Treasurer of the Northern Territory

The Treasurer of the Northern Territory is the title held by the Northern Territory Government cabinet minister who is responsible for the financial management of Northern Territory's budget sector.

Treasurer of the Northern Territory
Coat of arms of the Northern Territory
Flag of the Northern Territory
Incumbent Bill Yan since 9 September 2024
Department of Treasury and Finance
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
Seat	Darwin, Northern Territory
Nominator	Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
Appointer	Administrator of the Northern Territory on the advice of the chief minister
Term length	At the Administrator's pleasure
Formation	1 July 1978
First holder	Marshall Perron

List of treasurers of the Northern Territory

The following individuals have served as the Treasurer of the Northern Territory, or any precursor title:

Order	Treasurer	Party	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Marshall Perron	Country Liberal Party	1 July 1978 (1978-07-01)	20 December 1984 (1984-12-20)	6 years, 172 days	[1]
2	Ian Tuxworth		21 December 1984 (1984-12-21)	28 April 1986 (1986-04-28)	1 year, 128 days
3	Barry Coulter		29 April 1986 (1986-04-29)	13 July 1988 (1988-07-13)	2 years, 75 days
–	Marshall Perron		14 July 1988 (1988-07-14)	12 November 1990 (1990-11-12)	2 years, 129 days
–	Barry Coulter		13 November 1990 (1990-11-13)	30 June 1995 (1995-06-30)	4 years, 229 days
4	Mike Reed		1 July 1995 (1995-07-01)	26 August 2001 (2001-08-26)	6 years, 56 days
5	Clare Martin	Labor Party	27 August 2001 (2001-08-27)	17 October 2002 (2002-10-17)	1 year, 51 days	[2][3]
6	Syd Stirling		18 October 2002 (2002-10-18)	25 November 2007 (2007-11-25)	5 years, 38 days
7	Paul Henderson		26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)	29 November 2007 (2007-11-29)	3 days	[3][4]
8	Delia Lawrie		30 November 2007 (2007-11-30)	28 August 2012 (2012-08-28)	4 years, 272 days
9	Terry Mills	Country Liberal Party	29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)	3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)	5 days	[5]
10	Robyn Lambley		4 September 2012 (2012-09-04)	6 March 2013 (2013-03-06)	183 days
11	John Elferink		7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)	13 March 2013 (2013-03-13)	6 days
12	Dave Tollner		14 March 2013 (2013-03-14)	23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)	1 year, 162 days
13	Adam Giles		24 August 2014 (2014-08-24)	10 February 2015 (2015-02-10)	170 days
–	Dave Tollner		11 February 2015 (2015-02-11)	30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	1 year, 262 days
14	Nicole Manison	Labor Party	31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)	4 years, 7 days	[6]
15	Michael Gunner		8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)	13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)	1 year, 247 days	[7]
16	Natasha Fyles		13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)	10 days
17	Eva Lawler		23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)	28 August 2024	2 years, 96 days
18	Lia Finocchiaro	Country Liberal Party	28 August 2024	9 September 2024	12 days
19	Bill Yan		9 September 2024	incumbent	322 days	[8]

List of Executive Members for Finance

In the period prior to 1978, the responsible government of the Northern Territory was administered via the Australian Government Department of the Northern Territory. During a transition period between 1974 and 1978, the following individuals served as the Executive Member for Finance:

Order	Executive Member for Finance	Party	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Paul Everingham	Country Liberal Party	November 1974 (1974-11)	August 1975 (1975-08)	273 days	[1]
2	Bernie Kilgariff		August 1975 (1975-08)	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30)	120 days
3	Grant Tambling		1 December 1975 (1975-12-01)	September 1977 (1977-09)	1 year, 274 days
4	Marshall Perron		September 1977 (1977-09)	30 June 1978 (1978-06-30)	301 days