Gerard Maley

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Gerard Maley
MLA
21st Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 September 2024
YearsTermElectoral divisionParty
2020 –present 14th Nelson Country Liberal

Maley was selected for the Country Liberals to contest the seat Nelson in the 2016 Northern Territory general election which he lost to long time independent member Gerry Wood. He recontested the seat in the 2020 election following Wood's retirement, and won the seat. [6] He tallied 50.6 percent of the primary vote, enough to win the seat without the need for preferences. Ultimately, he won 59.2 percent of the two-candidate vote. However, for most of its existence, Nelson has been a comfortably safe CLP seat in "traditional" two-party matchups against Labor, so Maley's win was not considered an upset. Indeed, he now sits on a "traditional" two-party majority of 23.3 percent after picking up a healthy swing of 16.3 percent against Labor.

The election of 2020 saw only one member of the CLP returning to parliament, leader Lia Finocchiaro. As such there was a need to promote new parliamentarians into leadership roles. Maley was elected as Deputy Leader of the CLP, and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition. He was also given the portfolios of Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Multicultural Affairs, Defence Industries, Recreational Fishing, and National Resilience.

Political views

Maley opposes the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Swag of Opposition portfolios for new Katherine MLA". 18 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Maley elected CLP Deputy Opposition Leader". NT Independent. 16 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Independent Staff. "NT election 2020 candidates- Gerard Maley". NT Independent. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "About Maleys Barristers & Solicitors | Darwin". www.maleyslegal.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Gerard Maley Candidate for Nelson". Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Who's on the line up for the 2020 NT election? Seven new CLP candidate have been confirmed". www.abc.net.au. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "CLP NT Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro joins party rank-and-file to oppose Voice at referendum - ABC News".
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Nelson
2020–present		Incumbent
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