Minister for Essential Services (Northern Territory)

The Northern Territory Minister for Essential Services is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory.^[1]

Minister for Essential Services
Incumbent Eva Lawler since 7 September 2020
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Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Minister is responsible for electricity generation and supply operations, public sewerage and drainage services operations, public water supplies operations, and supply and service provision under license. They are also responsible for the Power and Water Corporation, the Power Generation Corporation and the Power Retail Corporation.^[1]

The current minister is Eva Lawler (Labor), who succeeded Gerry McCarthy on 7 September 2020 following his retirement from politics. ^[2][3]

List of ministers for essential services

Minister		Party	Term [4][5][6][7][8]	Ministerial title
	Denis Burke	Country Liberal	1 July 1995 – 20 June 1996	Minister for Water and Power
	Daryl Manzie		21 June 1996 – 14 September 1997
	Eric Poole		15 September 1997 – 7 December 1998	Minister for Essential Services
	Barry Coulter		8 December 1998 – 18 June 1999
	Mike Reed		21 June 1999 – 30 January 2000
	Stephen Dunham		31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001
	Jack Ah Kit	Labor	27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001
	Kon Vatskalis		13 November 2001 – 17 October 2002
	Chris Burns		18 October 2002 – 10 July 2005
	Paul Henderson		11 July 2005 – 31 August 2006
	Kon Vatskalis		1 September 2006 – 17 August 2008
	Rob Knight		18 August 2008 – 28 August 2012
	Terry Mills	Country Liberal	29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
	Dave Tollner		4 September 2012 – 13 December 2012
	Willem Westra van Holthe		14 December 2012 – 14 February 2016
	Peter Chandler		15 February 2016 – 27 August 2016
	Michael Gunner	Labor	31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
	Gerry McCarthy		12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020
	Eva Lawler		7 September 2020 - present