David Ernest Buffett
AM (born 17 October 1942) is a political figure from the
Australian territory of
Norfolk Island. He served as
Chief Minister of Norfolk Island from March 2010 to March 2013; he has also held the position three previous occasions. He is the longest-serving member of the
Norfolk Legislative Assembly
The Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island from 1979 to 2015. Formed after the Norfolk Island Act 1979 was passed in the Australian parliament, its first members were elected on 10 August 1979. Th ...
, having served on every Assembly (except one) since it was established in 1979.
Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
Buffett was
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
of
Norfolk Island, from 24 March 2010 – 20 March 2013, and previously from 2 June 2006, when he succeeded
Geoffrey Robert Gardner, to 28 March 2007, when he was succeeded by
Andre Nobbs
The Honorable Andre Neville Nobbs is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
He was elected to the Norfolk Island legislative Assembly in 2007 to become the Chief Minister and re-elected in 2010 as Minister for Tourism, ...
, having lost his parliamentary seat in the
general election held on 21 March. (He polled only 355 votes out of 9720 and finished 11th out of 17 candidates for Norfolk's single nine-member constituency).
Buffett had previously held the post of Chief Minister of the territory from 1979 to 1986, and a roughly equivalent title of President of the Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992.
Speaker of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly
Buffet was elected
Speaker of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly on 20 March 2013
He has previously served as Speaker from 1994–1997 and 2000–2006.
See also
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Politics of Norfolk Island
Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity. Norfolk Island is the only non-mainland Australian territory to have achieved self-governance. The Norfolk Island Act 1979, passed by t ...
References
Living people
Heads of government of Norfolk Island
Members of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly
Members of the Order of Australia
1942 births
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