Jonathan Martin Isaacs (born 10 September 1949) is an Australian former politician. He was the

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member for Millner in the

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method fo ...

from 1977 to 1981, and was the ALP's first leader in that body and the Territory's first

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. The Electorate of Millner was named after James Millner, the medical officer in

George Goyder George Woodroffe Goyder (24 June 1826 – 2 November 1898) was a surveyor in the Colony of South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He rose rapidly in the civil service, becoming Assistant Surveyor-General by 1856 ...

's 1869 expedition to found the first colony at Port Darwin, who drowned in the SS ''Gothenburg'' tragedy.

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1949 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition in the Northern Territory {{Australia-Labor-NorthernTerritory-MLA-stub