25-682: The Martin Ministry was the ministry of the seventh Chief Minister of the Northern Territory , Clare Martin . It was sworn in on 27 August 2001 after Martin's victory 2001 election . In addition to Martin as the first ever female Chief Minister, it also included the first ever indigenous minister in Jack Ah Kit . Martin served until November 2007, when she was succeeded by her deputy, Paul Henderson . The first ministry lasted until 12 November 2001, when Martin made some portfolio changes and installed
50-683: A consultant to the Perron government from 1990 to 1994. Toyne began to take an interest in a political career, and when Labor Party Opposition Leader Brian Ede resigned from parliament in mid-1996, Toyne nominated to replace him as the ALP candidate for Stuart at the subsequent by-election . The campaign was a particularly close one, but Toyne was ultimately successful, defeating Country Liberal Party candidate Tony Bohning by only 72 votes. Having been elected, Toyne began serving as an opposition backbencher, and managed to survive another challenge from Bohning at
75-403: A major ministerial reshuffle that attempted to deal with two ministers that were widely seen as underperforming. The reshuffle saw Minister for Health and Community Services Jane Aagaard dropped from the ministry entirely and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Lands and Planning, Ethnic Affairs and Parks and Wildlife Kon Vatskalis severely demoted. Marion Scrymgour was promoted to fill
100-399: A more permanent ministry. The second ministry came into existence on 13 November 2001, when Martin replaced the interim ministry that had been installed after she won office three months before. This involved reshuffling several portfolios and eliminating some more minor ones altogether. It lasted until 17 October 2002, when an eighth minister, Dr Chris Burns , was promoted in order to reduce
125-496: A reshuffle sparked by the repercussions from the federal government's Northern Territory National Emergency Response . This resulted in a number of changes, including the taking on of the difficult police portfolio by then-Chief Minister Clare Martin , the return of the family and community services portfolio to indigenous MLA Marion Scrymgour and the creation of a separate alcohol policy portfolio for Health Minister Chris Burns . It lasted until 25 November 2007, when Paul Henderson
150-556: Is a former Australian politician. He was a 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 occasionally tipped as a potential successor to Martin. He resigned from the ministry and from parliament in August 2006, citing health reasons. Toyne
175-400: The 1997 election , which was won by only 70 votes. Two years later, Toyne was appointed as the party whip when Clare Martin 's ascendancy to the leadership sparked a cabinet reshuffle. By this point, Toyne was becoming an increasingly prominent figure in Northern Territory politics, and at the 2001 election , was easily re-elected, winning more than 70% of the vote. When that same election saw
200-540: 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 was succeeded on 13 August 1977 by Paul Everingham (CLP) as Majority Leader. When
225-658: The Kensington Community School , and spent four years working on the project. Toyne left the Melbourne school in 1980, and not long after, relocated across the country to the Northern Territory . He took a particular interest in community education projects aimed at the indigenous community of the Territory, developing several programs and serving stints as both a teacher and an administrator. Toyne also worked as
250-413: 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 , the chief minister is Lia Finocchiaro of
275-543: The ALP win their first victory in the history of the Assembly, new Chief Minister Clare Martin appointed Toyne to the ministry, most notably as Attorney-General. Toyne received a further promotion when unpopular Health Minister Jane Aagaard was dumped in October 2003, and he was called upon as her replacement. Though he had publicly speculated about resigning at the 2005 election , he later announced that he would indeed re-contest
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#1733093644372300-591: The Minister for Community Development, Minister for Housing, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Regional Development, and Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs, at the election. The fifth Martin ministry served as an interim ministry after the Labor Party 's victory in the 2005 election . It was made necessary as the experienced Jack Ah Kit had retired at
325-549: 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 the Northern Territory Electoral Office, a unit of the Department of the chief minister. In March 2004
350-449: The election, and Chief Minister Martin was reluctant to force new and inexperienced ministers to have to carry the budget through estimates committees in their first weeks on the job. As a result, Ah Kit's entire workload passed to the already heavily loaded Paul Henderson for a little over two weeks from 24 June 2005 until 11 July 2005, when the full ministry was sworn in. The sixth Martin ministry came into existence on 12 July 2005, when
375-593: 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 ) Peter Toyne Peter Howard Toyne (born 25 January 1946)
400-454: 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 the 2016 election landslide outcome, Labor's Michael Gunner became chief minister; he
425-420: The new ministry saw first-term MLA Chris Natt replace Toyne in the ministry amidst a major reshuffle of the entire ministry, with a number of key portfolios being shifted. It lasted until 7 August 2007, when Martin reshuffled the ministry in response to the fallout from the federal government's Northern Territory National Emergency Response . The eighth Martin ministry came into existence on 7 August 2007 after
450-403: The recently re-elected Chief Minister Martin replaced the temporary ministry that had been appointed after her victory in the 2005 election . The new ministry saw the promotion of two MLAs to the ministry: Delia Lawrie ( Karama ) and Elliot McAdam ( Barkly ), increasing the total number of ministers to nine. While this broke a 2001 election promise to keep the number of ministers to seven, it
475-454: The vacancy created by Aagaard's dumping, becoming the first ever female Aboriginal minister in Australia . The ministry operated until 23 June 2005, when Martin, having won the 2005 election , appointed an interim ministry to guide the budget through estimates committees before announcing an expanded ministry the following month. This had been made necessary by the retirement of Jack Ah Kit ,
500-462: The workload of the seven existing ministers. The third Martin ministry 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. It lasted until 14 December 2003, when Chief Minister Clare Martin sacked underperforming Health Minister Jane Aagaard and demoted Kon Vatskalis . The fourth Martin ministry came into existence on 15 December 2003 after
525-632: Was born and raised in Victoria . He initially spent time as a professional athlete, twice coming third in the Stawell Gift , winning five Victorian championships over 400 and 800 metres, and breaking world records over 550 metres and 600 yards. However, he later studied science and education at the University of Melbourne with the intent of becoming a teacher. He graduated in 1972, and spent several years teaching at Flemington High School . In 1975, Toyne founded
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#1733093644372550-422: Was largely uncontroversial due to the widely held perception that the cut had left ministers overstretched. The ministry operated until 30 August 2006, when a reshuffle was held to replace the retired Dr Peter Toyne . The seventh Martin ministry 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 . The introduction of
575-405: 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 a state premier. The chief minister is formally appointed by
600-481: Was sworn in as Chief Minister in the wake of the sudden resignations of Martin and her deputy, Syd Stirling . Chief Minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory . The office is the equivalent of a state premier . When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government
625-469: 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 a unanimous decision of the Labor caucus. From
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