Division of Solomon

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 km²; the Division of Lingiari, the only other Division in the territory, covers 1,347,849 km².

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 December 21 2000. It was first contested at the 2001 Federal election. The seat is currently a marginal Country Liberal seat.

Members

* David Tollner (Country Liberal) 2001-

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