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] It stretches from the Timor Sea in the north to the border with South Australia in the south, being the sole Northern Territory Legislative Assembly division to border Western Australia. There were 6,113 people enrolled within the electorate as of July 2026.

TerritoryNorthern Territory

Created2020

MPChansey Paech

PartyLabor

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Gwoja Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries as of the 2024 election
Territory	Northern Territory
Created	2020
MP	Chansey Paech
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gwoya Tjungurrayi
Electors	6,113 (2026)
Area	427,605 km2 (165,099.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Remote
Electorates around Gwoja: Timor Sea Daly Barkly Kimberley (WA) Gwoja Barkly Namatjira North West Central (WA) Giles (SA) Giles (SA)

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The division is named after Gwoya Tjungurrayi, a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man who survived the Coniston massacre in 1928, and became the first Aboriginal person to have his likeness 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, it was won by incumbent Namatjira Labor MLA Chansey Paech, who transferred here after his seat was made a notional Country Liberal Party (CLP) seat in the redistribution.