John Leonard Ah Kit is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Arnhem

Electoral division of Arnhem

The Electoral division of Arnhem is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and takes its name from Arnhem Land, the region encompassing much of the northern part of the Territory....

 in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

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 from 1995 to 2005.

Ah Kit was born in Alice Springs, and was the Director of the Northern Lands Council from 1984 to 1990. He was Executive Director of the Jawoyn Association from 1991 to 1995 before his election to parliament in a by-election following the sudden death of Wes Lanhupuy

Wes Lanhupuy

Wesley Wagner "Wes" Lanhupuy was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Arnhem in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to his death in 1995.-References:...

. He served as a minister in the first term of the Martin

Clare Martin

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Government, a historical milestone as he was the first indigenous minister in the Territory's history. Ah Kit retired in 2005 citing ill health.