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 Northern Territory is an Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west,South Australia to the south,and Queensland to the east. To the north,the Northern Territory looks out to the Timor Sea,the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria,including Western New Guinea and various other islands of the Indonesian archipelago.
Jodeen Terese Carney is an Australian politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from September 2001 to September 2010,representing the Alice Springs-based electorate of Araluen.
Araluen is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983,replacing the electorate of Alice Springs,which had been abolished as part of the enlargement of the Assembly. The electorate covers a 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) area to the south and west of Alice Springs,including the Alice Springs CBD,the suburb of Araluen,and some surrounding rural areas. There were 5,742 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020.
Greatorex was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990,replacing the abolished electorate of Sadadeen,and was named after Tony Greatorex,the last President of the Legislative Council. Greatorex was a mostly urban electorate,covering an area of 76 km2,and encompassing the Alice Springs suburbs of Sadadeen and Traeger Park. There were 4,606 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2012.
The Northern Territory Greens are a green party in the Northern Territory,a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. The party currently has one representative in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,having won the seat of Nightcliff in 2024.
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.
Michael Patrick Francis Gunner is an Australian former politician who was the 11th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2016 to 2022. He was a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,holding the seat of Fannie Bay in Darwin from the retirement of then Chief Minister Clare Martin at the 2008 election until his resignation in July 2022.
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.
A by-election for the seat of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 9 October 2010. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member Jodeen Carney on 3 September 2010 due to ill health. The seat has been held by the CLP since the seat's creation in 1983. Carney narrowly won the seat in the 2001 general election but built up her margin to receive 68 per cent of the primary vote at the 2008 election.
Robyn Jane Lambley is an Australian politician. She is an independent member representing the division of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,having been first elected in a 2010 by-election as a member of the Country Liberal Party. She resigned from the party and contested Araluen as an independent in 2016. She was a member of the Territory Alliance between March and October 2020.
This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 2012 General Election.
Chanston James "Chansey" Paech is an Australian politician. He is a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Namatjira until 2020 and Gwoja thereafter. He is of Arrente,Arabana and Gurindji descent.
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.
Samantha Jane McMahon is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for the Northern Territory between the 2019 federal election and the 2022 federal election. McMahon is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),having joined the party in April 2022,several months after resigning from the Country Liberal Party (CLP). While she was a CLP member,she sat in the Nationals party room in federal parliament. She was a veterinarian in Katherine before entering politics.
Territory Alliance was an Australian political party based in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 2019 by Terry Mills,an incumbent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. He had been elected as a member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP).
A by-election in the seat of Johnston in the Northern Territory was held on 29 February 2020,following the resignation of Ken Vowles,the MLA for Johnston,on 31 January 2020. Vowles was first elected in the 2012 Northern Territory general election,winning 45% of first preference votes and 55.7% of the two-party-preferred vote. At the 2016 Northern Territory general election,Vowles was re-elected with 51% of first preference votes and 64.7% of the two-party-preferred vote.
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. Members were elected through full preferential instant-runoff voting in single-member electorates. The election was conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).
Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price is an Australian politician from the Northern Territory. She has been a senator for the Northern Territory since the 2022 federal election. She is a member of the Country Liberal Party,a politically conservative party operating in the Northern Territory affiliated with the national Coalition. She sits with the National Party in federal parliament. She has been the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs since April 2023.
A by-election in the seat of Fannie Bay in the Northern Territory was held on 20 August 2022,following the resignation of Michael Gunner,the MLA for Fannie Bay and former chief minister,on 27 July 2022. Early voting started on Monday 8 August.
