This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 28 April 1951 to 29 May 1954.
The council consisted of 14 members. Six members were elected to four single-member electorates (Alice Springs, Batchelor, Stuart and Tennant Creek), and one two-member electorate (Darwin). Seven members (called Official Members) were appointed by the Australian government, all of whom were senior public servants in the Northern Territory. The Administrator of the Northern Territory, Frank Wise, served as presiding officer (or president) of the council. [1]
Name | Party | Electorate/Title | Years in office |
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Hugh Barclay | Appointed | Director of Lands | 1948β1963 |
Robert Coxon | Appointed | Director of Mining | 1948β1954 |
Frederick Dowling | Labor | Batchelor | 1949β1954 |
Keith Edmunds [1] | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1951β1954 |
William Flynn [1] | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1948β1951 |
John Huthnance | Appointed | Chief Clerk | 1949β1955 |
Eric Izod | Independent | Darwin | 1949, 1951β1954 |
Frank Johnson | Labor | Alice Springs | 1949β1954 |
Robert Jones MBE [2] | Appointed | Apprentice Board Member | 1950β1951 |
Reg Leydin [3] | Appointed | Government Secretary | 1948β1952, 1953β1954, 1963 |
Matthew Luke | Independent Labor | Darwin | 1947β1954 |
Douglas Macinnis | Appointed | Assistant Director of Lands and Surveys | 1952 |
Reginald McCaffery [4] | Appointed | Acting Director of Native Affairs | 1953β1954 |
Francis Moy [4] | Appointed | Director of Native Affairs | 1948β1953 |
Wilhelm Petrick | Independent | Stuart | 1951β1962 |
Len Purkiss | Independent | Tennant Creek | 1951β1965 |
Charles Stahl [3] | Appointed | Acting Government Secretary | 1952β1953, 1954β1955, |
Frank Vidgen [2] | Appointed | Director of Works | 1951β1954 |
Dr Stephen Watsford | Appointed | Chief Medical Officer | 1951β1954 |
Frank Wise | Appointed | Administrator | 1951β1956 |
This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 28 April 1951 to 29 May 1954.
The council consisted of 14 members. Six members were elected to four single-member electorates (Alice Springs, Batchelor, Stuart and Tennant Creek), and one two-member electorate (Darwin). Seven members (called Official Members) were appointed by the Australian government, all of whom were senior public servants in the Northern Territory. The Administrator of the Northern Territory, Frank Wise, served as presiding officer (or president) of the council. [1]
Name | Party | Electorate/Title | Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
Hugh Barclay | Appointed | Director of Lands | 1948β1963 |
Robert Coxon | Appointed | Director of Mining | 1948β1954 |
Frederick Dowling | Labor | Batchelor | 1949β1954 |
Keith Edmunds [1] | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1951β1954 |
William Flynn [1] | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1948β1951 |
John Huthnance | Appointed | Chief Clerk | 1949β1955 |
Eric Izod | Independent | Darwin | 1949, 1951β1954 |
Frank Johnson | Labor | Alice Springs | 1949β1954 |
Robert Jones MBE [2] | Appointed | Apprentice Board Member | 1950β1951 |
Reg Leydin [3] | Appointed | Government Secretary | 1948β1952, 1953β1954, 1963 |
Matthew Luke | Independent Labor | Darwin | 1947β1954 |
Douglas Macinnis | Appointed | Assistant Director of Lands and Surveys | 1952 |
Reginald McCaffery [4] | Appointed | Acting Director of Native Affairs | 1953β1954 |
Francis Moy [4] | Appointed | Director of Native Affairs | 1948β1953 |
Wilhelm Petrick | Independent | Stuart | 1951β1962 |
Len Purkiss | Independent | Tennant Creek | 1951β1965 |
Charles Stahl [3] | Appointed | Acting Government Secretary | 1952β1953, 1954β1955, |
Frank Vidgen [2] | Appointed | Director of Works | 1951β1954 |
Dr Stephen Watsford | Appointed | Chief Medical Officer | 1951β1954 |
Frank Wise | Appointed | Administrator | 1951β1956 |