Electoral division of Fannie Bay

Fannie Bay is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It is located in the inner northern suburbs of Darwin, with its current boundaries including the suburbs of Fannie Bay (from which it derives its name), Parap, East Point, The Narrows, The Gardens and parts of Stuart Park. It was first created in 1974, and is an entirely urban electorate, covering an area of 11 km². There were 5,473 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020.

Fannie Bay Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries as of the 2024 election
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	1974
MP	Laurie Zio
Party	Country Liberal
Namesake	Fannie Bay
Electors	5,473 (2020)
Area	11 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban
Electorates around Fannie Bay: Timor Sea Timor Sea Nightcliff Timor Sea Fannie Bay Fong Lim Timor Sea Port Darwin Fong Lim

History

Fannie Bay has been an exception in Northern Territory politics, as it has tended to be neither marginal or safe for either party, with incumbent members of both parties having managed to easily hold the electorate for several years. This was illustrated in 1995, when Country Liberal Party incumbent Marshall Perron, the Territory's second longest-tenured head of government, retired from politics, only to be replaced by the Labor Party's Clare Martin. Six years later, Martin herself became Chief Minister while still representing the electorate. Martin resigned as Chief Minister in 2007, and retired at the 2008 election. Michael Gunner narrowly retained the seat for Labor, and went on to become Opposition Leader in 2015. He led Territory Labor to a record victory in 2016, becoming the third person to become Chief Minister while holding Fannie Bay.

On 27 July 2022, Michael Gunner announced his resignation from politics as the Member for Fannie Bay, triggering a by-election in the seat to be held on 20 August 2022.^[1][2] Brent Potter won the by-election.^[3] In 2024 CLP Candidate Laurie Zio won the seat.

Members for Fannie Bay

Member		Party	Term
	Grant Tambling	Country Liberal	1974–1977
	Pam O'Neil	Labor	1977–1983
	Marshall Perron	Country Liberal	1983–1995
	Clare Martin	Labor	1995–2008
	Michael Gunner	Labor	2008–2022
	Brent Potter	Labor	2022–2024
	Laurie Zio	Country Liberal	2024–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the division of Fannie Bay

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Northern Territory general election § Fannie Bay.[edit]

2024 Northern Territory general election: Fannie Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Laurie Zio	1,858	39.9	+6.8
	Greens	Suki Dorras-Walker	1,340	28.7	+17.6
	Labor	Brent Potter	1,276	27.4	−21.1
	Independent	Leonard May	187	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			4,661	97.8	N/A
Informal votes			104	2.2	N/A
Turnout			4,765	77.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result[a][4]
	Labor	Brent Potter	2,442	52.4	−8.5
	Country Liberal	Laurie Zio	2,219	47.6	+8.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Laurie Zio	2,349	50.4	+11.3
	Greens	Suki Dorras-Walker	2,312	49.6	+49.6
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Notes

1. Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.