Members Of The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2012–2016
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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 2012 to 2016 are listed below.


Notes

: On 25 January 2013, the Labor member for Wanguri and former
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a state premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government wa ...
,
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, resigned. Labor candidate
Nicole Manison Nicole Susan Manison (born 1979) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2013, representing the electorate of Wanguri. She has been Deputy Chief Minister since the 20 ...
won the
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on 16 February 2013 : On 20 February 2014, the CLP member for Blain and former
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a state premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government wa ...
, Terry Mills, resigned. CLP candidate Nathan Barrett won the
by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
on 12 April 2014. : On 4 April 2014, CLP MLAs
Alison Anderson Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson (born 28 January 1958) is an Australian politician. She was member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly between 2005 and 2016, representing the electorate of Namatijra (known as MacDonnell until 2012). Cu ...
( Namatjira),
Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu (born 10 June 1961), also known as Maralampuwi Kurrupuwu (), is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2016. He was originally elected for the Country Liber ...
( Arafura) and
Larisa Lee Larisa Antonia Lillian Lee is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly as the Country Liberal Party, Country Liberal member for Electoral division of Arnhem, Arnhem at the 2012 Northern Territory g ...
(
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) resigned from the party to sit as independents. On 27 April, it was announced that they had joined the
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, with Anderson as leader of the party in the Territory. : On 8 September 2014, Palmer United MLA
Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu (born 10 June 1961), also known as Maralampuwi Kurrupuwu (), is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2016. He was originally elected for the Country Liber ...
( Arafura) resigned from the PUP and returned to the CLP. : On 18 September 2014, the Labor member for
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,
Kon Vatskalis Konstantine Vatskalis (born 4 April 1957) is a Greek- Australian politician and the current Lord Mayor of Darwin. Before becoming Lord Mayor in 2017 he was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from September 200 ...
, resigned. Labor candidate
Lauren Moss Lauren Jane Moss (born 6 May 1987) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Casuarina in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since a by-election held on 18 October 2014 to replace Kon Vatskalis. She is the youngest ...
won the resulting by-election on 18 October 2014. : On 29 November 2014, the Palmer United Party's two MLAs,
Alison Anderson Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson (born 28 January 1958) is an Australian politician. She was member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly between 2005 and 2016, representing the electorate of Namatijra (known as MacDonnell until 2012). Cu ...
and
Larisa Lee Larisa Antonia Lillian Lee is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly as the Country Liberal Party, Country Liberal member for Electoral division of Arnhem, Arnhem at the 2012 Northern Territory g ...
, announced that they would quit the PUP and return to their former status as independent MLAs. : On 17 June 2015, CLP MLA
Robyn Lambley Robyn Jane Lambley (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian politician. She is an independent member representing the division of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having been first elected in a 2010 by-election as a membe ...
( Araluen) resigned from the CLP to sit as an independent. : On 20 July 2015, CLP MLA
Kezia Purick Kezia Dorcas Tibisay Purick (born 12 May 1958) is an Australian politician. She is an Independent (politics), independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held her seat of Electoral division of Goyder, Goyder since ...
( Goyder) resigned from the CLP to sit as an independent. : On 10 October 2015, Labor MLA
Delia Lawrie Delia Phoebe Lawrie (born 30 July 1966) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2016, representing the electorate of Karama. She was a Labor member from 2001 to 2015, and served ...
( Karama) resigned from the party to sit as an independent following her loss of preselection for 2016. : On 28 June 2016, CLP MLA Nathan Barrett resigned from the party to sit as an independent.


See also

* 2012 Northern Territory general election {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2012-2016 Members of Northern Territory parliaments by term 21st-century Australian politicians