Richard Soon Huat Lim

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Years	Term	Electoral division	Party
1994 –1997	7th	Greatorex		Country Liberal
1997 –2001	8th	Greatorex		Country Liberal
2001 –2005	9th	Greatorex		Country Liberal
2005 –2007	10th	Greatorex		Country Liberal

Richard Soon Huat Lim in 2001

Richard Soon Huat Lim (born 23 December 1946) is an Australian former politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Greatorex in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1994 until his resignation in 2007.

Lim was born in Taiping in Malaysia to Chinese parents, but moved to Australia to study at the De La Salle College in Brisbane in 1963. After completing his schooling he attended the University of Queensland where he graduated as a medical doctor in 1972. ^[1]

After this he worked as a general practitioner in Brisbane and then Adelaide before moving to Alice Springs in 1981 where he joined the CLP and first served as an alderman (1984-1988) and then deputy mayor (1988-1992) of Alice Springs Town Council. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 1994 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly and served a period as the CLP's deputy leader, but resigned his seat in 2007, prompting a by-election which was won by Matt Conlan. ^[4]

References

1. "Richard Lim". Charles Darwin University. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "Fifth Council 1984-1988". Alice Springs Town Council. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Sixth Council 1988-1992". Alice Springs Town Council. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. Green, Antony (2005). "Greatorex". 2005 Northern Territory Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 30 October 2010.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Denis Collins	Member for Greatorex 1994–2007	Succeeded by Matt Conlan