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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Solomon, Northern Territory
Named for: Hon Vaiben Solomon (1853-1908), pioneer of Northern Territory, SA MHA (for Northern Territory) 1890-1901. Premier and Treasurer 1899. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897.
Darwin area: Darwin, Nightcliff, Palmerston, Parap, Wanguri
Enrolment at 2019 election: 69,332
Enrolment at 2022 election: 71,843 (+03.7)
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 65.3
2023 Voice referendum: No 63.7
2007 Labor majority over Country Liberal: 0.2%
2010 Country Liberal majority over Labor: 1.8%
2013 Country Liberal majority over Labor: 1.4%
2016 Labor majority over Country Liberal: 6.0%
2019 Labor majority over Country Liberal: 3.1%
2022 Labor majority over Country Liberal: 9.4%
2025 notional Labor majority over Country Liberal: 9.4%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
Labor two-party vote 2001-22
2022 results
Statistics and history
Announced candidates:
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Lisa Bayliss
Country Liberal Party |
Luke Gosling
Australian Labor Party |
Division of Solomon
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 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 he was defeated in 2007 by Labor's
Damian Hale. The CLP's
Natasha Griggs regained the seat in 2010, but was defeated by Labor's Luke Gosling in 2016.
Luke Gosling, Labor MP for Solomon since 2016, 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. Although he has a
comfortable margin, the CLP landslide victory at the 2024 Territory election - in which Labor lost every seat in the Darwin area - suggests he
will have a struggle to retain this seat in 2025. The CLP candidate in 2025 will be Lisa Bayliss, a police officer.
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