The Greens NT | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | None |
| Headquarters | PO Box 421 Nightcliff NT 0814 |
| Ideology | Green politics Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Australian Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Assembly | 1 / 25 |
| Darwin City Council | 1 / 13 |
| Barkly Regional Council | 1 / 13 |
| Website | |
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The Northern Territory Greens are a green party in the Northern Territory, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. The party currently has one representative in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having won the seat of Nightcliff in 2024.
Green candidates first ran in the Northern Territory at the 1990 federal election and the 1990 Northern Territory election. The 1996 federal election saw the first NT Greens candidates contest a federal election under an official party banner.[1]
The NT Greens 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.[2] Jarvis died on the First of February 2010[3] and the resultant by-election was won by Greens candidate Robin Knox. In the 2012 local government elections the party's representation on Council was doubled in Darwin with the re-election of Robin Knox in Chan Ward and election of Simon Niblock in Lyons Ward. In Alice Springs, Jade Kudrenko was the first Green Councillor, elected in 2012.[4]
At the 2008 Northern Territory 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 23.7 percent.[5] The NT Greens increased their vote in both Houses to a record 13 percent at the 2010 federal election.
At the 2020 Northern Territory election, the party once again contested ten of the twenty-five Assembly seats and achieved a record result with 4.46% of the primary vote. They were closest to a place in a two-party preferred contest in Nightcliff, where candidate Billee McGinley was within 14 votes of beating the Country Liberal Party into second place at the final exclusion.[6]
At the 2021 local government elections, the party endorsed candidates in the elections for Alice Springs Town Council, Barkly Regional Council, and City of Darwin. The Greens candidates in Darwin and the Barkly were successful.[7]
- ^ Jackson, Stuart (2011). The Australian Greens: Between movement and electoral professional party (PhD thesis). p. 50.
- ^ "Graeme Sawyer wins Darwin mayoral vote". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 5 April 2008.
- ^ "Shock as popular city council member dies: The NT News 13/2/2010". NT News. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Results of NT Council General Election 24 March 2012". ntec.nt.gov.au. 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Henderson denies NT leadership an issue: The Age 12/8/2008". News.theage.com.au. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ NTEC (16 October 2020). "Nightcliff". NTEC. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "The Territory is hungry for political alternatives". Australian Greens. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.