Karl Hampton

Karl Hampton
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Stuart
In office
23 September 2006 – 6 August 2012
Preceded byPeter Toyne
Succeeded byBess Price
Personal details
Born
Karl Rio Hampton

(1968-08-04) 4 August 1968 (age 56)
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Political partyLabor

Karl Rio Hampton (born 4 August 1968) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2006 until 2012, representing the electorate of Stuart. He served as Minister for Environment, Regional Development, Sport and Recreation, Central Australia and Information, Communications and Technology Policy in the Henderson government.[1]

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Years Term Electoral division Party
2006–2008 10th Stuart Labor
2008–2012 11th Stuart Labor

Hampton was born and raised in Alice Springs.[2] He is of Warlpiri, Afghan, Irish and Scottish descent.[3] He was elected in a 2006 by-election following the resignation of Peter Toyne, and was easily re-elected in 2008. He was widely expected to cruise to re-election in 2012 as well, However, he was defeated by his aunt, Country Liberal Party candidate Bess Price, as part of Labor's collapse in the remote seats at that election. Hampton saw his primary vote more than halved, and ultimately lost to Price on a two-party swing of 18.6 percent.[4]

  1. ^ "Assembly Members". Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Central Australia gets another new Minister". ABC News. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Karl Hampton". Screen Forever. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "New era for Bess Price". 4 September 2012.