Daly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the Unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions It was created in 2001, and takes its name from the Daly River region which lies at the heart of the electorate. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Daly River is the name of a river and a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Daly covers some 161,108. 65 sq km, encompassing the towns of Adelaide River, Acacia Hills, Batchelor, Dundee, Nauiyu Nambiyu, Pine Creek, Timber Creek and Wadeye. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Adelaide River is a town where the Stuart Highway crosses the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia. Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60km South of the Darwin CBD. Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. The town is located in the Coomalie Local Government Area, 98 Pine Creek is a town in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia. Wadeye ( is a town in Australia 's Northern Territory. Wadeye (pronounced wod-air) was formerly known (and is still often referred to as Port There were 4707 people enrolled in the electorate as of June 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Daly is the newest electorate in the Northern Territory, having only been created in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. It replaced the Victoria River electorate, which had been abolished when its namesake was moved out of the electorate by a redistribution. While Victoria River had been held by the Australian Labor Party in the past, Daly appeared on paper to be a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party, having been held easily by then-member Tim Baldwin. The Country Liberal Party (CLP is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties However, he retired at the 2005 election, and while the CLP candidate, Debbi Aloisi, was widely predicted to succeed him, she was ultimately defeated by ALP candidate Robert Knight. Overall result The Australian Labor Party won 525% of the vote which was an increase of 11 Robert Knight may be the name of Robert Knight (musician Rob Knight (politician, Daniel Robert Knight a politician In the leadup to the election, there had been almost no suggestion that Knight had any chance of defeating Aloisi, let alone that he would win, yet on election day, he received a 30. 4% swing - almost unheard of in Australian politics - and easily swept to victory.
Members for Daly
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Tim Baldwin | Country Liberal | 2001—2005 | |
| Robert Knight | Labor | 2005—present | |
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