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Gwoja
Northern TerritoryLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of boundaries as of the 2024 election
TerritoryNorthern Territory
Created2020
MPChansey Paech
PartyLabor
NamesakeGwoya Tjungurrayi
Electors5,313 (2020)
Area427,605 km2 (165,099.2 sq mi)
DemographicRemote
Electorates around Gwoja:
Timor Sea Daly Barkly
Kimberley
(WA)
Gwoja Barkly
Namatjira
North West Central
(WA)
Giles
(SA)
Giles
(SA)

Gwoja is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Stuart.[1]

The division is named after Gwoya Tjungurrayi, a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man who survived the Coniston massacre in 1928, and was depicted on an Australian postage stamp. His likeness was also the inspiration for the Aboriginal elder depicted on the reverse of the Australian two-dollar coin.[2][3]

When the seat was first contested in 2020, the seat was won by incumbent Namatjira Labor MLA Chansey Paech, who transferred here after his seat was made a notional CLP seat in a redistribution.

Members for Gwoja

Member Party Term
  Chansey Paech Labor 2020–present

Election results

2024 Northern Territory general election: Gwoja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Chansey Paech 1,654 65.8 +5.9
Country Liberal Jarrod Jupurula Williams 858 34.2 +7.9
Total formal votes 2,512 97.4 +2.6
Informal votes 68 2.6 −2.6
Turnout 2,580 42.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

References

  1. ^ "Gwoja". ABC Elections. ABC. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The face of the $2 coin may gain further recognition". ABC News. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Division of Gwoja". NTEC. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2021.