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Northern Territory
Australian House of Representatives DivisionCreated: 1922 Abolished: 2001 Namesake: Northern Territory The Division of Northern Territory was an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. Throughout its existence, it was the only Division in the Territory.
The Division was proclaimed in 1922, with the passing of the Northern Territory Representation Act 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 federal election. However, the Member for Northern Territory did not have full voting rights until 1968. Between 1959 and 1968, the Member could only vote on matters relating to the Territory alone, and between 1936 and 1959 the Member was only able to veto motions to disallow laws made for the Territory. Before 1936, the Member had no voting rights at all.
At the redistribution of 21 December 2000, the Division was divided into two new divisions, the Division of Solomon, which covered the area immediately around Darwin, and the Division of Lingiari, which covered the remainder of the territory. On 19 February 2003, the new Divisions were nominally abolished and the Territory returned to a single Division, but on 28 April 2004 the Parliament of Australia passed the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Representation in the House of Representatives) Act 2004 which had the effect of granting the Northern Territory two Divisions.[1]
Members
Member Party Term H. G. Nelson Labor 1922–1934 Adair Blain Independent 1934–1949 John Nelson Labor 1949–1966 Sam Calder Country 1966–1974 CLP 1974–1980 Grant Tambling CLP 1980–1983 John Reeves Labor 1983–1984 Paul Everingham CLP 1984–1987 Warren Snowdon Labor 1987–1996 Nick Dondas CLP 1996–1998 Warren Snowdon Labor 1998–2001 Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Northern TerritoryReferences
- "Northern Territory Representation Act 1922". Documenting a Democracy. Archived from the original on 17 June 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050617101430/http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/places/nt/nt6.htm. Retrieved 1 July 2005.
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital and Northern Territories ACT: Canberra · Fraser (also covers Jervis Bay Territory) · NT: Lingiari (also covers Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) · Solomon
Abolished: Australian Capital Territory · Namadgi · Northern Territory
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern TerritoriesCategories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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