The Northern Territory Nationals were a political party active in the
Northern Territory in the late 1980s. The party was not affiliated with the
National Party of Australia, whose NT affiliate was the
Country Liberal Party. The party was however associated with the National Party of Queensland-supported
Joh for Canberra push.
After the
1987 election they were represented in the Assembly by former
Chief Minister and CLP leader
Ian Tuxworth.
They gained a second seat when
Enzo Floreani won a by-election in the seat of
Flynn in 1988. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1990 election erased Tuxworth's majority in Barkly and abolished Flynn altogether. Tuxworth tried to transfer to the new seat of
Goyder, but lost to the CLP's
Terry McCarthy. Floreani tried to transfer to
Araluen, and was heavily defeated by CLP incumbent
Eric Poole
Eric Skeffington Poole (20 January 1885 – 10 December 1916) was a British Army soldier who was the first commissioned officer to be executed by British military authority during World War I.
Originally from Canada, after serving on the Weste ...
. The NT Nationals faded away soon afterward.
Nationals
National Party of Australia
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