20-480: The Burke Ministry was the ministry of the sixth Chief Minister of the Northern Territory , Denis Burke . It was sworn in on 9 February 1999, following the resignation of former Chief Minister Shane Stone the previous day. While Stone told the media that his resignation was "pretty much" of his own timing and he wished to give the new CLP leader sufficient time to prepare for the 2001 election , it followed
40-521: A meeting of backbenchers and some cabinet ministers advocating his removal. Burke was elected unopposed as leader. It was in office until 26 August 2001, when the Burke government lost the 2001 election to Clare Martin 's Labor Party . The new ministry saw a few main changes apart from the leadership, with Eric Poole leaving the Ministry and Stephen Dunham and Loraine Braham being added, while Tim Baldwin
60-433: A state premier. The chief minister is formally appointed by the administrator , who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of whichever party holds the majority of seats in the unicameral Legislative Assembly. In times of constitutional crisis, the administrator can appoint someone else as chief minister, though this has never occurred. Since 28 August 2024, following the 2024 Northern Territory general election ,
80-714: A unanimous decision of the Labor caucus. From the foundation of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in 1974 until the granting of self-government in 1978, the head of government was known as the majority leader: From 1978, the position was known as the chief minister: Chris Minns ( ALP ) David Crisafulli ( LNP ) Peter Malinauskas ( ALP ) Jeremy Rockliff ( Lib ) Jacinta Allan ( ALP ) Roger Cook ( ALP ) Andrew Barr ( ALP ) Lia Finocchiaro ( CLP ) Paul Everingham Paul Anthony Edward Everingham AO (born 4 February 1943)
100-549: Is a former Australian politician who was the head of government of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1977 to 1984, serving as the second and last Majority Leader (1977–1978) and the first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1978 to 1984. He represented the northern Darwin seat of Jingili in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1984. He was then elected to
120-479: Is the equivalent of a state premier . When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government was officially known as majority leader . This title was used in the first parliament (1974–1977) and the first eighteen months of the second. When the Northern Territory acquired limited self-government in 1978, the title of the head of government became chief minister with greatly expanded powers, though still somewhat less than those of
140-680: The 1987 election . After his time in the House of Representatives, Everingham served as President of the Queensland Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He resigned as Queensland Liberal President in 1994 in abrupt circumstances. He had supported a merger of the Liberal and National Parties in Queensland but negotiations on this broke down. Liberal officials denied this was the reason for his resignation. The two parties would eventually merge in 2008 into
160-462: The 2016 election landslide outcome, Labor's Michael Gunner became chief minister; he was the first Chief Minister who was born in the Northern Territory. On 10 May 2022, Gunner announced his intention to resign. On 13 May 2022, Natasha Fyles was elected to the position by the Labor caucus. On 19 December 2023, Fyles resigned following controversy over undeclared shares in mining company South32 . On 21 December 2023, Eva Lawler replaced Fyles by
180-474: The Division of Northern Territory in the upcoming 1984 federal election . He was initially heavily favoured against Labor incumbent John Reeves . However, Reeves significantly closed the gap during the campaign. On election day, the race was very close, but Everingham's first-count lead proved too much for Reeves to overcome. He was elected on the fourth count, winning by 1,800 votes. After his election, both
200-511: The Liberal and National parties sought his membership in federal parliament. In December 1984, Everingham declared he would sit with the Liberal Party. Reflecting on his service as Northern Territory Chief Minister, Everingham was immediately appointed to the Opposition frontbench by Liberal leader Andrew Peacock as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Northern Development. He was a member of
220-598: The Northern Territory Electoral Office, a unit of the Department of the chief minister. In March 2004 the independent Northern Territory Electoral Commission was established. In 2013, Mills was replaced as chief minister and CLP leader by Adam Giles at the 2013 CLP leadership ballot on 13 March to become the first indigenous Australian to lead a state or territory government in Australia. Following
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#1733086058441240-598: The Northern Territory was essentially a one-party state; he never faced more than seven opposition MLAs. Everingham was sworn in as Majority Leader at the age of 34 years, five months and nine days; he is still the youngest-ever head of government in Territory history. In October 1984, Everingham resigned as CLP leader and from the Legislative Assembly to seek election to the Australian House of Representatives for
260-499: The chief minister is Lia Finocchiaro of the Country Liberal Party . She is the fourth female chief minister of the Northern Territory. The Country Liberal Party won the first Northern Territory election on 19 October 1974 and elected Goff Letts majority leader. He headed an Executive that carried out most of the functions of a ministry at the state level. At the 1977 election Letts lost his seat and party leadership. He
280-514: The federal House of Representatives , representing the Northern Territory between 1984 and 1987. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party while in territory and federal parliament, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. After federal parliament, he continued to be a member of the Liberal Party and was the president of the Queensland state division of the party . Everingham
300-492: The shadow ministry until September 1985 when Peacock was replaced as Liberal leader by John Howard . It was reported that Everingham supported Peacock in the latter's attempt to retain party leadership, and Howard reportedly had a "low opinion" of Everingham's ability and hence dumping the latter from the shadow ministry. It was reported in December 1985 that Everingham and his family had planned to move to Brisbane. He retired at
320-506: Was elected to the northern Darwin seat of Jingili in the newly created Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in October 1974. He briefly served as Deputy Majority Leader (the equivalent of a deputy premier in the states) under Goff Letts from 1974 to 1975. He remained on the backbench for the remainder of the First Assembly. Just months after being re-elected to the legislature, he
340-521: Was named leader of the CLP and Majority Leader after Letts was unexpectedly defeated in his own electorate despite the CLP comfortably winning another term in government. He thus oversaw the transition to self-government, which occurred in 1978. At that time, he became Chief Minister with greatly expanded powers. As the second and longest-serving head of government in the Territory, he led the CLP to comprehensive election victories in 1980 and 1983. During his tenure,
360-482: Was promoted. It operated until 3 August 1999, when Chris Lugg was promoted to the Ministry to replace Barry Coulter , who had retired on 18 June 1999. 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. The Third Burke Ministry
380-399: Was succeeded on 13 August 1977 by Paul Everingham (CLP) as Majority Leader. When the Territory attained self-government on 1 July 1978, Everingham became chief minister and his Executive became a Ministry. In 2001, Clare Martin became the first Labor and female chief minister of the Northern Territory. Until 2004 the conduct of elections and drawing of electoral boundaries was performed by
400-610: 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 Labor Party 's victory in the 2001 election . Chief Minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory . The office
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