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.
Nightcliff is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974,and takes its name from the suburb of the same name. Nightcliff is one of the smallest electorates in the Territory,covering only 4.28 km²and taking in the Darwin suburb of Nightcliff,most of Rapid Creek and a small area of Coconut Grove. There were 5,621 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.
Terence Kennedy Mills is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of the Territory Alliance. He served as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2012 to 2013 as a member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP).
General elections were held in the Northern Territory of Australia on 9 August 2008. Of the 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly,23 were contested;two safe Labor seats were uncontested. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party (ALP),led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson won a narrow third term victory against the opposition centre-right Country Liberal Party (CLP),led by Terry Mills. Labor suffered a massive and unexpected swing against it,to hold a one-seat majority in the new parliament.
Michael Patrick Francis Gunner is an Australian politician and was the 11th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2016 to 2022. He is a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,having held his seat of Fannie Bay in Darwin since the retirement of then Chief Minister Clare Martin at the 2008 election.
Kezia Dorcas Tibisay Purick is an Australian politician. She is an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly,having held her seat of Goyder since the 2008 election. Prior to entering Parliament,Purick was the CEO of the NT Minerals Council for 16 years. Originally elected as a member of the Country Liberal Party,she became an independent in 2015.
The Northern Territory general election was held on Saturday 25 August 2012,which elected all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. The 11-year Labor Party government led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson was defeated in their attempt to win a fourth term against the opposition Country Liberal Party led by opposition leader Terry Mills with a swing of four seats,losing the normally safe Labor remote seats of Arafura,Arnhem,Daly and Stuart,whilst retaining their urban seats picked up at the 2001 election.
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.
Alline Dawn Lawrie is an Australian former politician. She was the independent member for Nightcliff in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1983;in the First Assembly,she and fellow independent Ron Withnall were the sole non-Country Liberal Party members.
Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2016 are listed below.
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.
Natasha Kate Fyles is an Australian politician and former teacher serving as the 12th and current chief minister of the Northern Territory and minister for Health. She has been the leader of the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since May 2022 and a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Nightcliff since August 2012. She previously served as 22nd attorney-general of the Northern Territory and the territory’s minister for Justice from 2016 to 2020.
Nicole Susan Manison is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2013,representing the electorate of Wanguri. She has been Deputy Chief Minister since the 2016 election,serving under both Michael Gunner and Natasha Fyles. She was also Treasurer from 2016 to 2020.
Stella Maris is a heritage site on McMinn Street in Darwin,Northern Territory,Australia.
Ngaree Jane Ah Kit is an Australian politician,who was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2016 general election,representing the electoral division of Karama,Darwin,for the Labor Party.
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.
The Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch),commonly known as Territory Labor,is the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been the governing party of the Northern Territory since winning the 2016 election under Michael Gunner. It previously held office from 2001 to 2012.
Territory Alliance is 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). In March 2020,two additional independent MLAs joined the party,Jeff Collins and Robyn Lambley. This saw the Alliance surpass the CLP as the second-largest party in the Legislative Assembly,but failed to gain official opposition status after a secret ballot of non-Government members of the Legislative Assembly instead recognised the CLP in a 5-3 vote. Despite hopes of forming government in its own right,or a coalition with the CLP or Labor in a minority government,the party was left with only one seat following the 2020 Territory election. With Robyn Lambley's departure from the Territory Alliance,the party currently has no representation in the Legislative Assembly.
The 2024 Northern Territory general election is scheduled to be held on 24 August 2024 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.
