Division of Lingiari

The Division of Lingiari is an Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory.

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	70,023 (2019)
Area	1,352,371 km^2 (522,153.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

History

Vincent Lingiari (on left), the division's namesake with Gough Whitlam

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

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. 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]

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

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Warren Snowdon (1950–)	Labor	10 November 2001 – present	Previously held the Division of Northern Territory. Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Incumbent

Election results

2019 Australian federal election: Lingiari[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	21,698	44.80	+5.04
	Country Liberal	Jacinta Price	17,875	36.91	+5.03
	Greens	George Hanna	3,991	8.24	+0.50
	Independent	Hamish MacFarlane	2,123	4.38	+4.38
	Rise Up Australia	Regina McCarthy	1,380	2.85	−0.57
	United Australia	Daniel Hodgson	1,367	2.82	+2.82
Total formal votes			48,434	94.95	+2.75
Informal votes			2,575	5.05	−2.75
Turnout			51,009	72.85	−1.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	26,863	55.46	−2.73
	Country Liberal	Jacinta Price	21,571	44.54	+2.73
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.73

References

1. "Profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
2. Lingiari, NT, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Lingiari - Australian Electoral Commission