millner, Millner, and was renamed in honour of former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Wanguri
Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983. Wanguri is an urban electorate, covering 29 km2, and taking in the north Darwin suburbs of Wanguri, Karama and Leanyer. There were 6,111 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020. Like most electorates in the Territory, Wanguri has a tendency to keep its incumbent members regardless of party. While the Country Liberal Party held it for six years after its creation in 1983, the Labor Party have held it since a 1989 by-election, and it is now reckoned as reasonably safe for that party. Paul Henderson was not expected to have much difficulty retaining Wanguri at the 2005 election, and ultimately held the seat with a strong swing in his favour. When Henderson resigned in 2013, following his government's defeat in the 2012 election, the resulting by-election saw Nicole Manison hold the seat for Labor. Manison managed to pick up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Spillett
Spillett is a division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in 2016, for the 2016 Northern Territory general election, 2016 general elections, and surrounds Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. It is named for Peter Spillett, a historian and former member of Darwin City Council. Historically, Palmerston has been a stronghold for the conservative Country Liberal Party. However, Spillett is based on a particularly conservative portion of Palmerston. It was created with a notional CLP majority of 17.9 percent, making it on paper the CLP's safest seat. History Before the election Lia Finocchiaro, the then-CLP member for electoral division of Drysdale, Drysdale, opted to transfer to Spillett after much of her old base was redistributed there. She defeated former Treasurer Dave Tollner for preselection; Tollner had contested Spillett after his old seat of electoral division of Fong Lim, Fong Lim saw most of its more conservative sections t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Sanderson
Sanderson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and derives its name from the name initially given to the area in 1879, before its division into suburbs. Sanderson is an urban electorate, covering 21 km2 and taking in the Darwin suburbs of Anula, Marrara, Wulagi and part of Malak. There were 5,449 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020. Sanderson is a bellwether seat that has only tended to change hands at times of major political change in the Territory. It was initially won by the Country Liberal Party's Liz Andrew in 1974, when the CLP won all but two seats in the Assembly (both of which went to independents). However, Andrew was defeated by the Labor Party's June D'Rozario when the ALP swept into the Assembly in 1977, taking several seats. D'Rozario held the seat until 1983, she was swept by the CLP's Daryl Manzie amid the massive CLP landslide of that year. Manzie was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Port Darwin
Port Darwin is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was first created in 1974. It is an entirely urban electorate, covering only 5 km² and taking in the Darwin central business district, as well as the suburb of Larrakeyah and part of Stuart Park. There were 5,699 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020. Unlike most state and territory electorates based on CBDs, Port Darwin historically tilted conservative. For most of the first four decades of its existence, Port Darwin was a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party. While it was one of only two seats the party did not hold in the first parliament from 1974 to 1977, the CLP easily took the seat at the Territory's second election and held it without serious difficulty for over a quarter century. It was widely considered as CLP heartland, and was their safest seat in Darwin for many years. The strength of the CLP vote in the seat was seen at the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Nightcliff
Nightcliff is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and takes its name from the Nightcliff, Northern Territory, suburb of the same name. Nightcliff is one of the smallest electorates in the Territory, covering only 4.28 km² and taking in the Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin suburb of Nightcliff, Northern Territory, Nightcliff, most of Rapid Creek, Northern Territory, Rapid Creek and a small area of Coconut Grove, Northern Territory, Coconut Grove. There were 5,621 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020. History For most of the first quarter-century of its existence, Nightcliff was somewhat marginal, with incumbents generally holding the seat for several years. The seat's first member, independent Dawn Lawrie, was one of only two non-Country Liberal Party members in the Members of the Northern Terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Nelson (Northern Territory)
Nelson is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990 as a replacement for electoral division of Koolpinyah, Koolpinyah, and was named after Harold George Nelson, the first member for the federal Division of Northern Territory, Northern Territory electorate. Nelson is a largely rural electorate, covering 1,415 km² and taking in the small towns of Howard Springs, Northern Territory, Howard Springs, McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory, McMinn's Lagoon and part of Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Humpty Doo, and some areas between Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. There were 5,505 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020. Nelson is also a rarity among Northern Territory electorates in that it has traditionally been an independent-held seat, as opposed to being held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Namatjira
Namatjira is an Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 2012 when the former division of Electoral division of MacDonnell, MacDonnell was renamed after the Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira. Namatjira is an almost entirely rural electorate, covering 198,384 km2, and taking in the resort town of Yulara, Northern Territory, Yulara, the remote communities of Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg, Kintore, Northern Territory, Kintore and Papunya, Northern Territory, Papunya, and part of southern Alice Springs. There were 5,728 electors enrolled in Namatjira as of August 2020. The seat's first member, Alison Anderson, the former Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch), Labor-turned-independent-turned-Country Liberal Party, Country Liberal (CLP) member for MacDonnell, won the seat handily at the 2012 Northern Terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Mulka
Mulka is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 Northern Territory general election, 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Nhulunbuy. At that election, independent Nhulunbuy incumbent Yingiya Mark Guyula won the seat in a tightly contested rematch of the 2016 Northern Territory general election, 2016 general election, with the Territory Labor Party being his only opposition. He retained his seat at the 2024 Northern Territory general election, 2024 general election with a large swing in his favour, against one opposing candidate, from the Country Liberal Party. Mulka is located in eastern Arnhem Land and is divided into two parts. The major population centre is the town of Nhulunbuy. Members for Mulka Election results References External linksDivision Profile: Division of Mulka {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulka, electoral division of Electoral divisions of the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Katherine
Katherine is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The electorate was first created in 1987, replacing the abolished Electoral division of Elsey, Elsey seat, and derives its name from the Katherine River. Katherine encompasses both urban and rural areas, covering an area of 6,745 km² and taking in the city of Katherine, Northern Territory, Katherine, as well as the Binjari, Binjari Aboriginal Community. History The city of Katherine has historically been a conservative bastion, making the seat of the same name a very safe Country Liberal Party seat for most of its first three decades. Its first member, Mike Reed (politician), Mike Reed, was Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1995 to 2001. Reed retired in 2003 and was succeeded at a 2003 Katherine by-election, by-election by Fay Miller, who survived a large swing to Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Karama
Karama is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1987, and derives its name from Karama, Northern Territory, the suburb of the same name. It is an urban electorate, covering 8 km2 and taking in the Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin suburbs of Karama, Northern Territory, Karama and Malak, Northern Territory, Malak, as well as parts of Berrimah, Northern Territory, Berrimah and Marrara, Northern Territory, Marrara. There were 5,482 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020. History The Country Liberal Party's Mick Palmer (Australian politician), Mick Palmer won the seat in 1987, and as the incumbent member during the height of the CLP's dominance of Territory politics, had little trouble holding the seat through the next three elections. Until the 2000s, it was almost unheard of for a sitting member to be de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
