Cecilia Noel Padgham-Purich (born 25 December 1927) is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. It sits in Parliament House, located on State Square, close to the centre of the city of Darwin.-History:...

 from 1977 to 1997, representing Tiwi

Electoral division of Tiwi

Tiwi was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election, and existed until 1983. It was named after the Tiwi Islands....

 until 1983, Koolpinyah

Electoral division of Koolpinyah

Koolpinyah was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1983 to 1990.-Members for Koolpinyah:...

 until 1990 and Nelson

Electoral division of Nelson (Northern Territory)

Nelson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and was named after Harold Nelson, the first member for the federal Northern Territory electorate...

 thereafter. First elected as a member of the Country Liberal Party

Country Liberal Party

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, she was a minister from 1983 until 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....

's retirement in 1984. In 1987 she lost CLP preselection, but was re-elected as an Independent

Independent (politician)

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. She retired in 1997 and endorsed another independent candidate, David Tollner, who narrowly failed to win election. Her daughter, Kezia Purick

Kezia Purick

Kezia Dorcas Tibisay Purick is an Australian politician. She is a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held her seat of Goyder since the 2008 election. She is Shadow Minister for Major Projects, Trade and Economic Development, Planning and Lands,...

, was elected to the seat of Goyder

Electoral division of Goyder

Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and is named after George Goyder, the South Australian surveyor responsible for carrying out the first freehold surveys in the area...

as a CLP member in 2008.