The Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Though the office had existed since the creation of the Assembly in 1974, it was given greater legislative force when the roles and functions of the office were included in the federal Act that gave the Territory self-government in 1978.
The Speaker's principal duty is to preside over the Assembly. The occupant of the Chair must maintain order in the House, uphold the Standing Orders (rules of procedure) and protect the rights of backbench members.
The Speaker must be a member of the Assembly themselves and is elected to the position by a ballot of the members of the Assembly. It is generally a partisan position, although the speakership has been held by independents on occasion.
The current speaker is Araluen MLA Robyn Lambley, an independent.
Speakers of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
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!
! colspan="2" | Speaker
! Took office
! Left office
! Tenure
! colspan="2" | Party
! Assembly
! Election
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! 1
| 100px
| Bernie Kilgariff<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| rowspan="2" | 1st
| 1974
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2
| rowspan="3" | 100px
| rowspan="3" | Les MacFarlane<br>
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="3" | Country Liberal
| –
|-
| 2nd
| 1977
|-
| 3rd
| 1980
|-
! 3
| 100px
| Roger Steele<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| rowspan="2" | 4th
| 1983
|-
! rowspan="2" | 4
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Roger Vale<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Country Liberal
| –
|-
| rowspan="2" | 5th
| 1987
|-
! rowspan="2" | 5
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Nick Dondas<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Country Liberal
| –
|-
| 6th
| 1990
|-
! 6
| 100px
| Terry McCarthy<br>
|
|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| 7th
| 1994
|-
! 7
| 100px
| Loraine Braham<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| rowspan="2" | 8th
| 1997
|-
! –
| 100px
| Terry McCarthy<br>
|
|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| –
|-
! –
| 100px
| Loraine Braham<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
| 9th
| 2001
|-
! rowspan="2" | 8
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Jane Aagaard<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Labor
| 10th
| 2005
|-
| 11th
| 2008
|-
! rowspan="2" | 9
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Kezia Purick<br>
|
|
| rowspan="2" |
| style="background-color:;" |
| Country Liberal
| 12th
| 2012
|-
|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
| 13th
| 2016
|-
! 10
| 100px
| Chansey Paech<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Labor
| rowspan="4" | 14th
| 2020
|-
! 11
| 100px
| Ngaree Ah Kit<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Labor
| –
|-
! 12
| 100px
| Mark Monaghan<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Labor
| –
|-
! 13
| 100px
| Dheran Young<br>
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|
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Labor
| –
|-
! 14
| 100px
| Robyn Lambley<br>
|
| Incumbent
|
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
| 15th
| 2024
|}
Notes
Timeline
The following is a graphical lifespan timeline of speakers of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, listed in order of first assuming the office.
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References
External links
- Members of the Legislative Assembly: 1974 to 21 July 2010