Delia Lawrie


Delia Phoebe Lawrie is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Northern [Territory Legislative Assembly] from 2001 to 2016, representing the electorate of Karama. She was a Labor member from 2001 to 2015, and served as party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 2012 to 2015. On 10 October 2015, following her loss of Labor preselection to recontest her seat at the 2016 [Northern Territory general election|2016 election], she resigned from the party to sit as an independent.

Early life

Born in the original Darwin Hospital, she attended Nightcliff Primary and Nightcliff Middle School. She then worked as a journalist and then as an industrial officer before entering Parliament.

Personal life

Delia Lawrie is the daughter of former Northern Territory politician Dawn Lawrie.