Related Research Articles
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP),commonly known as the Country Liberals,is a centre-right and conservative political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In territory politics,it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal elections as an affiliate of the Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia,the two partners in the federal coalition.
The Liberal–National Coalition,commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP,is an alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics. The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia. Its main opponent is the Australian Labor Party (ALP);the two forces are often regarded as operating in a two-party system. The Coalition was last in government from 2013 to 2022. The group is led by Peter Dutton,who succeeded Scott Morrison after the 2022 federal election.
A general election was held in the Northern Territory,Australia,on 18 June 2005. The centre-left Labor Party,led by Chief Minister Clare Martin,won a second term with a landslide victory,winning six of the ten seats held by the opposition Country Liberal Party in the 25-member Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,bringing their total to 19. It was the second largest victory in any Northern Territory election. The only larger majority in the history of the Territory was in the first election,in 1974. In that contest,the CLP won 17 of the 19 seats in the chamber,and faced only two independents as opposition.
Daly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 2001,and takes its name from the Daly River region which lies at the heart of the electorate. Daly covers some 77,395 km²,encompassing the towns of Adelaide River,Acacia Hills,Batchelor,Dundee Beach,Nauiyu Nambiyu,Pine Creek,Timber Creek and Wadeye. There were 5,622 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020.
Karama is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1987,and derives its name from the suburb of the same name. It is an urban electorate,covering 8 km2 and taking in the Darwin suburbs of Karama and Malak,as well as parts of Berrimah and Marrara. There were 5,482 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.
Adam Graham Giles is an Australian former politician and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016) as well as the former leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Giles is the first Indigenous Australian to serve as a head of government in Australia.
The 2016 Northern Territory general election was held on Saturday 27 August 2016 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.
Lia Emele Finocchiaro is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Spillett since her election in 2016. She became Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory after the resignation of Gary Higgins on 1 February 2020. She was previously the member for Drysdale from 2012 to 2016.
Gary John Higgins is an Australian former politician. A member of the Country Liberal Party,he was elected to represent the seat of Daly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 election. After the 2016 election,the CLP was reduced to only two members in the Legislative Assembly,with Higgins becoming party leader and Leader of the Opposition. Following health problems,he resigned both positions in favour of Lia Finocchiaro in February 2020,and retired at the 2020 election.
The United Australia Party (UAP),formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP),is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013. The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017,revived and re-registered in 2018,and voluntarily deregistered in 2022. The party fielded candidates in all 150 House of Representatives seats at the 2013 federal election. Palmer,the party's leader,was elected to the Division of Fairfax and it reached a peak of three senators following the rerun of the Western Australian senate election in 2014. When the party was revived under its original name in 2018,it was represented by ex-One Nation senator Brian Burston in the federal parliament.
Paul Andrew Kirby is an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Port Darwin in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2024.
Ngaree Jane Ah Kit is an Australian politician from the Labor Party. She was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electoral division of Karama in Darwin from 2016 to 2024.
The 2020 Northern Territory general election was held on 22 August 2020 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.
Gerard Maley is an Australian politician who serves as an MLA for Nelson as a member of the Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. He has been the Deputy Leader of the Country Liberal Party since September 2020.
The 2024 Northern Territory general election was held on 24 August 2024 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.
Matthew Kerle is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
Jinson Anto Charls is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
Tanzil Rahman is an Australian politician who since the 2024 Northern Territory general election has been the MLA for Fong Lim in Darwin's east. He succeeded former education minister Mark Monaghan,winning around 57.8% of the two-party-preferred vote.
Andrew Mackay is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
Khoda Patel is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
References
- ↑ "Brian O'Gallagher - CLP Candidate for Karama - Country Liberal Party". www.clp.org.au. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ↑ "Karama - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
 | This article about an Australian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |