Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, 1962–1965

This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 8 December 1962 to 30 October 1965.

Name Party Electorate/Title Years in office Colin Adams Appointed Director of Mines 1955–1970 Alan Atkins Appointed Assistant Administrator 1963–1967 Hugh Barclay Appointed Director of Lands 1948–1963 Harold Brennan Independent Elsey 1955, 1956–1958, 1958–1971 Harry Chan Independent Fannie Bay 1962–1969 Bill Curteis Appointed Director of Agriculture 1962–1964 Fred Drysdale Labor Nightcliff 1954–1957, 1960–1969 Eric Francis Dwyer Appointed Assistant Administrator 1964–1968 Joe Fisher Appointed (N) 1961–1968, 1969–1974 Harry Giese Appointed Director of Welfare 1954–1973 Bernie Kilgariff Appointed (N) 1960–1968, 1969–1974 John Lyons Independent Port Darwin 1963–1968 Duncan Mathieson Appointed (N) 1960–1963 Peter Murray Appointed (N) 1963–1966 Roger Nott Appointed Administrator 1961–1964 Len Purkiss Independent Tennant Creek 1951–1965 Lionel Rose Independent Alice Springs 1954–1958, 1962–1965 David Smith Labor Stuart 1962–1965 Richard Ward Independent Labor Port Darwin 1947–1949, 1957–1958, 1958–1963, 1968–1974 Ken Waters Independent Arnhem 1962–1965 James Whittam Appointed Director of Animal Industry Branch 1958–1963 Ron Withnall Appointed Crown Law Officer 1954–1966 "Appointed (N)" indicates the councillor was a Non-official Member appointed by the Territory Administrator, but generally from a community or business background, not a government official or public servant. Richard Ward resigned as member for Port Darwin on 14 June 1963. John Lyons was elected to replace him in a by-election on 13 July 1963. Footnotes

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