Palmerston has long been one of the heartlands of the Country Liberal Party. Indeed, until 2005, the Labor Party had never come close to winning a Palmerston-based seat in the history of the Assembly. However, Brennan is located in what had long been reckoned as a particularly conservative area even by Palmerston standards, and it was the CLP's safest seat after the 2001 election. Denis Burke, who served as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1999 to 2001 and had just been reelected as Opposition Leader a few months before the election, was not expected to have any difficulty holding the seat in the foreseeable future. However, in a shock result that had not been predicted by any prominent commentator, much less either candidate, Brennan fell to the ALP candidate, James Burke, at the 2005 election—only the second time that a major-party leader in the Northern Territory had been toppled in his own electorate.
Burke's victory was short-lived, as Peter Chandler regained the seat for the CLP at the 2008 election. Chandler picked up a massive swing in 2012, seemingly reverting Brennan to its traditional status as a safe CLP seat. However, Chandler was swept out four years later by Labor's Tony Sievers amid the CLP's collapse in Palmerston. Sievers in turn narrowly lost his seat to the CLP's Marie-Clare Boothby in 2020.
electoral, division, brennan, brennan, electoral, division, legislative, assembly, australia, northern, territory, first, created, 1990, replacement, abolished, seat, ludmilla, derives, name, from, harold, tiger, brennan, former, member, legislative, council, . Brennan is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia s Northern Territory It was first created in 1990 as a replacement for the abolished seat of Ludmilla and derives its name from Harold Tiger Brennan a former member of the Legislative Council and Mayor of Darwin Brennan includes both rural and urban areas covering an area of 5 km2 and encompassing the Palmerston suburbs of Bakewell Gunn Farrar as well as part of Rosebery There were 5 746 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020 BrennanNorthern Territory Legislative AssemblyLocation of Brennan in the Darwin Palmerston areaTerritoryNorthern TerritoryCreated1990MPMarie Clare BoothbyPartyCountry LiberalNamesakeHarold BrennanElectors5 746 2020 Area5 km2 1 9 sq mi DemographicUrbanElectorates around Brennan Spillett Nelson NelsonDrysdale Brennan SpillettBlain Blain SpillettPalmerston has long been one of the heartlands of the Country Liberal Party Indeed until 2005 the Labor Party had never come close to winning a Palmerston based seat in the history of the Assembly However Brennan is located in what had long been reckoned as a particularly conservative area even by Palmerston standards and it was the CLP s safest seat after the 2001 election Denis Burke who served as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1999 to 2001 and had just been reelected as Opposition Leader a few months before the election was not expected to have any difficulty holding the seat in the foreseeable future However in a shock result that had not been predicted by any prominent commentator much less either candidate Brennan fell to the ALP candidate James Burke at the 2005 election only the second time that a major party leader in the Northern Territory had been toppled in his own electorate Burke s victory was short lived as Peter Chandler regained the seat for the CLP at the 2008 election Chandler picked up a massive swing in 2012 seemingly reverting Brennan to its traditional status as a safe CLP seat However Chandler was swept out four years later by Labor s Tony Sievers amid the CLP s collapse in Palmerston Sievers in turn narrowly lost his seat to the CLP s Marie Clare Boothby in 2020 Contents 1 Members for Brennan 2 Election results 3 References 4 External linksMembers for Brennan EditMember Party Term Max Ortmann Country Liberal 1990 1994 Independent 1994 1994 Denis Burke Country Liberal 1994 2005 James Burke Labor 2005 2008 Peter Chandler Country Liberal 2008 2016 Tony Sievers Labor 2016 2020 Marie Clare Boothby Country Liberal 2020 presentElection results EditSee also Electoral results for the division of Brennan This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election Brennan edit 2020 Northern Territory general election Brennan 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Labor Tony Sievers 1 760 40 2 7 2Country Liberal Marie Clare Boothby 1 730 39 5 3 9Territory Alliance Abraham Mbemap 477 10 9 10 9Independent Peter Chandler 413 9 4 9 4Total formal votes 4 380 96 8 N AInformal votes 146 3 2 N ATurnout 4 526 78 8 N ATwo party preferred resultCountry Liberal Marie Clare Boothby 2 242 51 2 3 8Labor Tony Sievers 2 138 48 8 3 8Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing 3 8References Edit Electorate summary Brennan NTEC Retrieved 4 September 2020 Brennan ABC Elections Australian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 7 September 2020 External links EditDivision profile from the Northern Territory Electoral Commission 12 29 55 S 130 59 34 E 12 498685 S 130 992815 E 12 498685 130 992815 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electoral division of Brennan amp oldid 1158434603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
