Division of Lingiari

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Lingiari Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lingiari (green) within Australia (outer islands not shown)
Created:	2001
MP:	Warren Snowdon
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Vincent Lingiari
Area:	1,352,371 km² (522,153 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Lingiari is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. It was created in 2000, out of the former Division of Northern Territory. 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), making it the second largest electorate in terms of area in Australia. The division also includes the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

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.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Warren Snowdon	Labor	2001–present

Australian federal election, 2010: Lingiari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	17,205	40.08	-13.91
	Country Liberal	Leo Abbott	14,708	34.26	-0.40
	Greens	Barbara Shaw	5,403	12.59	+5.67
	Independent	Deirdre Finter	2,038	4.75	+4.75
	Independent	Kenny Lechleitner	1,910	4.45	+4.45
	CEC	Peter Flynn	1,663	3.87	+3.87
Total formal votes			42,927	92.50	-2.65
Informal votes			3,482	7.50	+2.65
Turnout			46,409	75.92	-5.34
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	23,051	53.70	-7.46
	Country Liberal	Leo Abbott	19,876	46.30	+7.46
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.46