Northern Territory Greens is a

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Party located in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

, a member of the federation of the

Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and t ...

party. Green candidates first ran in the Northern Territory at the 1990 federal election and the 1990 Northern Territory election. The 1996 federal election saw the first NT Greens candidates contest a federal election under an official party banner. The NT Greens saw its first electoral victory in April 2008, when candidate Greg Jarvis was elected as one of three members for Darwin City Council's Chan Ward, defeating incumbent alderman Christine Tilley. Jarvis died on the First of February 2010 and the resultant by-election was won by Greens candidate Robin Knox. In the 2012 local government elections the party's representation on Council was doubled in Darwin with the re-election of Robin Knox in Chan Ward and election of Simon Niblock in Lyons Ward. In

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' A ...

, Jade Kudrenko was the first Green Councillor, elected in 2012. At the 2008 Northern Territory election, the Greens ran in six of the 25 seats in the

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parliament, averaging around 16 percent. The highest vote was in

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at 23.7 percent. The NT Greens increased their vote in both Houses to a record 13 percent at the 2010 federal election. At the 2020 Northern Territory election, the party once again contested ten of the twenty-five Assembly seats and achieved a record result with 4.46% of the primary vote. They were closest to a place in a two-party preferred contest in Nightcliff, where candidate Billee McGinley was within 14 votes of beating the

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into second place at the final exclusion. At the 2021 local government elections, the party endorsed candidates in the elections for Alice Springs Town Council,

Barkly Regional Council The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek. The region covers an area of and had a populati ...

, and

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. The Greens candidates in Darwin and the Barkly were successful.

Election results

Local Government

The NT Greens currently have two members elected to local government in the Northern Territory: Morgan Rickard, Alderman for Chan Ward in

, and Dianne Stokes, elected in Patta Ward,

. Dianne Stokes is currently the Deputy Mayor of Barkly Regional Council. The NT Greens have previously had three Aldermen on City of Darwin: Greg Jarvis (2008-10), Robin Knox (2010-21), and Simon Niblock (2012-21). The NT Greens also elected an Councillor, Jade Kudrenko, to Alice Springs Town Council in 2012.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Federal Elections

References

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