Barkly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the Unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions It was first created in 1974, and is named after the Barkly Tableland area, which occupies much of the electorate. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Barkly Tableland is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory, Australia. Barkly is a rural electorate, covering 381,729. 2 sq km and taking in the towns of Tennant Creek, Borroloola, Ali Curung, Warrego, Tara Aboriginal Community and Alpururulam. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. Borroloola is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River Alpurrurulam ( also known as Lake Nash Station or simply Lake Nash, is a small town located in the Northern Territory, Australia, 20 km There were 4195 people enrolled in the electorate as of June 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Barkly was created along with the creation of the Assembly in 1974 as a conservative-leaning marginal seat based around the town of Tennant Creek. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was won at that election by Country Liberal Party candidate Ian Tuxworth, who later became a high-profile Cabinet minister and served as Chief Minister from 1984 to 1986. The Country Liberal Party (CLP is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties Ian Lindsay Tuxworth (b 18 June, 1942) is an Australian politician who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from October In Australia, a Chief Minister is the Head of government of a self-governing territory while the head of government of a state is a Premier Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Tuxworth was comfortably re-elected as a CLP member in 1977, 1980 and 1983, but faced an extremely close race in 1987 after he quit the CLP in order to head the rival conservative NT Nationals party. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) He won a narrow victory over Australian Labor Party candidate Maggie Hickey, but saw the win overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns upon a legal challenge from Hickey before again winning the resulting by-election. A redistribution ahead of the 1990 election turned Barkly into a nominally Labor-held seat, and Tuxworth chose to contest Goyder instead. Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Hickey was comfortably elected in Tuxworth's absence, and went on to serve as Opposition Leader from 1996 to 1999, before retiring due to ill health in 2001. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The current member, Elliot McAdam, was comfortably elected at the 2001 election before going on to serve as a minister in the Martin and Henderson Labor governments. Clare Majella Martin (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian politician Paul Raymond Henderson (born 15 August 1962 Australian politician is the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.
Members for Barkly
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Ian Tuxworth | Country Liberal Party | 1974-1987 | |
| NT Nationals | 1987-1990 | ||
| Maggie Hickey | Australian Labor Party | 1990-2001 | |
| Elliot McAdam | Australian Labor Party | 2001-present | |
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