Electoral division of Johnston
| Johnston Labor | |||||||||||||||
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| Namesake | Eric Johnston | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 5,556 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Johnston is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 2001, replacing the abolished seat of Jingili, and is named after Commodore Eric Johnston, a former Administrator of the Northern Territory. Johnston is an urban electorate, covering only 5 km2 and taking in the Darwin suburbs of Jingili, Moil, Wagaman and part of Alawa. There were 5,556 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.
History
Johnston was essentially a reconfigured version of one of the original electorates in the Northern Territory, Jingili, which had been held by the
2005 election. As it turned out, Burns was re-elected easily amid that year's Labor landslide with a substantially increased majority, though the margin didn't blow out as much as in nearby seats. Burns retired at the 2012 election, and the seat was retained for Labor by former cricketer Ken Vowles with only a small swing against Labor. Vowles consolidated his hold on the seat amid Labor's massive landslide in 2016. In 2018, Vowles was expelled from the Labor cabinet, and resigned on 31 January 2020, with the resulting vacancy filled at a by-election
on 29 February 2020.
Members for Johnston
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burns | Labor
|
2001–2012 | |
| Ken Vowles | Labor
|
2012–2020 | |
| Joel Bowden | Labor
|
2020–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Joel Bowden | 1,940 | 45.3 | −7.7 | |
| Country Liberal | Gary Haslett | 843 | 19.7 | −10.7 | |
Greens
|
Aiya Goodrich Carttling | 736 | 17.2 | +1.9 | |
| Territory Alliance | Steven Klose | 626 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
| Independent | Joshua Thomas | 139 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,284 | 96.6 | N/A | ||
| Informal votes | 150 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,434 | 79.8 | N/A | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Joel Bowden | 2,851 | 66.5 | +0.8 | |
| Country Liberal | Gary Haslett | 1,433 | 33.5 | −0.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
References
- ^ "Electorate summary: Johnston". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Johnston". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.