Mick Palmer (Australian politician)

This article is about the Australian politician. For the Australian police commissioner, see Mick Palmer (police commissioner).

For other people named Michael Palmer, see Michael Palmer (disambiguation).

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Mick Palmer
Palmer in 2001
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Leanyer
In office 3 December 1983 –7 March 1987
Years	Term	Electoral division	Party
1983 –1987	4th	Leanyer		Country Liberal
1987 –1990	5th	Karama		Country Liberal
1990 –1994	6th	Karama		Country Liberal
1994 –1997	7th	Karama		Country Liberal
1997 –2001	8th	Karama		Country Liberal

Local politics

In 2015, Palmer returned to politics with by becoming a councillor for Lyons Ward in the City of Darwin. ^[2] Palmer, who had campaigned on a position to make Darwin beautiful again, won the ward by defeating former Greens candidate Emma Young. ^[10] In 2017, he contested the election for Lord Mayor of Darwin with the campaign slogan, "Reboot Darwin". On his campaign, Palmer advocated for better landscaping of verges to instil civic pride, and the transformation of Lameroo Beach into a major beach for the city. ^[11] On election day on 26 August, Palmer came 3rd and received 4,651 primary votes (15.4%). The position of Lord Mayor, however, was won by Kon Vatskalis. Besides the position of Lord Mayor, Palmer also re-contested Lyons Ward, where he came 1st and received 1,950 votes (24.1%). ^[12] Alongside Palmer, Sherry Cullen and Simon Niblock were also elected as councillors for Lyons Ward. ^[13]

References

1. Green, Antony (2005). "Karama". 2005 Northern Territory Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 31 October 2010.
2. "Councillor Mick Palmer". City of Darwin | Darwin Council, Northern Territory. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
3. Loveday, Peter; Jaensch, Dean (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Brinkin, NT : The Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit (NARU). ISBN   978-0-86784-439-9.
4. "1987 Legislative Assembly Election" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
5. "Karama - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". www.abc.net.au. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
6. "Northern Territory Government Ministries (CLP) 1st to 8th Assembly" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
7. Ray, Chris (19 April 2013). "Marxist reporter won praise for his work". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
8. Gosford, Bob (17 January 2013). "Vale John Loizou. "A journalist's journalist"". The Northern Myth. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
9. "Karama - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
10. "Former CLP minister leading Darwin council by-election vote count". ABC News. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
11. "Who's who in the race to be Darwin lord mayor". ABC News. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
12. "2017 NT COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
13. "Katrina Fong Lim ousted as Kon Vatskalis becomes new Darwin Mayor". ABC News. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by New seat	Member for Leanyer 1983–1987	Succeeded by Fred Finch
Preceded by New seat	Member for Karama 1987–2001	Succeeded by Delia Lawrie