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The ministries of the Northern Territory are appointed by the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is appointed by the Administrator, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of whatever party holds the majority of seats in the legislature of the territory...

each term from the members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Following are lists of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly:* Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 1974–1977 * Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980...

List of Northern Territory ministries

Name	Party	Date appointed	Date replaced
First Letts Executive First Letts Executive The First Letts Executive was the first ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from November 1974 to August 1975, when Letts replaced Paul Everingham with then-Speaker Bernie...	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...	November 1974	August 1975
Second Letts Executive Second Letts Executive The Second Letts Executive was the second ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from August to November 1975...	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...	August 1975	November 1975
Third Letts Executive Third Letts Executive The Third Letts Executive was the third ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from December 1975 to December 1976. Deputy Majority Leader Bernie Kilgariff had resigned in...	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...	December 1975	December 1976
Fourth Letts Executive Fourth Letts Executive The Fourth Letts Executive was the fourth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from December 1976 to September 1977. It came into existence not because of personnel...	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...	December 1976	September 1977
Everingham Executive Everingham Executive The Everingham Executive was the fifth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was also the last to have been officially referred to as an executive rather than a ministry, and the last to have the rather limited powers that came with holding office in 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...	September 1977	June 1978
First Everingham Ministry First Everingham Ministry The First Everingham Ministry was the fifth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and the first to have the full legislative power that was granted when self-government was received 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...	July 1, 1978	January 1, 1979
Second Everingham Ministry Second Everingham Ministry The Second Everingham Ministry was the sixth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 2 January 1979, when Chief Minister Paul Everingham promoted Nick Dondas into the ministry and created several new portfolios accordingly, and lasted until 8...	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...	January 2, 1979	March 8, 1979
Third Everingham Ministry Third Everingham Ministry The Third Everingham Ministry was the seventh ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 9 March 1979, when Chief Minister Paul Everingham appointed his newest minister, Nick Dondas to the additional position of acting Minister for Community...	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...	March 9, 1979	July 1, 1979
Fourth Everingham Ministry Fourth Everingham Ministry The Fourth Everingham Ministry was the eighth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 2 July 1979, and was, for the most part, unchanged from the previous ministry...	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...	July 2, 1979	June 30, 1980
Fifth Everingham Ministry Fifth Everingham Ministry The Fifth Everingham Ministry was the ninth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 1 July 1980, after the Country Liberal Party's re-election in the 1980 election. The composition of the ministry remained the same from the pre-election ministry, but...	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...	July 1, 1980	January 25, 1982
Sixth Everingham Ministry Sixth Everingham Ministry The Sixth Everingham Ministry was the tenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 26 January 1982 after a ministerial reshuffle, and operated until 30 November of that year, when a further reshuffle of portfolios took place...	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...	January 26, 1982	November 30, 1982
Seventh Everingham Ministry Seventh Everingham Ministry The Seventh Everingham Ministry was the eleventh ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 1 December 1982 after a major reshuffle of the ministry by Chief Minister Paul Everingham. The reshuffle had been sparked by Everingham's decision to personally...	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...	December 1, 1982	December 12, 1983
Eighth Everingham Ministry Eighth Everingham Ministry The Eighth Everingham Ministry was the twelfth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 13 December 1983 in the wake of a ministerial reshuffle following the Country Liberal Party's landslide re-election in the 1983 election...	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...	December 13, 1983	October 16, 1984
First Tuxworth Ministry First Tuxworth Ministry The First Tuxworth Ministry was the thirteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 17 October 1984 after the resignation of Chief Minister Paul Everingham to run for the Australian House of Representatives and his replacement by Ian Tuxworth...	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...	October 17, 1984	December 20, 1984
Second Tuxworth Ministry Second Tuxworth Ministry The Second Tuxworth Ministry was the fourteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 21 December 1984, following a major reshuffle by newly appointed Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth. The new ministry saw significant changes to the roles of a number of...	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...	December 21, 1984	August 19, 1985
Third Tuxworth Ministry Third Tuxworth Ministry The Third Tuxworth Ministry was the fifteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 20 August 1985, after a minor reshuffle by Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth...	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...	August 20, 1985	April 28, 1986
Fourth Tuxworth Ministry Fourth Tuxworth Ministry The Fourth Tuxworth Ministry was the sixteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 29 April 1986 as a result of a major reshuffle caused in part by the sudden resignation from the ministry of Attorney-General and former Deputy Chief Minister...	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...	April 29, 1986	May 14, 1986
First Hatton Ministry First Hatton Ministry The First Hatton Ministry was the seventeenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 15 May 1986, following the ousting of former Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth by his Mines and Energy Minister, Stephen Hatton...	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...	May 15, 1986	March 18, 1987
Second Hatton Ministry Second Hatton Ministry The Second Hatton Ministry was the eighteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 19 March 1987 after a reshuffle of the ministry by Chief Minister Stephen Hatton...	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...	March 19, 1987	May 7, 1987
Third Hatton Ministry Third Hatton Ministry The Third Hatton Ministry was the nineteenth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 8 May 1987 after Chief Minister Stephen Hatton reappointed former minister Terry McCarthy to the ministry to take on the portfolio of Tom Harris, who had resigned as...	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...	May 8, 1987	December 20, 1987
Fourth Hatton Ministry Fourth Hatton Ministry The Fourth Hatton Ministry was the twentieth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 21 December 1987 after Chief Minister Stephen Hatton reappointed former minister Terry McCarthy to fill the ministerial vacancy caused by the resignation of Tom Harris...	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...	December 21, 1987	April 5, 1988
Fifth Hatton Ministry Fifth Hatton Ministry The Fifth Hatton Ministry was the 21st ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 6 April 1988 after the resignation of Ray Hanrahan as Deputy Chief Minister and his succession by Barry Coulter...	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...	April 6, 1988	July 13, 1988
First Perron Ministry First Perron Ministry The First Perron Ministry was the 22nd ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 14 July 1988 after the resignation of Stephen Hatton as Chief Minister and his replacement by Marshall Perron...	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...	July 14, 1988	July 30, 1989
Second Perron Ministry Second Perron Ministry The Second Perron Ministry was the 23rd ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 31 July 1989, following the resignation from the ministry of Health and Community Services Minister Don Dale. The new ministry saw Chief Minister Marshall Perron take on...	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...	July 31, 1989	September 3, 1989
Third Perron Ministry Third Perron Ministry The Third Perron Ministry was the 24th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn on 4 September 1989 after a reshuffle of the ministry by Chief Minister Marshall Perron. The main focus of the reshuffle was the return to the ministry of former Chief Minister...	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...	September 4, 1989	November 12, 1990
Fourth Perron Ministry Fourth Perron Ministry The Fourth Perron Ministry was the 25th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 13 November 1990 after Perron undertook a reshuffle of the previous ministry. The central change of the reshuffle was the promotion to the ministry of rising star and future...	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...	November 13, 1990	November 29, 1992
Fifth Perron Ministry Fifth Perron Ministry The Fifth Perron Ministry was the 26th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 30 November 1992 after a major reshuffle of the ministry by Chief Minister Marshall Perron, which saw changes to the portfolio of nearly every minister...	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...	November 30, 1992	September 15, 1993
Sixth Perron Ministry Sixth Perron Ministry The Sixth Perron Ministry was the 27th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 16 September 1993, after a minor reshuffle by Chief Minister Marshall Perron...	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...	September 16, 1993	June 14, 1994
Seventh Perron Ministry Seventh Perron Ministry The Seventh Perron Ministry was the 28th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in unchanged from its predecessor on 15 June 1994 after the Country Liberal Party government's victory in the 1994 election...	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...	June 15, 1994	July 17, 1994
Eighth Perron Ministry Eighth Perron Ministry The Eighth Perron Ministry was the 29th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 18 July 1994, after Chief Minister Marshall Perron initiated a reshuffle of his ministry...	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...	July 18, 1994	May 25, 1995
First Stone Ministry	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...	May 26, 1995	June 30, 1995
Second Stone Ministry	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...	July 1, 1995	June 20, 1996
Third Stone Ministry	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...	June 21, 1996	July 1, 1997
Fourth Stone Ministry	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...	July 2, 1997	September 14, 1997
Fifth Stone Ministry	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...	September 15, 1997	May 31, 1998
Sixth Stone Ministry	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...	June 1, 1998	October 18, 1998
Seventh Stone Ministry	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...	October 19, 1998	December 7, 1998
Eighth Stone Ministry	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...	December 8, 1998	February 8, 1999
First Burke Ministry First Burke Ministry The First Burke Ministry was the 39th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 9 February 1999, following the resignation of former Chief Minister Shane Stone the previous day...	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...	February 9, 1999	August 3, 1999
Second Burke Ministry Second Burke Ministry The Second Burke Ministry was the 40th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 4 August 1999, following the promotion of Chris Lugg to the Ministry to replace Barry Coulter who had resigned from Parliament. It operated until 30 January 2000.-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...	August 4, 1999	January 30, 2000
Third Burke Ministry Third Burke Ministry The Third Burke Ministry was the 41st ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was sworn in on 30 January 2000, and operated until 26 August 2001, and was succeeded by the First Martin Ministry after the Australian Labor Party's victory in the 2001 election.-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...	January 31, 2000	August 26, 2001
First Martin Ministry First Martin Ministry The First Martin Ministry was the 42nd ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was the first ever Australian Labor Party ministry in the history of the Northern Territory, and was sworn in on 27 August 2001 after Clare Martin's victory in the 2001 election...	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...	August 27, 2001	November 12, 2001
Second Martin Ministry Second Martin Ministry The Second Martin Ministry was the 43rd ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 13 November 2001, when Clare Martin replaced the interim ministry that had been installed after she won office three months before. This involved reshuffling several...	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...	November 13, 2001	October 17, 2002
Third Martin Ministry Third Martin Ministry The Third Martin Ministry was the 44th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 18 October 2002, when an eighth minister, Dr Chris Burns was promoted in order to reduce the workload of the seven existing ministers...	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...	October 18, 2002	December 14, 2003
Fourth Martin Ministry Fourth Martin Ministry The Fourth Martin Ministry was the 45th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It came into existence on 15 December 2003 after a major ministerial reshuffle that attempted to deal with two ministers that were widely seen as underperforming...	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...	December 15, 2003	June 23, 2005
Fifth Martin Ministry Fifth Martin Ministry The Fifth Martin Ministry was the 46th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It served as an interim ministry after the Australian Labor Party's victory in the 2005 election...	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...	June 24, 2005	July 11, 2005
Sixth Martin Ministry Sixth Martin Ministry The Sixth Martin Ministry was the 47th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It came into existence on 12 July 2005, when the recently re-elected Chief Minister Clare Martin replaced the temporary ministry that had been appointed after...	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...	July 12, 2005	August 30, 2006
Seventh Martin Ministry Seventh Martin Ministry The Seventh Martin Ministry was the 48th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It came into existence on 1 September 2006 as a result of a major reshuffle sparked by the sudden mid-term retirement of Attorney-General Dr Peter Toyne...	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...	September 1, 2006	August 6, 2007
Eighth Martin Ministry Eighth Martin Ministry The Eighth Martin Ministry was the 49th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It came into existence on 7 August 2007 after a reshuffle sparked by the repercussions from the federal government's Northern Territory National Emergency...	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...	August 7, 2007	November 25, 2007
First Henderson Ministry First Henderson Ministry The First Henderson Ministry was the 50th Ministry of the Government of the Northern Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Paul Henderson and his deputy Marion Scrymgour. It succeeded the Second Martin Ministry on 26 November 2007, following the resignation of Clare Martin and her deputy...	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...	November 26, 2007	November 29, 2007
Second Henderson Ministry Second Henderson Ministry The Second Henderson Ministry is the 51st and current ministry of the Government of the Northern Territory. It came into operation on 18 August 2008, following the narrow re-election of the Henderson Labor government in the 2008 election. The government had suffered the defeat of three ministers at...	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...	November 30, 2007	Incumbent

List of Northern Territory ministries

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