Division of Solomon

Solomon Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Solomon (green) within the Greater Darwin area
Created	2000
MP	Luke Gosling
Party	Labor
Namesake	Vaiben Solomon
Electors	59,891 (2010)
Area	337 km2 (130.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Solomon is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. It covers the cities of Darwin (including the surrounding suburbs) and Palmerston. The only other division in the territory, the Division of Lingiari, covers the remainder of the territory.

The division was created in 2000. It is named for Vaiben Solomon, a Premier of South Australia, and member of the first Australian Parliament. He represented the Northern Territory in the South Australian House of Assembly, when it was still part of that state.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	David Tollner	Country Liberal	2001–2007
	Damian Hale	Labor	2007–2010
	Natasha Griggs	Country Liberal	2010–2016
	Luke Gosling	Labor	2016-present

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Solomon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Luke Gosling	21,775	39.50	−0.54
	Country Liberal	Tina Macfarlane	13,771	24.98	−13.07
	Greens	Aiya Goodrich Carttling	8,164	14.81	+2.97
	Liberal Democrats	Kylie Bonanni	5,839	10.59	+10.59
	One Nation	Emily Lohse	2,948	5.35	+5.35
	United Australia	Tayla Selfe	2,628	4.77	+1.90
Total formal votes			55,125	96.48	+0.85
Informal votes			2,011	3.52	−0.85
Turnout			57,136	79.53	−3.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Luke Gosling	32,726	59.37	+6.29
	Country Liberal	Tina Macfarlane	22,399	40.63	−6.29
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.29

Other websites

• Division of Solomon – Australian Electoral Commission
• Natasha Grigg's website Archived 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine