The Division of Lingiari is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

. It was created in 2000, out of the former Division of Northern Territory

Division of Northern Territory

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....

. It covers almost the entire Territory (except for the area around Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

, which is covered by the Division of Solomon

Division of Solomon

The Division of Solomon is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. It covers the cities of Darwin and Palmerston...

), an area of 1347849 square kilometres (520,407 sq mi), making it the second largest electorate in terms of area in Australia

Australia

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. The division also includes the Christmas

Christmas Island

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 and Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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.

The division was named after prominent Aboriginal rights activist Vincent Lingiari

Vincent Lingiari

Vincent Lingiarri, AM , was an Aboriginal rights activist who was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the Aboriginal people. Lingiarri was a member of the Gurindji people. In Vincent's earlier life he worked as a stockman at Wave Hill Cattle Station. He also played...

 AM (1908 - 1988), who was a member of the Gurindji

Gurindji people

Gurindji are a group of Indigenous Australians living in northern Australia, 460 km southwest of Katherine in the Northern Territory's Victoria River region....

 nation. The only other divisions named after Aboriginal Australians are Bennelong

Division of Bennelong

The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electorate in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, and Blair

Division of Blair

The Division of Blair is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1998 and is named after Harold Blair, an Aboriginal singer and civil rights campaigner...

 and Bonner

Division of Bonner

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 in Queensland

Queensland

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.

At the time of the 2004 election, there were 58,205 people enrolled to vote in Lingiari, making it one of the least populous divisions in Australia

Australia

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.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Warren Snowdon Warren Snowdon Warren Edward Snowdon is an Australian politician. He is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives. He represented the Division of Northern Territory from July 1987 to March 1996, and from October 1998 to November 2001.Since November 2001 he has represented the...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2001–present

Election results