Division of Solomon

Division of Solomon
Solomon
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Solomon 2010.png
Division of Solomon (green) within the Northern Territory
Created: 2001
MP: Natasha Griggs
Party: Country Liberal
Namesake: Vaiben Solomon
Area: 337 km² (130 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Solomon is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. It covers the cities of Darwin (including the surrounding suburbs) and Palmerston. The only other division in the territory, the Division of Lingiari, covers the remainder of the territory.

The Division was named after Hon Vaiben Solomon, a Premier of South Australia, a delegate to the second Constitutional convention and member of the first Australian Parliament. He represented the Northern Territory in the South Australian House of Assembly, when it was still part of that state. The Division was created when the former Division of Northern Territory was subdivided at the redistribution of 21 December 2000. It was first contested at the 2001 Federal election. After the 2004 election the seat was a marginal Country Liberal seat.

In the 2007 Federal election, after more than a week's counting, the seat was still considered 'in doubt' by the Australian Electoral Commission. The result was declared on 10 December with ALP candidate Damian Hale edging out his CLP rival, the incumbent David Tollner, by only 196 votes or 0.38 percent of the two-party preferred vote. However, at the 2010 election, Country Liberal Natasha Griggs won the seat back for Coalition with a 1.75 percent two-party margin.

Members

Member Party Term
  David Tollner Country Liberal 20012007
  Damian Hale Labor 2007—2010
  Natasha Griggs Country Liberal 2010—present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2010: Solomon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Natasha Griggs 23,627 46.37 -0.43
Labor Damian Hale 18,384 36.08 -5.82
Greens Emma Young 6,772 13.29 +4.22
One Nation John Kearney 1,505 2.95 +2.95
CEC Trudy Campbell 668 1.31 +0.83
Total formal votes 50,956 94.94 -2.13
Informal votes 2,716 5.06 +2.13
Turnout 53,672 89.63 -2.43
Two-candidate preferred result
Country Liberal Natasha Griggs 26,371 51.75 +1.94
Labor Damian Hale 24,585 48.25 -1.94
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.94

References

Coordinates: 12°25′23″S 130°56′10″E / 12.423°S 130.936°E / -12.423; 130.936


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