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# Katherine

In Northern Territory.

## Sitting member

- [ **Jo Hersey** CLP, Katherine ](https://politics.computer/mp/jo-hersey)

About

## About Katherine

Katherine is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly covering the city of Katherine and the Binjari Aboriginal Community. It is held by Jo Hersey of the Country Liberal Party (CLP), who was the seat's sitting member at the time of this entry. Facebook and Instagram ads from Jo Hersey are tracked on this site.

Area

6,745 km²

Created

1987, replacing the abolished Elsey seat

Named after

Katherine River

Previous members

Mike Reed, Fay Miller, Willem Westra van Holthe, Sandra Nelson

Held by the same party since

2020, when Jo Hersey (CLP) won the seat

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdivision%5Fof%5FKatherine), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Katherine whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Katherine yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Katherine are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in Northern Territory

- [Arafura](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/arafura)
- [Araluen](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/araluen)
- [Arnhem](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/arnhem)
- [Barkly](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/barkly)
- [Blain](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/blain)
- [Braitling](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/braitling)
- [Brennan](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/brennan)
- [Casuarina](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/casuarina)
- [Daly](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/daly)
- [Drysdale](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/drysdale)
- [Fannie Bay](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/fannie-bay)
- [Fong Lim](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/fong-lim)
- [Goyder](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/goyder)
- [Gwoja](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/gwoja)
- [Johnston](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/johnston)
- [Karama](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/karama)
- [Mulka](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/mulka)
- [Namatjira](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/namatjira)
- [Nelson](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/nelson)
- [Nightcliff](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/nightcliff)
- [Port Darwin](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/port-darwin)
- [Sanderson](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/sanderson)
- [Spillett](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/spillett)
- [Wanguri](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/wanguri)

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