Nathan Barrett (politician)
Nathan Barrett | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Blain | |
| In office 12 April 2014 – 8 August 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Mills |
| Succeeded by | Terry Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1976 Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Country Liberal Party (2014–16) Independent (2016) |
| Spouse | Rebecca Barrett |
| Occupation | Port worker, Teacher, Politician |
Nathan Barrett (born 4 February 1976) is an Australian politician who represented the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Blain from 2014 to 2016. He won the seat at the 2014 Blain by-election caused by the resignation of former Chief Minister Terry Mills.[1]
Barrett was born in Darwin, and has lived in Palmerston for over twenty years. He was a port worker and teacher before entering politics.[2]
He was originally elected as a member of the governing Country Liberal Party, and in February 2016 was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Young Territorians, and Minister Assisting the Treasurer.[3] He was slated to become Treasurer after the 2016 estimates hearings. However, this was brought undone on 10 June, when Northern Territory News reported that he had sent a video of himself engaging in a sex act to a constituent with whom he had been having an affair. Within hours of the story breaking, Barrett resigned from cabinet.[4][5]
On 12 June, under growing pressure from the CLP's organisational wing, he announced that he would not run for a full term in the upcoming election.[6] He then resigned from the CLP on 28 June 2016, and served out the rest of his term as an independent.[7] At that election, Blain was won by Barrett's predecessor, Mills, who ran as an independent.[8]
References
- ^ 2014 Blain by-election: Antony Green ABC
- ^ "CLP announces candidate for Blain". SBS News. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/nt-cabinet-reshuffle-sees-nathan-barrett-added-to-ministry-to-assist-treasurer-dave-tollner/ar-BBpxtpD
- ^ "Sports Minister Nathan Barrett admits sending female constituent sexually explicit videos". Northern Territory News. 10 June 2016.
- ^ "NT Sports Minister Nathan Barrett resigns amid sex video scandal". ABC News. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Sex scandal: NT politician Nathan Barrett will not recontest August election".
- ^ Sorensen, Hayley (28 June 2016). "Former Assistant Treasurer Nathan Barrett resigns from Country Liberal Party". NT News.
- ^ "Blain". NT Votes 2016. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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