Delia Lawrie

Delia Phoebe Lawrie (born 30 July 1966) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2016, representing the electorate of Karama. She was a Labor member from 2001 to 2015, and served as party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 2012 to 2015. On 10 October 2015, following her loss of Labor preselection to recontest her seat at the 2016 election, she resigned from the party to sit as an independent.

Delia Lawrie
10th Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory
In office
29 August 2012  20 April 2015
DeputyGerry McCarthy
Preceded byTerry Mills
Succeeded byMichael Gunner
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Karama
In office
18 August 2001  27 August 2016
Preceded byMick Palmer
Succeeded byNgaree Ah Kit
Personal details
Born
Delia Phoebe Lawrie

(1966-07-30) 30 July 1966
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Political partyLabor Party (until 2015)
Independent (from 2015)
RelationsDawn Lawrie (mother)
ChildrenThree
OccupationJournalist
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