Delia Lawrie

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Delia Lawrie MLA
Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory)
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 August 2012
Deputy	Gerry McCarthy
Preceded by	Terry Mills
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Karama
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 August 2001
Preceded by	Mick Palmer
Majority	6.4%
Personal details
Born	Delia Phoebe Lawrie (1966-07-30) 30 July 1966 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Tim Pigot
Relations	Dawn Lawrie (mother)
Children	Three
Occupation	Journalist

Delia Phoebe Lawrie (born 30 July 1966)^[1] is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held the seat of Karama since the 2001 election. She is the current Leader of the Opposition.

Born in the original Darwin Hospital, she attended Nightcliff Primary and Nightcliff High School. She then worked as a journalist and then as an industrial officer before entering Parliament. She served as Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice in the Henderson ministry under Chief Minister Paul Henderson. Following the 25 August 2012 territory elections at which Labor was defeated, Henderson resigned as party leader and Lawrie was elected as his replacement.^[2]

She is the daughter of former Northern Territory politician Dawn Lawrie.^[3]

References

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↑ "Ex-NT chief minister takes backbench role". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
↑ Karama, Northern Territory Votes 2012, ABC.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Mick Palmer	Member for Karama 2001–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Terry Mills	Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory) 2012–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Paul Henderson	Leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Northern Territory 2012–present	Incumbent

Current Opposition Leaders of the States and internal territories of Australia

ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA

Jeremy Hanson (Lib)	John Robertson (ALP)	Delia Lawrie (ALP)	Annastacia Palaszczuk (ALP)	Steven Marshall (Lib)	Will Hodgman (Lib)	Daniel Andrews (ALP)	Mark McGowan (ALP)

v t e Current Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Country Liberal (16)	Alison Anderson Peter Chandler Matt Conlan John Elferink Lia Finocchiaro Adam Giles Gary Higgins Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu Robyn Lambley Larisa Lee Terry Mills Bess Price Kezia Purick Peter Styles Dave Tollner Willem Westra van Holthe

Labor (8)	Natasha Fyles Michael Gunner Delia Lawrie Nicole Manison Gerry McCarthy Kon Vatskalis Ken Vowles Lynne Walker

Independent (1)	Gerry Wood

Persondata
Name	Lawrie, Delia
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	30 July 1966
Place of birth	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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