Electoral Division Of Braitling
Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the electorate of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly. Braitling is an almost entirely urban electorate, covering 60 km² in north-western Alice Springs. The electorate takes its name from the Braitling family, an early pioneering family in the district. There were 4,687 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2012.
The city of Alice Springs has, along with the Darwin satellite city of Palmerston, traditionally been one of two conservative bastions in the Northern Territory. This has generally made the Braitling electorate a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, who won the electorate easily at every election from its creation until 2001, when disendorsed CLP incumbent Loraine Braham won re-election as an independent. She was narrowly re-elected in a very close race against the CLP in 2005. Braham opted to retire at the 2008 election and Braitling once again became a CLP held seat.
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