Division of Lingiari

Lingiari Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lingiari in the Northern Territory, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2001
MP	Warren Snowdon
Party	Labor
Namesake	Vincent Lingiari
Electors	63,082 (2016)
Area	1,352,371 km² (522,153.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Lingiari is an Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory. The division was one of the two established when the former Division of Northern Territory was redistributed on 21 December 2000. It covers almost the entire Territory—except for the area around Darwin, which is covered by the Division of Solomon—an area of 1,347,849 square kilometres (520,407 sq mi). It is the second largest electorate in terms of area in Australia, the largest being the Division of Durack in Western Australia, and the third largest single-member electorate in the world. The division also includes the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.^[1] For its entire existence, it has been held by Warren Snowdon of the Australian Labor Party, who transferred there after the Division of Northern Territory was abolished.^[1]

The division was named after prominent Aboriginal rights activist Vincent Lingiari AM (1908–1988), who was a member of the Gurindji nation. The only other divisions named after Aboriginal Australians are Bennelong in New South Wales, and Blair and Bonner in Queensland.

At the time of the 2004 election, there were 58,205 people enrolled to vote in Lingiari, making it one of the least populous divisions in Australia. It has the largest indigenous population in Australia; as of the 2013 election, 42.7 percent of the population was indigenous.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Warren Snowdon	Labor	2001–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lingiari

Australian federal election, 2016: Lingiari^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	17,056	39.78	+0.03
	Country Liberal	Tina MacFarlane	13,605	31.73	−6.50
	Greens	Rob Hoad	3,305	7.71	−0.05
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers	Chris Righton	3,061	7.14	+7.14
	Independent	Yingiya Mark Guyula	1,854	4.32	+4.32
	Independent	Braedon Earley	1,808	4.22	+4.22
	Rise Up Australia	Regina McCarthy	1,498	3.49	+1.50
	Independent	Alfred Gould	427	1.00	−0.63
	CEC	Peter Flynn	261	0.61	−2.95
Total formal votes			42,875	92.15	−0.42
Informal votes			3,650	7.85	+0.42
Turnout			46,525	73.75	−1.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	25,048	58.42	+7.54
	Country Liberal	Tina MacFarlane	17,827	41.58	−7.54
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.54

References

1 2 "Profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
↑ Lingiari, NT, Virtual Tally Room, AEC.

External links

Division of Lingiari - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital and Northern Territories

ACT: Canberra (also covers Norfolk Island from 1 July 2016) Fenner (also covers Jervis Bay Territory) NT: Lingiari (also covers Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Solomon Abolished: Australian Capital Territory Fraser Namadgi Northern Territory

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 19°24′58″S 133°21′47″E / 19.416°S 133.363°E / -19.416; 133.363

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