Division of Northern Territory

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The Division of Northern Territory was an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. Throughout its existence, it was the only Division in the Territory.

The Division was proclaimed in 1922, with the passing of the Northern Territory Representation Act 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 Federal election. However, the Member for Northern Territory did not have full voting rights until 1968. Between 1959 and 1968, the Member could only vote on matters relating to the Territory alone, and between 1936 and 1959 the Member was only able to veto motions to disallow laws made for the Territory. Before 1936, the Member had no voting rights at all.

At the redistribution of December 21, 2000, the Division was divided into two new divisions, the Division of Solomon, which covered the area immediately around Darwin, and the Division of Lingiari, which covered the remainder of the territory. On February 19, 2003, the new Divisions were nominally abolished and the Territory returned to a single Division, but on April 28, 2004 the Parliament of Australia passed a law restoring the two Divisions.

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Northern Territory Representation Act 1922. Documenting a Democracy. Retrieved on July 1, 2005.

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