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.
Casuarina is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974 and was named after the adjacent suburb of Casuarina. Casuarina is an entirely urban electorate,covering only 12 km2 and taking in the suburbs of Brinkin,Nakara,Tiwi and part of Alawa,as well as the Charles Darwin University. There were 5,647 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2020.
The Northern Territory Greens are a green party in the Northern Territory,a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. It is the only branch of the Australian Greens to have never had any parliamentary representation,as well as the only one that does not run candidates in every single seat.
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 4 June 1994,and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP). Marshall Perron continued as Chief Minister.
Godfrey Alan "Goff" Letts was the Majority Leader of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1974 to 1977.
Nicholas Manuel Dondas is a former Country Liberal politician in the Northern Territory,Australia,representing the seat of Casuarina in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1994,and the Division of Northern Territory in the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998.
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.
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.
Lauren Jane Moss is an Australian politician. She was elected the Labor member for Casuarina in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in a by-election held on 18 October 2014 to replace Kon Vatskalis,a seat which she held for 10 years. She is the youngest ever member of Northern Territory Parliament. Prior to entering politics she was a youth advocate.
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.
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.
Joshua Roland Burgoyne is an Australian politician who is the member for Braitling in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
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.
Andrew Mackay is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
Brian O'Gallagher is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
References
- ↑ "Khoda Patel - CLP Candidate for Casuarina - Country Liberal Party". www.clp.org.au. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ↑ "Casuarina - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 2024-08-25. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
 | This article about an Australian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |