List of Northern Territory by-elections

This is a list of Northern Territory by-elections, with the names of the departing and new members and their respective parties.

Gains for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

are highlighted in red; for the Country Liberal Party

Country Liberal Party

The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...

in blue; for the Northern Territory Nationals

Northern Territory Nationals

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 Country Liberal Party...

in green; and for others in grey.

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause
Alice Springs	1976	Bernie Kilgariff Bernie Kilgariff Bernard Francis "Bernie" Kilgariff AM was an Australian politician. He was one of the founders of the Country Liberal Party and served as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly before being elected to the Australian Senate.-Early life:Kilgariff was born in Adelaide, South...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Eric Manuell Eric Manuell George Eric Manuell is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1977.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation (contested Senate Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... )
MacDonnell	1981	Neville Perkins Neville Perkins Neville George Perkins OAM, , is an Australian politician and public servant.-Early life:Perkins is a descendant of the Eastern and Central Arunta peoples who was born and bred at Mbantua, Alice Springs. He attended Newington College , commencing in the preparatory school, Wyvern House...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Neil Bell Neil Bell (Australian politician) Neil Randal Bell is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for MacDonnell in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1997. A teacher before entering politics, Bell organised opposition to Chief Minister Marshall Perron's bill to legalise euthanasia in...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Millner	1981	Jon Isaacs Jon Isaacs Jonathan Martin "Jon" Isaacs is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Millner in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1981, and was the ALP's first leader in that body and the Territory's first Opposition Leader.The Electorate of Millner was named after Dr...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Terry Smith Terry Smith (politician) Terry Smith was a member of Australia's Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing Millner. The Electorate was named after Dr James Millner, the medical officer in Goyder's 1869 expedition to found the first colony at Port Darwin, who drowned in the SS Gothenburg tragedy...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Jingili	1984	Paul Everingham Paul Everingham Paul Anthony Edward Everingham AO was the first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia when it was granted self-government in 1978....	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Rick Setter Rick Setter Richard Alfred "Rick" Setter is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Jingili in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1997.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation (contested HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... )
Araluen	1986	Jim Robertson Jim Robertson (politician) James Murray "Jim" Robertson is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1986, representing Gillen until 1983 and Araluen thereafter.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Eric Poole Eric Poole (Australian politician) Eric Houguet Poole is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 2001.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation
Barkly	1987	Ian Tuxworth Ian Tuxworth Ian Lindsay Tuxworth is an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 17 October 1984 until he resigned on 10 May 1986....	NT Nationals Northern Territory Nationals 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 Country Liberal Party...	Ian Tuxworth Ian Tuxworth Ian Lindsay Tuxworth is an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 17 October 1984 until he resigned on 10 May 1986....	NT Nationals Northern Territory Nationals 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 Country Liberal Party...	Election declared void
Flynn	1988	Ray Hanrahan Ray Hanrahan Raymond Allan "Ray" Hanrahan is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Flynn in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1988.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Enzo Floreani Enzo Floreani Enzo Alido Floreani is a former Australian politician. He was the member for Flynn in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1990, as a member of Ian Tuxworth's NT Nationals party. Elected in a 1988 by-election, he and Tuxworth were the only representatives of the NT Nationals to...	NT Nationals Northern Territory Nationals 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 Country Liberal Party...	Resignation
Wanguri	1989	Don Dale Don Dale Donald Francis "Don" Dale was an Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Wanguri in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989, when he resigned due to ill health....	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	John Bailey John Bailey (Australian politician) John Derek Bailey is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Wanguri in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1999. Bailey was Deputy Opposition Leader to Maggie Hickey, but was succeeded by Syd Stirling when Clare Martin became Labor leader. He resigned...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation (ill health)
Millner	1991	Terry Smith Terry Smith (politician) Terry Smith was a member of Australia's Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing Millner. The Electorate was named after Dr James Millner, the medical officer in Goyder's 1869 expedition to found the first colony at Port Darwin, who drowned in the SS Gothenburg tragedy...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Ken Parish Ken Parish Kenneth Alan "Ken" Parish is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Millner in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1994....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Arafura	1992	Stan Tipiloura Stan Tipiloura Stanley Gabriel "Stan" Tipiloura was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Arafura in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1987 until his death in 1992....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Maurice Rioli Maurice Rioli Maurice Rioli was an Australian rules football player best known for his time spent with the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Death
Fannie Bay	1995	Marshall Perron Marshall Perron Marshall Bruce Perron is a former Australian politician, who was a Country Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory from the formation of the Assembly in 1974 until his resignation in 1995. From 1988 to 1995, Perron was the Chief Minister of the Northern...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Clare Martin Clare Martin Clare Majella Martin is a former Australian politician. She is the current CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service . A former journalist, she was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in a shock by-election win in 1995...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Arnhem	1995	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:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	John Ah Kit John Ah Kit John Leonard Ah Kit is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Arnhem in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2005....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Death
Arafura	1996	Brian Ede Brian Ede Brian Richard Ede is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Stuart in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1996 and led Labor unsuccessfully to the 1994 territory election.-References:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Peter Toyne Peter Toyne Dr Peter Howard Toyne is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2006, representing the rural electorate of Stuart. He served as Attorney-General under Chief Minister Clare Martin, and for some years was...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Blain	1999	Barry Coulter Barry Coulter Barry Francis Coulter is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1999, representing the electorates of Berrimah, Palmerston and Blain. He was Deputy Chief Minister from 1986 to 1995 under Stephen Hatton and...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Terry Mills Terry Mills (politician) Terrence Kennedy Mills is the current Country Liberal Party leader and opposition leader in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 29 January 2008...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation
Wanguri	1999	John Bailey John Bailey (Australian politician) John Derek Bailey is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Wanguri in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1999. Bailey was Deputy Opposition Leader to Maggie Hickey, but was succeeded by Syd Stirling when Clare Martin became Labor leader. He resigned...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Paul Henderson Paul Henderson (Australian politician) Paul Raymond Henderson is an Australian politician and the current Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.Henderson was born in Croix-Chapeau, France, where his father was serving with the United States military. He was educated in Great Britain to A-Levels and studied mechanical...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation
Port Darwin	2000	Shane Stone Shane Stone Shane Leslie Stone AC, QC is an Australian political figure. From 26 May 1995 to 8 February 1999 he was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, representing the Country Liberal Party.-Biography:Stone was born in Bendigo, Victoria...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Sue Carter Sue Carter Susan Jill Carter is an Australian politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005, representing the central Darwin electorate of Port Darwin...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation
Katherine	2003	Mike Reed Mike Reed (politician) Michael Anthony "Mike" Reed is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Katherine in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 2003. He was Deputy Chief Minister in the governments of Shane Stone and Denis Burke; following the CLP's election loss...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Fay Miller Fay Miller Christina Fay Miller is a former Australian politician. She was the Country Liberal Party member for Katherine in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2008.Miller was born in South Australia, moving to Katherine in 1989...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation
Stuart	2006	Peter Toyne Peter Toyne Dr Peter Howard Toyne is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2006, representing the rural electorate of Stuart. He served as Attorney-General under Chief Minister Clare Martin, and for some years was...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Karl Hampton Karl Hampton Karl Rio Hampton is an Australian politician. He is a Labor member for Stuart in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having won the seat in a 2006 by-election. He is the Minister for Environment, Regional Development, Sport and Recreation, Central Australia and Information, Communications...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Resignation (medical reasons)
Greatorex Greatorex by-election, 2007 The Greatorex by-election, 2007 was a by-election held on 28 July 2007 for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly electorate of Greatorex in Alice Springs....	28 July 2007	Richard Lim Richard Lim Richard Soon Huat Lim is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Greatorex in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1994 until his resignation in 2007....	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Matt Conlan Matt Conlan Matthew Escott "Matt" Conlan is an Australian politician. He is a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having won his seat of Greatorex in a 2007 by-election. He is currently Shadow Minister for Health, Central Australia and Alcohol Policy.-References:...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation (family reasons)
Araluen Araluen by-election, 2010 A by-election for the seat of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 9 October 2010. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party member Jodeen Carney on 3 September 2010 due to ill health. The seat has been held by the CLP since the seat's...	9 October 2010	Jodeen Carney Jodeen Carney Jodeen Terese Carney is an Australian politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from September 2001 to September 2010, representing the Alice Springs-based electorate of Araluen...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Robyn Lambley Robyn Lambley Robyn Jane Lambley is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly representing the division of Araluen for the Country Liberal Party in a 2010 by-election following the resignation of Jodeen Carney.Lambley was born in Grafton, New South Wales, and moved...	Country Liberal Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Resignation (ill health)

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