Stephen Paul Hatton (born 28 January 1948) is an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1986 to 1988.[1] From 1983 until his retirement in 2001, he was MLA for the seat of Nightcliff. He first became a minister in December 1984 in the Ian Tuxworth government.[2]
He played an important role in the referendum for statehood for the Northern Territory in 1998. He had served for many years on a bipartisan committee of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, which had recommended a constitution and an elected Constitutional Assembly to give it further consideration. The then Chief Minister, Shane Stone put forward a different constitution to a non-elected Constitutional Assembly. Steve Hatton was prominent in opposing this kind of statehood. The referendum failed, and he was reported as saying "One of the campaign slogans at the time was: 'we want statehood, not Stonehood'".[3]
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^Northern Territory Government Ministries 1st to 8th Assembly, 1974 - 2001 6 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
stephen, hatton, stephen, paul, hatton, born, january, 1948, australian, politician, chief, minister, northern, territory, australia, from, 1986, 1988, from, 1983, until, retirement, 2001, seat, nightcliff, first, became, minister, december, 1984, tuxworth, go. Stephen Paul Hatton born 28 January 1948 is an Australian politician who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1986 to 1988 1 From 1983 until his retirement in 2001 he was MLA for the seat of Nightcliff He first became a minister in December 1984 in the Ian Tuxworth government 2 Steve Hatton3rd Chief Minister of the Northern TerritoryIn office 15 May 1986 13 July 1988DeputyBarry Coulter 1986 1987 1987 1988 Ray Hanrahan 1987 Preceded byIan TuxworthSucceeded byMarshall PerronMember of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for NightcliffIn office 3 December 1983 17 August 2001Preceded byDawn LawrieSucceeded byJane AagaardPersonal detailsBornStephen Paul Hatton 1948 01 28 28 January 1948 age 74 Sydney New South Wales AustraliaPolitical partyCountry Liberal PartyAlma materUniversity of New South WalesCabinetHatton Ministry Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Years Term Electoral division Party1983 1987 4th Nightcliff Country Liberal1987 1990 5th Nightcliff Country Liberal1990 1994 6th Nightcliff Country Liberal1994 1997 7th Nightcliff Country Liberal1997 2001 8th Nightcliff Country LiberalHe played an important role in the referendum for statehood for the Northern Territory in 1998 He had served for many years on a bipartisan committee of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly which had recommended a constitution and an elected Constitutional Assembly to give it further consideration The then Chief Minister Shane Stone put forward a different constitution to a non elected Constitutional Assembly Steve Hatton was prominent in opposing this kind of statehood The referendum failed and he was reported as saying One of the campaign slogans at the time was we want statehood not Stonehood 3 References Edit Northern Territory Government Ministries 1st to 8th Assembly 1974 2001 Archived 6 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine Northern Territory Chronicle 1984 ABC Lateline Northern Territory Legislative AssemblyPreceded byDawn Lawrie Member for Nightcliff1983 2001 Succeeded byJane AagaardPolitical officesPreceded byIan Tuxworth Chief Minister of the Northern Territory1986 1988 Succeeded byMarshall PerronParty political officesPreceded byIan Tuxworth Leader of the Country Liberal Party1986 1988 Succeeded byMarshall Perron This article about an Australian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stephen Hatton amp oldid 1103293293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
