This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 29 May 1954 to 23 January 1957.
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 and later James Archer, served as presiding officer (or president) of the council. [1]
Name | Party | Electorate/Title | Years in office |
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Colin Adams | Appointed | Director of Mines | 1955β1970 |
James Archer OBE | Appointed | Administrator | 1956β1961 |
Hugh Barclay | Appointed | Director of Lands | 1948β1963 |
Harold Brennan [1] | Independent | Batchelor | 1955, 1956β1971 |
Aubrey Callinan | Independent | Darwin | 1954β1957 |
Fred Drysdale | Independent Labor | Darwin | 1954β1957, 1960β1969 |
Keith Edmunds | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1951β1954 |
Harry Giese | Appointed | Director of Welfare | 1954β1973 |
Neil Hargrave | Independent | Alice Springs | 1954β1969 |
Alfred Humphry | Appointed | Director of Health | 1954β1958 |
John Huthnance | Appointed | Chief Clerk | 1949β1955 |
Reg Leydin | Appointed | Government Secretary | 1948β1952, 1953β1954, 1963 |
Reg Marsh | Appointed | Assistant Secretary, Department of Territories | 1955β1957, 1958β1962 |
Reginald McCaffery | Appointed | Acting Director of Native Affairs | 1953β1954 |
Wilhelm Petrick | Independent | Stuart | 1951β1962 |
Len Purkiss | Independent | Tennant Creek | 1951β1965 |
Tom Ronan [1] | Labor | Batchelor | 1954β1955 |
Lionel Rose OBE | Appointed | Director of Animal Industry | 1954β1958, 1962β1965 |
Charles Stahl | Appointed | Acting Government Secretary | 1952β1953, 1954β1955, |
Frank Vidgen | Appointed | Director of Works | 1951β1954 |
Dr Stephen Watsford | Appointed | Chief Medical Officer | 1951β1954 |
Frank Wise | Appointed | Administrator | 1951β1956 |
Ron Withnall | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1954β1966, 1966β1974 |
This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 29 May 1954 to 23 January 1957.
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 and later James Archer, served as presiding officer (or president) of the council. [1]
Name | Party | Electorate/Title | Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
Colin Adams | Appointed | Director of Mines | 1955β1970 |
James Archer OBE | Appointed | Administrator | 1956β1961 |
Hugh Barclay | Appointed | Director of Lands | 1948β1963 |
Harold Brennan [1] | Independent | Batchelor | 1955, 1956β1971 |
Aubrey Callinan | Independent | Darwin | 1954β1957 |
Fred Drysdale | Independent Labor | Darwin | 1954β1957, 1960β1969 |
Keith Edmunds | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1951β1954 |
Harry Giese | Appointed | Director of Welfare | 1954β1973 |
Neil Hargrave | Independent | Alice Springs | 1954β1969 |
Alfred Humphry | Appointed | Director of Health | 1954β1958 |
John Huthnance | Appointed | Chief Clerk | 1949β1955 |
Reg Leydin | Appointed | Government Secretary | 1948β1952, 1953β1954, 1963 |
Reg Marsh | Appointed | Assistant Secretary, Department of Territories | 1955β1957, 1958β1962 |
Reginald McCaffery | Appointed | Acting Director of Native Affairs | 1953β1954 |
Wilhelm Petrick | Independent | Stuart | 1951β1962 |
Len Purkiss | Independent | Tennant Creek | 1951β1965 |
Tom Ronan [1] | Labor | Batchelor | 1954β1955 |
Lionel Rose OBE | Appointed | Director of Animal Industry | 1954β1958, 1962β1965 |
Charles Stahl | Appointed | Acting Government Secretary | 1952β1953, 1954β1955, |
Frank Vidgen | Appointed | Director of Works | 1951β1954 |
Dr Stephen Watsford | Appointed | Chief Medical Officer | 1951β1954 |
Frank Wise | Appointed | Administrator | 1951β1956 |
Ron Withnall | Appointed | Crown Law Officer | 1954β1966, 1966β1974 |