List of senators from the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory was first allowed to elect senators in 1975, following the amendment of the Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973.

Northern Territory Australian Senate
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Created	1975
Party	Labor (1)   Liberal (1)[a]

List

Parties		Number of elected Senators by party
	Labor Party	5
	CLP	5

Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
1975		Ted Robertson (Labor) [1]		Bernie Kilgariff[b] (National Country/ Liberal) [2]
1977
1979
1980
1983
1984
1987	Bob Collins (Labor) [3]		Grant Tambling[c] (National) [4]
1990
1993
1996
1998	Trish Crossin (Labor) [5]
1998
2001		Nigel Scullion[c] (National) [6]
2004
2007
2010
2013	Nova Peris (Labor) [7]
2016	Malarndirri McCarthy (Labor) [8]
2019		Sam McMahon[c] (National/ Independent/ Liberal Democratic) [9]
Jan 2022
April 2022
2022			Jacinta Nampijinpa Price[d] (National/Liberal) [10]
2025
2025

Notes

1. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a member of the Country Liberal Party and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
2. Member of the Country Liberal Party; sat with the parliamentary National Country Party until 8 March 1979 when he transferred to the parliamentary Liberal Party.
3. Member of the Country Liberal Party sitting with the parliamentary National Party.
4. Member of the Country Liberal Party; sat with the parliamentary National Party until 8 May 2025 when she transferred to the parliamentary Liberal Party.