Electoral division of Wanguri

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 29 km², and taking in the north Darwin suburbs of Wanguri, Karama and Leanyer. There were 6,111 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.

Wanguri
Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Location of Wanguri in the Darwin/Palmerston area
TerritoryNorthern Territory
Created1983
MPNicole Manison
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeWanguri
Electors6,111 (2020)
Area29 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

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

Election results
See also: Electoral results for the division of Wanguri
2016 Northern Territory general election: 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
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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

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