Electoral division of Drysdale

Drysdale is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Fred Drysdale, a former member of the Legislative Council. It covers 221.67 km², encompassing outer suburban areas of both Darwin and Palmerston as well as the surrounding rural areas. It includes the Darwin suburbs of Bayview Haven, Berrimah and Winnellie, all of the Palmerston suburb of Durack, as well as parts of the Palmerston suburbs of Driver and Gray. There were 4561 people enrolled within the electorate as of June 2005.

For the first eight years of its life, Drysdale was considered to be a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, with their candidate Stephen Dunham easily winning the seat at the 1997 election and holding it at the 2001 election.

Most commentators predicted that the CLP's dominance in Drysdale would continue at the 2005 election, although the Australian Labor Party were running a high profile candidate, former AFL Northern Territory general manager Chris Natt. However, there was a significant swing to the ALP across the territory on election day, and Dunham was ultimately defeated, along with several other CLP sitting members. The final result took several days to be decided. In 2008, Ross Bohlin regained the seat for the CLP.

Members for Drysdale

Election results

External links

• Division profile from the Northern Territory Electoral Commission