Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, 1968–1971

This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 26 October 1968 to 23 October 1971.[1]

Name Party Electorate/Title Years in office
Colin Adams Appointed Director of Mines 1955–1970
Thomas Bell Independent McMillan 1968–1974
Harold Brennan Independent Victoria River 1955, 1956–1958, 1958–1971
Harry Chan[1] Independent Fannie Bay 1962–1969
Norman Cooper[2] Independent Nightcliff 1970–1971
Fred Drysdale[2] Labor Nightcliff 1954–1957, 1960–1969
Joe Fisher[1] Independent Fannie Bay 1961–1968, 1969–1974
Harry Giese Appointed Director of Welfare 1954–1973
Tony Greatorex Country Stuart 1965–1974
Barry Hart Appointed Assistant Director of Primary Industries 1970–1973
Rupert Kentish Country Arnhem 1968–1974
Bernie Kilgariff Country Alice Springs 1960–1968, 1969–1974
John Macfarlane Country Elsey 1968–1974
Eric Marks Labor Barkly 1966–1974
Clem O'Sullivan Appointed Crown Law Officer 1971–1974
Charles Orr Labor Alice Springs 1965–1971
Henry Plant Appointed 1967–1974
Phil Purich Appointed Director of Mines 1970–1973
Tony Richardson Appointed 1963–1967
Richard Ward Labor Ludmilla 1947–1949, 1957–1958, 1958–1963, 1968–1974
James Williams Appointed Crown Law Officer 1966–1971
Ron Withnall Independent Port Darwin 1954–1966, 1966–1974
1 The independent member for Fannie Bay and President of the Legislative Council, Harry Chan, died on 5 August 1969. Joe Fisher, a mining consultant and former appointed non-official member, was elected to replace him at a by-election on 20 September 1969.
2 The Labor member for Nightcliff, Fred Drysdale, died on 15 December 1969. Independent member Norman Cooper was elected to replace him at a by-election on 31 January 1970.
3 The independent member for Victoria River, Harold Brennan, resigned from the council for the third time on 10 December 1969, in this instance to contest the federal Division of Northern Territory at the 1969 Australian federal election. He was unsuccessful, and was re-elected at the by-election on 20 December 1969.

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References

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  1. ^ Jaensch, Dean (1990). The Legislative Council of the Northern Territory: An Electoral History 1947–1974. Darwin: Australian National University.