Electoral Division of Greatorex

Electoral Division Of Greatorex

Greatorex is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, replacing the abolished electorate of Sadadeen, and is named after Tony Greatorex, the last President of the Legislative Council. Greatorex is a mostly urban electorate, covering an area of 76 km², and encompassing the Alice Springs suburbs of Sadadeen and Traeger Park. There were 4,606 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2012.

The electorate lies in a strongly conservative area of Alice Springs, and has generally been considered Country Liberal Party heartland. It was held from 1987 to 1994 by conservative independent Denis Collins, the incumbent member for the abolished Sadadeen electorate and a former CLP MLA. He was defeated at the 1994 election by endorsed CLP candidate Dr Richard Lim. Lim was easily re-elected in 1997 and 2001, and was one of only four CLP members to survive the Labor landslide victory at the 2005 election, despite the presence of a Labor star candidate in high-profile Alice Springs mayor Fran Kilgariff. Lim resigned from parliament on 9 July 2007 in the middle of his fourth term. He was replaced by another CLP member, former radio broadcaster Matt Conlan, at the resulting by-election on 28 July.