This is a list of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.
Rank by time in office edit
- Parties
Australian Labor Party Country Liberal Party
Rank | Officeholder | Portrait | Party | District | Assumed office |
Left office |
Time in office (term) |
Time in office (total) |
Election wins | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Paul Everingham (1943–) AO |
Country Liberal | MLA for Jingili (1974–1984) |
13 August 1977 | 16 October 1984 | 7 years, 64 days | 1980 1983 | |||
2. | Marshall Perron (1942–) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Stuart Park (1974–1983) MLA for Fannie Bay (1983–1995) |
13 July 1988 | 26 May 1995 | 6 years, 317 days | 1990 1994 | |||
3. | Clare Martin (1952–) |
Labor | MLA for Fannie Bay (1995–2008) |
27 August 2001 | 26 November 2007 | 6 years, 91 days | 2001 2005 | |||
4. | Michael Gunner (1976–) |
Labor | MLA for Fannie Bay (2008–2022) |
31 August 2016 | 13 May 2022 | 5 years, 255 days | 2016 2020 | |||
5. | Paul Henderson (1962–) |
Labor | MLA for Wanguri (1999–2013) |
26 November 2007 | 29 August 2012 | 4 years, 277 days | 2008 | |||
6. | Shane Stone (1950–) AC QC |
Country Liberal | MLA for Port Darwin (1990–2000) |
26 May 1995 | 8 February 1999 | 3 years, 258 days | 1997 | |||
7. | Adam Giles (1973–) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Braitling (2008–2016) |
14 March 2013 | 31 August 2016 | 3 years, 170 days | ||||
8. | Goff Letts (1928–2023) CBE AM |
Country Liberal | MLA for Victoria River (1974–1977) |
19 October 1974 | 13 August 1977 | 2 years, 267 days | 1974 1977 | |||
9. | Denis Burke (1948–) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Brennan (1994–2005) |
8 February 1999 | 27 August 2001 | 2 years, 200 days | ||||
10. | Stephen Hatton (1948–) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Nightcliff (1983–2001) |
13 May 1986 | 13 July 1988 | 2 years, 61 days | 1987 | |||
12. | Natasha Fyles (1978–) |
Labor | MLA for Nightcliff (2012– ) |
13 May 2022 | 21 December 2023 | 1 year, 222 days | ||||
11. | Ian Tuxworth (1942–2020) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Barkly (1974–1990) |
16 October 1984 | 13 May 1986 | 1 year, 209 days | ||||
13. | Terry Mills (1957–) |
Country Liberal | MLA for Blain (1999–2014, 2016–2020) |
29 August 2012 | 14 March 2013 | 197 days | 2012 | |||
13. | Eva Lawler | Labor | MLA for Drysdale (2016– ) |
21 December 2023 | Incumbent | 138 days[1] |
Notes edit
- ^ Eva Lawler's time in office as of 7 May 2024
See also edit
- Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
- List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
- List of premiers of Victoria by time in office
- List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
- List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
- List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
- List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office