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Division of Lingiari

Australian federal electoral division

Summary

Australian federal electoral division

Field	Value
federal	yes
name	Lingiari
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
created	2001
mp	Marion Scrymgour
mp-party	Labor
namesake	Vincent Lingiari
electors	74050
electors_year	2022
area	1352371
class	Rural and remote
territorygov	{{Clist
expand	no

The Division of Lingiari () is an Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory that covers the entirety of the territory outside of the Division of Solomon, which covers Darwin and surrounding areas. The division also includes the territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Lingiari includes all of the Northern Territory's remote Indigenous communities, most of whom vote when visited by mobile polling teams during the election campaign.

The current MP is Marion Scrymgour, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Scrymgour herself is Indigenous and inherited Tiwi identity from her mother.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state or territory, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state or territory's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state or territory are malapportioned.

Since the 2024 redistribution, the division covers almost the entirety of the Northern Territory except the City of Darwin and City of Palmerston local government areas.

History

The division was named after prominent Aboriginal rights activist Vincent Lingiari AM (1908–1988), who was a member of the Gurindji nation. Other divisions named after Aboriginal Australians are Bennelong in New South Wales, Blair and Bonner in Queensland, and Cooper and Nicholls in Victoria.

The division was one of the two established when the former Division of Northern Territory was redistributed on 21 December 2000. It covers almost the entire Territory—except for the area around Darwin, which is covered by the Division of Solomon—an area of 1347849 km2. It is the second largest electorate in terms of area in Australia, the largest being the Division of Durack in Western Australia. The division also includes the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. From its formation until the 2022 Australian federal election, it had been held by Warren Snowdon of the Australian Labor Party, who transferred there after the Division of Northern Territory was abolished.

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. Lingiari has the largest Indigenous population in Australia; as of the 2013 election, 42.7 percent of the population was Indigenous.

Members

Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		[[File:Warren Snowdon MP 2011.jpg	100px]]	Warren Snowdon
(1950–)	Labor	nowrap	10 November 2001 –
11 April 2022
		[[File:Marion Scrymgour MLA (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Marion Scrymgour
(1960–)	nowrap	21 May 2022 –
present	Previously held the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Arafura. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lingiari

References

(3 July 2007). "Lingiari". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Lingiari (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results".
(14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".
"Lingiari".
(March 2025). "Map of Commonwealth Electoral Division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission.
"Profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission.

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