Welcome to my official MySpace! I am the member for Lingiari, and I was previously the member for Northern Territory between 1987 and 1996.
I was born in Canberra, where I went to St Benedict’s Primary School and St Edmund’s College. I then went to ANU to get my Bachelor of Arts degree, later getting my Diploma of Education from Murdoch University. Before entering politics, I worked as a researcher at the ANU, a school teacher and a policy officer at the Central Land Council.
It was in 1976 that I first moved to the NT to work as a teacher. I still live there, in Alice Springs, with my partner Elizabeth and my four kids, Frances, Tom, Tessa and Jack.
I’m actually the first MP to represent the electorate of Lingiari. The electorate was formed for the 2001 federal election as a result of the old electorate, Northern Territory, splitting in two (Solomon, which covers the Darwin area, is the other new electorate). Lingiari is the second-largest federal electorate in Australia. It covers 1,347,849 sq km of the Northern Territory and both the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Over so many years in Parliament I’ve performed many roles like Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Communications (1990-2), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training (1992-6), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories (1993-6) and Parliamentary Secretary (Territories) (1993-4).
This year Australians get to go to the polls, to make an important choice which party will lead our nation into the future. I’ll be working as hard as I can to ensure a Rudd Labor Government is given that privilege and responsibility!
You can also see me at www.warrensnowdon.comMy official website
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