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Electoral division of Port Darwin
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Port Darwin is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and is an entirely urban electorate, covering only 13.65 sq km and taking in the Darwin central business district, as well as the suburb of Larrakeyah and part of Stuart Park. There were 4537 people enrolled in the electorate as of June 2005.
Port Darwin has almost always been a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, although ironically it was one of only two seats the party did not hold in the first parliament from 1974 to 1977. It was widely considered as CLP heartland, and was their safest seat in Darwin for many years. After the Australian Labor Party victory at the 2001 election, it became the only CLP-held seat west of Palmerston, and the strength of the CLP vote in the seat was seen at the 2000 by-election caused by the resignation of controversial former Chief Minister Shane Stone, when a struggling CLP still managed to easily fend off any challenge in the seat. As a result, there were very few signs in the lead-up to the 2005 election that sitting member Sue Carter was in danger, with most commentators expecting her to win another term. However, on election day, there was a surprise significant and unprecedented swing to the ALP across the Territory. Though the result was so close that it was not known for several days after the election, Carter was ultimately defeated, and Port Darwin now has an ALP member for the first time in its history.
- Ron Withnall (Independent) (1974-1977)
- Tom Harris (Country Liberal Party) (1977-1990)
- Shane Stone (Country Liberal Party) (1990-2000)
- Sue Carter (Country Liberal Party) (2000-2005)
- Kerry Sacilotto (Australian Labor Party) (2005-present)