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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Solomon, Northern Territory
Darwin area: Darwin, Fannie Bay, Nightcliff, Palmerston
Sitting member: Natasha Griggs (Country Liberal), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 69,938
2013 Country Liberal majority over Labor: 1.4%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Todd Williams
Australian Greens |
2. John Kearney
Australia First |
3. Natasha Griggs
Country Liberal Party |
4. Robert Dawes
Liberal Democratic Party |
5. Lance Lawrence
Marijuana (HEMP) Party |
6. Mark Garner
Independent |
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7. Silvija Majetic
Rise Up Australia |
8. Marty Reinhold
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers |
9. Luke Gosling
Australian Labor Party |
10. Brigid McCullough
Citizens Electoral Council |
11. Nevin Cartwright
Online Direct Democracy |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Solomon was created in 2001 when the old seat of Northern Territory was divided in two. It covers the city of Darwin and most of its suburbs. Darwin is a fairly wealthy city with a high proportion of government employees and professionals. Only 9% of its population is Indigenous, while nearly 5% were born in South-East Asia. It is also a young city, with a high proportion of families with dependent children and dwellings being purchased, but a very low proportion of people over 65.
On its creation in 2001, Solomon had a small notional Labor majority, but the atmosphere of that election, plus a weak Labor candidate, allowed the Country Liberal Party's Dave Tollner to scrape in with a tiny margin. In 2004 he increased his majority, but was defeated in 2007 by Labor's Damian Hale Tollner later entered NT politics and was Deputy Chief Minister. The CLP regained the seat in 2010.
Natasha Griggs, CLP MP for Solomon since 2010, held managerial positions in various companies before entering politics, and was also a member of Palmerston City Council. She has been an inconspicuous member and suffered a swing against her in 2013, partly due to the unpopularity of the NT's CLP government. Her Labor opponent then was Luke Gosling, who will again be the Labor candidate in 2016. Gosling served in the Australian Army for 13 years, and was awarded the OAM for his work in East Timor. He was later NT CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society. This is an eminently winnable seat for Labor.
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