Division of Lingiari

Lingiari
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lingiari in the Northern Territory, as of the 2022 federal election (excluding Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Created2001
MPMarion Scrymgour
PartyLabor
NamesakeVincent Lingiari
Electors74,050 (2022)
Area1,352,371 km2 (522,153.4 sq mi)
DemographicRural and remote
Territory electorate(s)

The Division of Lingiari (/lɪŋiˈɑːri/)[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

The current MP is Marion Scrymgour, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Scrymgour herself is Indigenous and inherited Tiwi identity from her mother.[3]

  1. ^ "Lingiari". ABC Pronounce. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AEC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Lingiari (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.