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.
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.
Jane Lesley Aagaard is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2012,representing the Darwin-based electorate of Nightcliff. She was the Speaker of the Assembly from June 2005 until October 2012—the first Labor member ever to hold the post. Prior to holding the speakership,she had served as Health Minister from 2001 to 2003.
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.
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday June 7,1980. It was the first to be held since self-government was attained two years earlier,and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham.
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday,18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party,led by Jon Stanhope,was challenged by the Liberal Party,led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method,known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament with Labor winning seven seats,the Liberals six seats and the Greens finishing with four seats,giving the Greens the balance of power in the 17-member unicameral Assembly. On 31 October 2008,after almost two weeks of deliberations,the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government. Consequently,Labor was re-elected to a third consecutive term of government in the ACT. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the seventh Assembly on 5 November 2008. The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.
Malarndirri Barbara Anne McCarthy is an Indigenous Australian politician and former journalist who has been a Senator for the Northern Territory since 2016. She is the Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese Government since 29 July 2024. She previously served in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
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.
Delia Phoebe Lawrie is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2016,representing the electorate of Karama. She was a Labor member from 2001 to 2015,and served as party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 2012 to 2015. On 10 October 2015,following her loss of Labor preselection to recontest her seat at the 2016 election,she resigned from the party to sit as an independent.
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 25 August 2012,which elected all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.
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 who has served as the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory since August 2024. A member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP),she has represented the seat of Spillett in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since her election in 2016. Following the resignation of Gary Higgins on 1 February 2020,she became the Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory. Prior to this,she served as the member for Drysdale from 2012 to 2016.
Natasha Kate Fyles is an Australian politician and former teacher who served as the 12th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Minister for Health. She was the leader of the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from May 2022 until her resignation in December 2023. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Nightcliff from 2012 until her defeat at the 2024 election. She previously served as 22nd attorney-general of the Northern Territory and the territory’s minister for Justice from 2016 to 2020.
Eva Dina Lawler is an Australian politician. She was the chief minister of the Northern Territory from 2023 to 2024,holding office as the leader of the Territory Labor Party. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2024,representing the electorate of Drysdale until her defeat at the 2024 Northern Territory general election. Before becoming chief minister she held ministerial office in the governments of Michael Gunner and Natasha Fyles.
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.
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).
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).
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.
