Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...

 elects on territorial level a legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

. The Norfolk Legislative Assembly

Norfolk Legislative Assembly

The Norfolk Legislative Assembly is the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island. Formed after the Norfolk Island Act 1979 was passed in the Australian parliament, its first members were elected on the tenth of August 1979 . The current assembly is the 13th, and was elected on 17 March 2010 ...

 has 9 members, elected for a three-year term. The only political party on Norfolk Island is the Norfolk Island Labor Party, which is led by Assembly member Mike King.
At the election on 17 March 2010 the following residents were elected to the 13th Assembly:

• Tim Sheridan (934 votes)
• Craig Anderson (813 votes)
• Andre Nobbs (717 votes)
• David Buffett (576 votes)
• Melissa Ward (554 votes)
• Michael King (545 votes)
• Lisle Snell (472 votes)
• Rhonda Griffiths (459 votes)
• Robin Adams (452 votes)

The current Chief Minister is David Buffett

David Buffett

David Ernest Buffett AM is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He is the current Chief Minister of Norfolk Island since March 2010, a position he has held on three previous occasions...

. The current Administrator is Owen Walsh

Owen Walsh

Owen Edward John Walsh is the current Administrator of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.Walsh was educated at the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law...

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