Division of Solomon
| Solomon Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Solomon (green) within the Northern Territory |
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| Created: | 2001 |
| MP: | Natasha Griggs |
| Party: | Country Liberal |
| Namesake: | Vaiben Solomon |
| Area: | 337 km² (130 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Solomon is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. It covers the cities of Darwin (including the surrounding suburbs) and Palmerston. The only other division in the territory, the Division of Lingiari, covers the remainder of the territory.
The Division was named after Hon Vaiben Solomon, a Premier of South Australia, a delegate to the second Constitutional convention and member of the first Australian Parliament. He represented the Northern Territory in the South Australian House of Assembly, when it was still part of that state. The Division was created when the former Division of Northern Territory was subdivided at the redistribution of 21 December 2000. It was first contested at the 2001 Federal election. After the 2004 election the seat was a marginal Country Liberal seat.
In the 2007 Federal election, after more than a week's counting, the seat was still considered 'in doubt' by the Australian Electoral Commission. The result was declared on 10 December with ALP candidate Damian Hale edging out his CLP rival, the incumbent David Tollner, by only 196 votes or 0.38 percent of the two-party preferred vote. However, at the 2010 election, Country Liberal Natasha Griggs won the seat back for Coalition with a 1.75 percent two-party margin.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| David Tollner | Country Liberal | 2001—2007 | |
| Damian Hale | Labor | 2007—2010 | |
| Natasha Griggs | Country Liberal | 2010—present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Solomon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | Natasha Griggs | 23,627 | 46.37 | -0.43 | |
| Labor | Damian Hale | 18,384 | 36.08 | -5.82 | |
| Greens | Emma Young | 6,772 | 13.29 | +4.22 | |
| One Nation | John Kearney | 1,505 | 2.95 | +2.95 | |
| CEC | Trudy Campbell | 668 | 1.31 | +0.83 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,956 | 94.94 | -2.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,716 | 5.06 | +2.13 | ||
| Turnout | 53,672 | 89.63 | -2.43 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Country Liberal | Natasha Griggs | 26,371 | 51.75 | +1.94 | |
| Labor | Damian Hale | 24,585 | 48.25 | -1.94 | |
| Country Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +1.94 | |||
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