Electoral division of Fong Lim

Fong Lim
Northern TerritoryLegislative Assembly

Location of Fong Lim in the Darwin/Palmerston area
Territory Northern Territory
Created 2008
MP Dave Tollner
Party Country Liberal Party
Namesake Alec Fong Lim
Electors 4,883 (2012)
Area 127 km2 (49.0 sq mi)
Demographic Urban

Fong Lim is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory.

The district is named after Alec Fong Lim, Lord Mayor of Darwin from 1984 to 1990. There were 4,883 people enrolled in the division in August 2012.

Geography

Fong Lim is located in the suburban corridor between Darwin and Palmerston. It takes in the suburbs of Bayview, Woolner and The Narrows, and parts of Coconut Grove and Ludmilla. The district also includes Darwin International Airport.

History

Fong Lim largely replaced the abolished Electoral division of Millner, and was renamed in honour of former Darwin Lord Mayor Alec Fong Lim. It was first contested at the 2008 election. Based on the results of the previous election, it was calculated to have a Labor majority of 61.5% to 38.5% versus the Liberal Party. It was contested by the incumbent member for Millner, Labor MP Matthew Bonson, who lost to the Country Liberal Party's candidate, former federal MP Dave Tollner, on a swing of 13 percent. Tollner was reelected in 2012 as the CLP won government.

Members for Fong Lim

MemberPartyTerm
  Dave Tollner Country Liberal 2008–present

Election results

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Fong Lim[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Dave Tollner 2,050 54.5 +2.4
Labor Ashley Marsh 1,348 35.8 −12.1
Greens Matt Haubrick 250 6.6 +6.6
Sex Party Peter Burnheim 113 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 3,761 97.0 +2.2
Informal votes 116 3.0 −2.2
Turnout 3,877 79.4 +3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Dave Tollner 2,154 57.3 +5.2
Labor Ashley Marsh 1,607 42.7 −5.2
Country Liberal hold Swing +5.2

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