Electoral division of Wanguri

Wanguri Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Location of Wanguri in the Darwin/Palmerston area
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	1983
MP	Nicole Manison
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Wanguri
Electors	5,569 (2016)
Area	40 km^2 (15.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban

Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983. Wanguri is an urban electorate, covering 40 km², and taking in the north Darwin suburbs of Wanguri, Karama and Leanyer. There were 5,569 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2016.

Like most electorates in the Territory, Wanguri has a tendency to keep its incumbent members regardless of party. While the Country Liberal Party held it for six years after its creation in 1983, the Australian Labor Party have held it since a 1989 by-election, and it is now reckoned as reasonably safe for that party. Paul Henderson was not expected to have much difficulty retaining Wanguri at the 2005 election, and ultimately held the seat with a strong swing in his favour.

When Henderson resigned in 2013, following his government's defeat in the 2012 election, the resulting by-election saw Nicole Manison hold the seat for Labor. Manison managed to pick up a 12.4 percent swing—according to ABC election analyst Antony Green, the largest against a first term government in Australia in over twenty years.^[1] It was enough to revert Wanguri to its traditional status as a comfortably safe Labor seat. Manison consolidated her hold on the seat in the 2016 election, increasing her majority to 19.6 percent. As a result, Wanguri is the third-safest in the Territory and the second-safest seat in the Darwin area.

Members for Wanguri

Member		Party	Term
	Don Dale	Country Liberal	1983–1989
	John Bailey	Labor	1989–1999
	Paul Henderson	Labor	1999–2013
	Nicole Manison	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Northern Territory general election, 2016: Wanguri^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Nicole Manison	2,673	58.6	+1.7
	Country Liberal	Steven Doherty	1,079	23.6	−19.5
	Independent	Shauna Mounsey	684	15.0	+15.0
	Independent	Jan Pile	129	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			4,565	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			81	1.7	−0.3
Turnout			4,646	83.4	+6.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nicole Manison	3,026	69.9	+13.1
	Country Liberal	Steven Doherty	1,302	30.1	−13.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.1

References

1. Green, Antony: Are there any Lessons from the Wanguri By-election Result?, Antony Green's Election Blog, ABC, 17 February 2013.
2. Wanguri – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 September 2016

External links

• Division profile from the Northern Territory Electoral Commission