Edward John "Ted" Warren is a former Australian politician. He was the 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...

 member for 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...

 in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

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 from 2005 to 2008.

Warren was a geotechnical and geological engineering consultant before his entry into politics, working in both the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 and Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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. His first foray into politics was an unsuccessful run for the seat of Jingili

Electoral division of Jingili

Jingili 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. It was abolished in 2001 and replaced by the new seat of Johnston.-Members for Jingili:...

 in 1984. Warren was elected as part of Labor's 2005 landslide win, and was easily defeated in 2008 by 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,...

.