Electoral division of Daly

Daly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 2001, and takes its name from the Daly River region which lies at the heart of the electorate. Daly covers some 77,395 km², encompassing the towns of Adelaide River, Acacia Hills, Batchelor, Dundee Beach, Nauiyu Nambiyu, Pine Creek, Timber Creek and Wadeye. There were 5,622 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020.

Daly Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Daly in the Northern Territory
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	2001
MP	Ian Sloan
Party	Country Liberals
Namesake	Daly River
Electors	5,622 (2020)
Area	77,395 km^2 (29,882.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Remote

Daly is a relatively new electorate in the Northern Territory, having only been created in 2001. It replaced Victoria River, one of the Territory's original seats and best known as the seat of the Territory's first head of government, Goff Letts. It had been abolished when its namesake was moved out of the electorate by a redistribution. While Victoria River had been held by the Labor Party in the past, Daly appeared on paper to be a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, having been held easily by then-member Tim Baldwin. However, he retired at the 2005 election. While the CLP candidate, Debbi Aloisi, was widely predicted to succeed him, she was ultimately defeated by Labor challenger Rob Knight, who had lost badly to Baldwin in 2001. In the lead-up to the election, there had been almost no suggestion that Knight had any chance of defeating Aloisi. However, on election night the CLP primary vote almost halved, and Knight won on a two-party swing of 24.6 percent—almost unheard of in Australian politics—and turned Daly from a safe CLP seat into a safe Labor seat in one stroke. Knight actually took the seat without the need for preferences. He was re-elected in 2008, but was defeated by CLP candidate Gary Higgins in 2012.

Higgins narrowly weathered the massive Labor wave that swept through the Territory in 2016. He was one of only two CLP members returned at this election, and was named as leader of what remained of the CLP. He retired in 2020, and was succeeded by Ian Sloan, also of the CLP.

Members for Daly

Member		Party	Term
	Tim Baldwin	Country Liberal	2001–2005
	Rob Knight	Labor	2005–2012
	Gary Higgins	Country Liberal	2012–2020
	Ian Sloan	Country Liberal	2020–present

Election results

2020 Northern Territory general election: Daly[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Ian Sloan	1,386	35.8	−6.1
	Labor	Anthony Venes	1,321	34.1	−2.7
	Territory Alliance	Regina McCarthy	708	18.3	+18.3
	Greens	Will Kemp	324	8.4	+8.4
	Independent	Mick Denigan	135	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			3,874	93.8	N/A
Informal votes			257	6.2	N/A
Turnout			4,131	73.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Ian Sloan	1,984	51.2	−0.5
	Labor	Anthony Venes	1,890	48.8	+0.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

References

1. "Electorate summary: Daly". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. "Daly". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

External links

• Division profile from the Northern Territory Electoral Commission