Marion Scrymgour - Member for Arafura
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister for Employment, Education and Training
Minister for Indigenous Policy
Minister for Arts and Museums
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Parliament Office:
Parliament House
Darwin, NT, 0800
Tel: 08 8901 4102
Fax: 08 8901 4110
Email: Marion.Scrymgour@nt.gov.au
Postal Address:
GPO Box 3146
Darwin NT 0801
Electorate Office:
Ground Floor, CML Building
59 Smith Street
Darwin, NT, 0800
Tel: (08) 8981 7055
Fax: (08) 8981 7515
Email: electorate.arafura@nt.gov.au
Postal Address:
Ground Floor, CML Building
59 Smith Street
Darwin, NT, 0800
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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 and a Minister since 2002.
She is currently Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Employment, Education and Training, Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Indigenous Policy, Minister for Arts and Museums, Minister for Women's Policy.
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)
