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Marion Scrymgour - Member for Arafura

Marion Scrymgour - Member for Arafura Electorate Office:
Moil Shopping Centre
Moil Crescent
Moil NT 0810
Tel:  08 8927 0966
Fax:  08 8927 0988
Email:  electorate.arafura@nt.gov.au

Biography

Marion is married to David Dalrymple and has three children, Cherise, Richard and Helen. Marion was born in Darwin in 1960 and raised on the Tiwi Islands.

Marion has been the Member for Arafura since 2001.

Electorate Profile - Arafura

Arafura covers the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin, along with the Coburg Peninsula, Kakadu National Park and western Arnhem Land. Main centres include Nguiu on Bathurst Island, Milikapiti on Melville Island, Maningrida and Gunbalanya in western Arnhem Land, and Jabiru in Kakadu National Park. The electorate covers 201,900 sq.km and three quarters of its population is of indigenous origin. The electorate derives its name from the Arafura Sea, the name first applied by the Dutch in 1827. (ABC elections website)

Arafura Seat Profile - Northern Territory Electoral Commission (New window)

Arafura Seat Profile - ABC Elections website (New window)

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