Division of Northern Territory
Northern Territory Division | |
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Created | 1922 |
Abolished | 2001 |
MP | Several |
Party | Labor (five times), Country Liberal (four times), National (once), Independent (once) |
Namesake | Northern Territory |
Demographic | Provincial, rural and remote |
The Division of Northern Territory was an
History
Until 1911, the Northern Territory was a part of South Australia and from 1890 was represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by two members from the Electoral district of Northern Territory. In 1911, however, the Northern Territory was transferred to the Commonwealth government, which also had the effect of depriving Territorians of all political representation. The first Commonwealth census held in 1911 disclosed the Territory had a non-Aboriginal population of 3,271, comprising 2,673 males and 598 females.[1][2]
In 1922, the Northern Territory Representation Act 1922 was passed by the Australian Parliament to give the Territory a single non-voting member in the House of Representatives.
The federal Division of Northern Territory was first contested at the
In 1984, the
The Division of Northern Territory was divided on 21 December 2000 into two new divisions – Solomon, which covered the Darwin area, and the Lingiari, which covers the remainder of the Territory – with Warren Snowdon, the last member for the united division, transferring to Lingiari.
On 19 February 2003, the new Divisions were nominally abolished and the Territory returned to a single Division, but on 28 April 2004 the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Representation in the House of Representatives) Act 2004 passed by the Australian Parliament had the effect of leaving the Northern Territory divided into two Divisions.[5]
Members
Election results
References
- ^ National Archives of Australia: Population censuses in the Northern Territory
- ^ Documenting a Democracy: Northern Territory Representation Act 1922 (Cth)
- ^ Christmas Island Annual Report, Australia. Department of Territories, 1988, page 4
- ^ Year Book Australia, No. 71, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1988, page 926
- ^ Australian Electoral Commission, Dates of Redistributions since 1901
External links
- "Northern Territory Representation Act 1922". Documenting a Democracy. Retrieved 22 March 2017.