Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, 1965–1968

This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 30 October 1965 to 26 October 1968.[1]

The 1965 election was the genesis of a party system in the Northern Territory, with the majority of candidates being nominated by political parties, and where NT Labor faced a party team for the first time, with the new North Australia Party nominating five candidates, although the party dissolved shortly after this election.[1]

An administrative change in 1965 saw the president of the council no longer being the Administrator of the Northern Territory, with the council electing its own president, Harry Chan, in December 1965.[2]

Name Party Electorate/Title Years in office
Colin AdamsAppointedDirector of Mines1955–1970
Alan AtkinsAppointedAssistant Administrator1963–1967
Harold BrennanIndependentElsey1955, 1956–1958, 1958–1971
Harry ChanIndependentFannie Bay1962–1969
Tony ChisholmAppointed (N)[1]1967–1968
Edward ConnellanAppointed (N)[1]1965–1967
Fred DrysdaleLaborNightcliff1954–1957, 1960–1969
Eric Francis DwyerAppointedAssistant Administrator1964–1968
Joe FisherAppointed (N)[1]1961–1968, 1969–1974
Harry GieseAppointedDirector of Welfare1954–1973
Tony GreatorexNorth Australia PartyStuart1954–1974
Bernie KilgariffAppointed (N)[1]1960–1968, 1969–1974
Goff LettsAppointedLands and Primary Industry Officer1967–1971, 1971–1974
John LyonsIndependentPort Darwin1963–1968
Eric Marks[2]LaborBarkly1966–1974
Peter Murray[3]LaborArnhem1963–1966
Charles OrrLaborAlice Springs1965–1971
Henry PlantAppointed1967–1974
Len Purkiss[2]IndependentBarkly1951–1965
Tony RichardsonAppointed1963–1967
Lionel Rose OBEIndependentAlice Springs1954–1958, 1962–1965
James WilliamsAppointedCrown Law Officer1966–1971
Ron Withnall[3]Appointed/IndependentCrown Law Officer/Arnhem1954–1966, 1966–1974
1 "Appointed (N)" indicates the councillor was a Non-official Member appointed by the Territory Administrator, but generally from a community or business background, not a government official or public servant.
2 The independent member for Barkly, Len Purkiss, died from silicosis on 24 November 1965. Eric Marks (Labor) was elected to replace him in a by-election on 5 February 1966.
3 Labor member Peter Murray resigned as member for Arnhem in 1966. Ron Withnall, formerly an appointed Official Member, was elected to replace him in a by-election on 26 November 1966.

See also
  • 1965 Northern Territory general election

References
  1. Jaensch, Dean (1990). The Legislative Council of the Northern Territory: An Electoral History 1947–1974. Darwin: Australian National University.
  2. "Chan, Harry (1918–1969)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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