Division of Lingiari

Lingiari Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Lingiari (green) within Australia (outer islands not shown)
Created	2001
MP	Warren Snowdon
Party	Labor
Namesake	Vincent Lingiari
Electors	65,937 (2013)
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. For its entire existence, it has been held by Warren Snowdon of the Australian Labor Party, who transferred there after Northern Territory was abolished.

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, 2013: Lingiari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	18,292	39.75	−0.33
	Country Liberal	Tina MacFarlane	17,593	38.23	+3.97
	Greens	Barbara Shaw	3,572	7.76	−4.83
	Palmer United	Trevor Hedland	1,918	4.17	+4.17
	CEC	Peter Flynn	1,639	3.56	−0.31
	First Nations	Kenny Lechleitner	1,340	2.91	+2.91
	Rise Up Australia	Regina McCarthy	917	1.99	+1.99
	Independent	Alf Gould	748	1.63	+1.63
Total formal votes			46,019	92.57	+0.07
Informal votes			3,696	7.43	−0.07
Turnout			49,715	75.40	−0.47
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	23,413	50.88	−2.82
	Country Liberal	Tina MacFarlane	22,606	49.12	+2.82
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.82

External links

• Division of Lingiari - Australian Electoral Commission