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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
YearsTermElectoral divisionParty
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 (born 23 December 1946) is a former Australian 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 Malaysia, but moved to Australia to study medicine. He worked as a medical general practitioner before his election to the Legislative Assembly. He 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. [1]

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References

  1. 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
19942007
Succeeded by
Matt Conlan