Division of Lingiari

"Lingiari" redirects here. For the person the division is named after, see Vincent Lingiari.

The Division of Lingiari (/lɪŋdʒiˈɑːri/)^[1] is an Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory that covers the entirety of the territory outside of the Division of Solomon, which covers Darwin and surrounding areas. The division also includes the territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.^[2]

Lingiari Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lingiari in the Northern Territory, as of the 2022 federal election (excluding Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Created	2001
MP	Marion Scrymgour
Party	Labor
Namesake	Vincent Lingiari
Electors	74,050 (2022)
Area	1,352,371 km2 (522,153.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural and remote
Territory electorate(s)	List Arafura Araluen Arnhem Barkly Braitling Daly Goyder Gwoja Katherine Mulka Namatjira Nelson Spillett

Lingiari includes all of the Northern Territory's remote Indigenous communities, most of whom vote when visited by mobile polling teams during the election campaign.^[3]

The current MP is Marion Scrymgour, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Scrymgour herself is Indigenous and inherited Tiwi identity from her mother.^[3]

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state or territory, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state or territory's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state or territory are malapportioned.^[4]

History

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.^[2] From its formation until the 2022 Australian federal election, it had been held by Warren Snowdon of the Australian Labor Party, who transferred there after the Division of Northern Territory was abolished.^[2]

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. Lingiari 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 – 11 April 2022	Previously held the Division of Northern Territory. Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
		Marion Scrymgour (1960–)		21 May 2022 – present	Previously held the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Arafura. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lingiari

2022 Australian federal election: Lingiari^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marion Scrymgour	16,747	36.56	−8.24
	Country Liberal	Damien Ryan	15,893	34.69	−2.22
	Greens	Blair McFarland	5,018	10.95	+2.71
	One Nation	Tim Gallard	2,470	5.39	+5.39
	Liberal Democrats	George Kasparek	1,948	4.25	+4.25
	United Australia	Allan McLeod	1,882	4.11	+1.29
	Independent	Michael Gravener	948	2.07	+2.07
	Australian Citizens	Thong Sum Lee	497	1.08	+1.08
	Independent	Imelda Adamson Agars	409	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			45,812	92.63	−2.32
Informal votes			3,647	7.37	+2.32
Turnout			49,459	66.83	−6.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marion Scrymgour	23,339	50.95	−4.51
	Country Liberal	Damien Ryan	22,473	49.05	+4.51
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.51

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in territories § Lingiari.[edit]

Primary vote results in Lingiari (Parties that never received 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Country Liberal

  Labor

  Liberal

  Greens

  One Nation

  Shooters, Fishers, Farmers

  Australian Democrats

Two-candidate-preferred results in Lingiari

References

1. "Lingiari". ABC Pronounce. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
2. "Profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
3. "Lingiari (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
4. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
5. Lingiari, NT, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Lingiari - Australian Electoral Commission

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