| Solomon Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Solomon, shown within north-western Australia |
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| Created: | 2001 |
| MP: | Damian Hale |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Vaiben Solomon |
| Electors: | 57,560 |
| Area: | 326 km² (126 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 Division covers only 326 square kilometres (126 sq mi); the Division of Lingiari, the only other Division in the territory, covers 1,347,849 square kilometres (520,407 sq mi).
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% of the two-candidate preferred vote.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| David Tollner | Country Liberal | 2001–2007 | |
| Damian Hale | Labor | 2007–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Solomon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | David Tollner | 24,109 | 46.80 | -1.95 | |
| Labor | Damian Hale | 21,581 | 41.90 | +3.37 | |
| Greens | Debbie Hudson | 4,672 | 9.07 | +2.30 | |
| Independent | Maurice Foley | 545 | 1.06 | -0.44 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Jacques Chester | 358 | 0.70 | +0.70 | |
| CEC | Trudy Campbell | 245 | 0.48 | -0.01 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,510 | 97.07 | +0.98 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,555 | 2.93 | -1.07 | ||
| Turnout | 53,065 | 91.29 | +0.98 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Damian Hale | 25,853 | 50.19 | +3.00 | |
| Country Liberal | David Tollner | 25,657 | 49.81 | -3.00 | |
| Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing | +3.00 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Solomon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | David Tollner | 23,361 | 48.75 | +6.94 | |
| Labor | Jim Davidson | 18,464 | 38.53 | +0.17 | |
| Greens | Ilana Eldridge | 3,256 | 6.77 | +1.63 | |
| Family First | Mark West | 1,000 | 2.09 | +2.09 | |
| Democrats | Duncan Dean | 892 | 1.86 | -3.58 | |
| Maurice Foley | 718 | 1.50 | +1.50 | ||
| CEC | Peter Flynn | 235 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,916 | 96.00 | +0.43 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,996 | 4.00 | -0.43 | ||
| Turnout | 49,912 | 91.21 | -0.78 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Country Liberal | David Tollner | 25,303 | 52.81 | +2.72 | |
| Labor | Jim Davidson | 22,613 | 47.19 | -2.72 | |
| Country Liberal hold | Swing | +2.72 | |||
External links
- "Division of Solomon". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/s/solomon.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 177 kB)
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