Electoral division of Gwoja

"Gwoja" redirects here. For the electoral division's namesake, see Gwoya Tjungurrayi.

Gwoja is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Stuart.^[1]

Gwoja Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries as of the 2024 election
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	2020
MP	Chansey Paech
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gwoya Tjungurrayi
Electors	5,313 (2020)
Area	427,605 km2 (165,099.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Remote
Electorates around Gwoja: Timor Sea Daly Barkly Kimberley (WA) Gwoja Barkly Namatjira North West Central (WA) Giles (SA) Giles (SA)

The division is named after Gwoya Tjungurrayi, a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man who survived the Coniston massacre in 1928, and was depicted on an Australian postage stamp. His likeness was also the inspiration for the Aboriginal elder depicted on the reverse of the Australian two-dollar coin.^[2][3]

When the seat was first contested in 2020, the seat was won by incumbent Namatjira Labor MLA Chansey Paech, who transferred here after his seat was made a notional CLP seat in a redistribution.

Members for Gwoja

Member		Party	Term
	Chansey Paech	Labor	2020–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the division of Gwoja

2024 Northern Territory general election: Gwoja

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chansey Paech	1,654	65.8	+5.9
	Country Liberal	Jarrod Jupurula Williams	858	34.2	+7.9
Total formal votes			2,512	97.4	+2.6
Informal votes			68	2.6	−2.6
Turnout			2,580	42.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Northern Territory general election § Gwoja.[edit]

References

1. "Gwoja". ABC Elections. ABC. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
2. "The face of the $2 coin may gain further recognition". ABC News. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
3. "Division of Gwoja". NTEC. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

External links

• Division Profile: Division of Gwoja Archived 12 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine