Electoral division of Gwoja

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]

"Gwoja" redirects here. For the electoral division's namesake, see Gwoya Tjungurrayi.
Gwoja
Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Gwoja in the Northern Territory
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)

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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Gwoja.[edit]
2020 Northern Territory general election: Gwoja[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Chansey Paech 1,612 60.6 −2.1
Country Liberal Phillip Alice 702 26.4 +3.9
Australian Federation Kenny Lechleitner 344 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 2,658 94.7 N/A
Informal votes 148 5.3 N/A
Turnout 2,806 52.8 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Chansey Paech 1,729 65.0 −7.1
Country Liberal Phillip Alice 929 35.0 +7.1
Labor hold Swing−7.1

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.
  4. "Electorate summary: Gwoja". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. "Gwoja". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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