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  SOLOMON
Federal House of Representatives
The information on this page was provided by the Australian Electoral Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct as at February 2008.
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission) 2001
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Current Member Damian HALE
   
Current Party Australian Labor Party
   
Description Inner Metropolitan
   
Location Solomon covers an area that includes the cities of Darwin and Palmerston and urban fringes.
   
Origin First proclaimed in 2000, this seat is named after Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853 - 1908). Solomon served as a member ( and sometime mayor) of the Palmeston District Council for 17 years and was a member of the 1887 and 1889 Constitutional Coventions to form the Commonwealth of Australia. Solomon was also one of the original members of the Commonwealth Parliament on his election to the first parliament in 1901.
   
Products/Industries Tourism, horticulture, fishing and light industry
   
State NT
   
Area 326 sq kms (approx)
   
Population 91,518 as at 2006
   
Enrolled Electors 57,979 as at 30/11/07
   

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