- Northern Territory Greens
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The Greens NT Headquarters PO Box 331
NIGHTCLIFF NT 0814Ideology Green politics International affiliation Global Greens
Asia-Pacific Green NetworkWebsite www.nt.greens.org.au Politics of Australia
Political parties
ElectionsNorthern Territory Greens is a Green Party located in the Northern Territory, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party.
Ilana Eldridge has been the lead candidate for the Greens since 1990. She has run for the Senate in 1990 and 1996 and the Australian House of Representatives in 1998 and 2004. She ran for the seat of Nightcliff in the 2005 Northern Territory election.
The NT party saw its first electoral victory in April 2008, when candidate Greg Jarvis was elected as one of three members for Darwin City Council's Chan Ward, defeating incumbent alderman Christine Tilley.[1]
In the 2008 NT election, the Greens ran in six of the 25 seats in the unicameral parliament, averaging around 16 percent. The highest vote was in Nightcliff at around 23 percent.[2]
References
- ^ "Graeme Sawyer wins Darwin mayoral vote". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 5 April 2008.
- ^ "Henderson denies NT leadership an issue: The Age 12/8/2008". News.theage.com.au. 2008-08-12. http://news.theage.com.au/national/henderson-denies-nt-leadership-an-issue-20080812-3tyu.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
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