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 named after Hon Vaiben Louis Solomon, a Premier of South Australia, a delegate to the second Constitutional convention 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. The Division was created when the former Division of Northern Territory was subdivided at the redistribution of 21 December 2000. It was first contested at the 2001 Federal election. After the 2004 election the seat was a marginal Country Liberal seat.
After narrowly losing the seat in 2007, at the 2010 election, Country Liberal Natasha Griggs won the seat back for Coalition with a 1.75 percent two-party margin.
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