Electoral district of Northern Territory

The Electoral district of Northern Territory was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1911. The electorate encompassed all of what is the Northern Territory when the Territory was included as part of South Australia for political purposes.

The district returned two members at each election and supported independent members for much of its existence.

The most prominent member for the electorate was Vaiben Louis Solomon, the twenty-first Premier of South Australia.

Members MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Vaiben Louis Solomon 1890–1901  J. L. Parsons 1890–1893  Walter Griffiths 1893–1900 C. E. Herbert National League1900–1905 S. J. Mitchell 1901–1906 Vaiben Louis Solomon 1905–1905 Liberal and Democratic1906–1910  National League 1906–1908 Thomas Crush Labor 1908–1911 J. A. V. Brown Farmers and Producers 1910–1910   Liberal Union 1910–1911 

See also Division of Northern Territory, a division of the Australian House of Representatives from 1922 to 2001. Parliament of the Northern Territory, created in 1948.

References Jaensch, D. (1990) The Legislative Council of the Northern Territory: An Electoral History 1947–1974, Australian National University North Australia Research Unit, Darwin. James, B. (1995) Occupation Citizen, Self Published, Darwin. .