Chief Minister of the Northern Territory facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chief Minister of the Northern Territory |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Administrator of the Northern Territory |
| Term length | At the Administrator's pleasure |
| Formation | 1974 |
The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory.
The Chief Minister is formally appointed by the Administrator, who will appoint the head of whichever party holds the majority of seats in the unicameral Legislative Assembly.
Since 31 August, following the 2016 election, the Chief Minister is Michael Gunner of the Labor Party. He is the first Chief Minister to have been born in the Northern Territory.
List of Chief Ministers of the Northern Territory
From the foundation of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in 1974 until the granting of self-government in 1978, the head of government was known as the Majority Leader:
| Majority Leader | Party | Term start | Term end | Term in office | Executive | |
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| Goff Letts | Country Liberal | 19 October 1974 | 12 August 1977 | 2 years, 297 days | Letts Executive | |
| Paul Everingham | Country Liberal | 13 August 1977 | 30 June 1978 | 0 years, 321 days | Everingham Executive | |
From 1978, the position was known as the Chief Minister:
| Chief Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Term in office | Ministry | |
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| Paul Everingham | Country Liberal | 1 July 1978 | 15 October 1984 | 6 years, 106 days | Everingham Ministry | |
| Ian Tuxworth | Country Liberal | 16 October 1984 | 13 May 1986 | 1 year, 209 days | Tuxworth Ministry | |
| Stephen Hatton | Country Liberal | 14 May 1986 | 12 July 1988 | 2 years, 59 days | Hatton Ministry | |
| Marshall Perron | Country Liberal | 13 July 1988 | 24 May 1995 | 6 years, 315 days | Perron Ministry | |
| Shane Stone | Country Liberal | 25 May 1995 | 7 February 1999 | 3 years, 258 days | Stone Ministry | |
| Denis Burke | Country Liberal | 8 February 1999 | 27 August 2001 | 2 years, 190 days | Burke Ministry | |
| Clare Martin | Labor | 27 August 2001 | 26 November 2007 | 6 years, 100 days | Martin Ministry | |
| Paul Henderson | Labor | 26 November 2007 | 28 August 2012 | 4 years, 276 days | Henderson Ministry | |
| Terry Mills | Country Liberal | 29 August 2012 | 13 March 2013 | 0 years, 196 days | Mills Ministry | |
| Adam Giles | Country Liberal | 14 March 2013 | 30 August 2016 | 3 years, 169 days | Giles Ministry | |
| Michael Gunner | Labor | 31 August 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 50 days | Gunner Ministry | |
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