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 AdamsAppointedDirector of Mines1955–1970
Thomas BellIndependentMcMillan1968–1974
Harold BrennanIndependentVictoria River1955, 1956–1958, 1958–1971
Harry Chan[1]IndependentFannie Bay1962–1969
Norman Cooper[2]IndependentNightcliff1970–1971
Fred Drysdale[2]LaborNightcliff1954–1957, 1960–1969
Joe Fisher[1]IndependentFannie Bay1961–1968, 1969–1974
Harry GieseAppointedDirector of Welfare1954–1973
Tony GreatorexCountryStuart1954–1974
Barry HartAppointedAssistant Director of Primary Industries1970–1973
Rupert KentishCountryArnhem1968–1974
Bernie KilgariffCountryAlice Springs1960–1968, 1969–1974
John MacfarlaneCountryElsey1968–1974
Eric MarksLaborBarkly1966–1974
Clem O'SullivanAppointedCrown Law Officer1971–1974
Charles OrrLaborAlice Springs1965–1971
Henry PlantAppointed1967–1974
Phil PurichAppointedDirector of Mines1970–1973
Tony RichardsonAppointed1963–1967
Richard WardLaborLudmilla1947–1949, 1957–1958, 1958–1963, 1968–1974
James WilliamsAppointedCrown Law Officer1966–1971
Ron WithnallIndependentPort Darwin1954–1966, 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.

See also
  • 1968 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.
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