Electoral division of Namatjira

Namatjira Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Electoral division of Namatjira in the Northern Territory
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	2012
MP	Alison Anderson
Party	Independent
Namesake	Albert Namatjira
Electors	5,127 (2012)
Area	351,294 km^2 (135,635.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Remote

Namatjira is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 2012 when the former division of MacDonnell was renamed after the Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira. Namatjira is an almost entirely rural electorate, covering 351,294 km², and taking in the resort town of Yulara, and the remote communities of Hermannsburg, Kintore and Papunya. There were 5,127 electors enrolled in Namatjira as of August 2012.

Members for Namatjira

Member		Party	Term
	Alison Anderson	Country Liberal	2012–2014
		Independent	2014
		Palmer United	2014
		Independent	2014–present

Election results

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Namatjira[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Alison Anderson	1,847	63.2	n/a
	Labor	Des Rogers	824	28.2	n/a
	First Nations	Warren H Williams	253	8.7	n/a
Total formal votes			2,924	95.3	n/a
Informal votes			143	4.7	n/a
Turnout			3,067	59.8	n/a
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Alison Anderson	2,006	68.6	n/a
	Labor	Des Rogers	918	31.4	n/a
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

References

1. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx

External links

• Division profile from the Northern Territory Electoral Commission