Mike King (politician)

Mike King
MLA
Head of Government of Norfolk Island
In office
4 May 1994 – 5 May 1997
Preceded byJohn Brown
Succeeded byGeorge Smith
Leader of the Opposition of Norfolk Island
In office
unknown – 13 March 2013
Leader of the Norfolk Island Labor Party
In office
unknown–unknown
Member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly
In office
unknown – 13 March 2013
Personal details
Political partyLabor

Michael William King is a former politician who served as Head of Government of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island from 1994 until 1997.[1]

King became Head of Government following the 1994 election, serving in the role until the end of the Assembly's three-year term in 1997. He also led the Norfolk Island Labor Party, serving as Opposition Leader at different stages, although the party appears to have faded away sometime after 2015.[2][3]

King did not seek re-election in 2013, and Norfolk Labor appears to have faded away sometime after 2015.[4]

  1. ^ "Norfolk Island and the Commonwealth" (PDF). Australian Parliament House.
  2. ^ "Norfolk Island 'may lose self-government'". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Bankrupt former penal colony Norfolk Island battles to keep its autonomy". The Independent. 4 November 2010.
  4. ^ "NON Government News". Norfolk Online News. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21.