Second Letts Executive

The Second Letts Executive was the second ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from August to November 1975. It was short-lived, as Bernie Kilgariff, who had replaced Paul Everingham in the executive in August, resigned from the Assembly in November to run for the Australian Senate.

While both the second and other early executives did not have anywhere near the range of powers as ministries after the granting of self-government in 1978, they nevertheless fulfilled similar functions. This executive was devastated at the 1977 election; five executive members (Goff Letts, Grant Tambling, Liz Andrew, Dave Pollock and Roger Ryan) were among the six Country Liberal Party members to lose their seats. Jim Robertson, MLA, while not technically a member of the executive, served as Manager of Government Business during this period.

• Dr Goff Letts, MLA: Majority Leader and Executive Member for Primary Industry and the Northern Territory Public Service
• Bernie Kilgariff, MLA: Deputy Majority Leader and Executive Member for Finance and Law
• Grant Tambling, MLA: Executive Member for Community Development
• Liz Andrew, MLA: Executive Member for Education and Consumer Services
• Dave Pollock, MLA: Executive Member for Social Affairs
• Ian Tuxworth, MLA: Executive Member for Resource Development
• Roger Ryan, MLA: Executive Member for Transport and Secondary Industry