Electoral division of Braitling

Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the electorate of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly. Braitling is an almost entirely urban electorate, covering 31.6 km² in north-western Alice Springs. The electorate takes its name from the Braitling family, an early pioneering family in the district. There were 4319 people enrolled in the electorate as of June 2005.

The city of Alice Springs has, along with the Darwin satellite city of Palmerston, traditionally been one of two conservative bastions in the Northern Territory. This has generally made the Braitling electorate a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, who won the electorate easily at every election from its creation until 2001, when disendorsed CLP incumbent Loraine Braham won re-election as an independent. She was narrowly re-elected in a very close race against the CLP in 2005. Braham opted to retire at the 2008 election and Braitling once again became a CLP held seat.

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Members for Braitling

Member Party Term
  Roger Vale Country Liberal Party 1983–1994
  Loraine Braham Country Liberal Party 1994–2001
  Independent 2001–2008
  Adam Giles Country Liberal Party 2008–present

Election results

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Braitling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Adam Giles 2,052 58.2 +12.8
Greens Jane Clark 526 14.9 +14.9
Independent Eli Melky 496 14.1 +14.1
Labor Aaron Dick 449 12.7 -10.0
Total formal votes 3,523 97.2 -0.1
Informal votes 103 2.8 +0.1
Turnout 3,626 73.3
Two-candidate preferred result
Country Liberal Adam Giles 2,475 70.3 +12.2
Greens Jane Clark 1,048 29.7 +29.7
Country Liberal gain from Independent Swing +12.2

References

  1. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/nt/NT2008_Results.pdf

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