Tom Harris (Australian politician)

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Tom Harris (born 1 January 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Port Darwin in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1990. [1]

He was a minister in the Everingham, Tuxworth, Hatton and Perron governments, serving as Minister for Education (1983–1986), Minister for Health and Minister for Housing (1986–1987), Minister for Labour and Administrative Services (1987), Minister for Education and Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Constitutional Development (1988–1989) and Minister for Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs (1989–1990). [2]

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References

  1. Green, Antony (2005). "Port Darwin". 2005 Northern Territory Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Ron Withnall
Member for Port Darwin
1977–1990
Succeeded by
Shane Stone