Noel Padgham-Purich

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Cecilia Noel Padgham-Purich AM (born 25 December 1927) is an Australian former politician. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1997, representing Tiwi until 1983, Koolpinyah until 1990 and Nelson thereafter.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
YearsTermElectoral divisionParty
1977 1980 2nd Tiwi Country Liberal
1980 1983 3rd Tiwi Country Liberal
1983 1987 4th Koolpinyah Country Liberal
1987 1990 5th Koolpinyah Independent
1990 1994 6th Nelson Independent
1994 1997 7th Nelson Independent

Born in Quairading, Western Australia, [1] Padgham-Purich was initially elected as a member of the Country Liberal Party, and served as Minister for Housing and Conservation from 1983 to 1984 under Paul Everingham and Ian Tuxworth. [2] In 1987 she lost CLP preselection, but was re-elected as an Independent. She retired in 1997 and endorsed another independent candidate, Dave Tollner, who narrowly failed to win election. Her daughter, Kezia Purick, was elected to the seat of Goyder as a CLP member in 2008. [3] Noel has six children, Melissa, Peregrine, Gervase, Kezia, Plaxy and Thisbe.

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References

  1. "Noel Padgham-Purich". Territory Stories. hdl:10070/218103. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. "Northern Territory Government Ministries (CLP) 1974 to 2001" (PDF). Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Green, Antony (2005). "Nelson". 2005 Northern Territory Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 31 October 2010.
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Tiwi
1977–1983
Division abolished
Division created Member for Koolpinyah
1983–1990
Division abolished
Division created Member for Nelson
1990–1997
Succeeded by