Dawn Lawrie
AM
1976 portrait of Lawrie from Library & Archives NT
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Nightcliff
In office
19 October 1974 – 2 December 1983
Preceded byDivision created
Succeeded byStephen Hatton
Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
In office
8 November 1988 – 27 November 1990
Preceded byCarolyn Stuart
Succeeded byBarry T. Cunningham
Personal details
Born (1938-11-03) 3 November 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyIndependent
ChildrenDelia Lawrie
OccupationPolitician

Alline Dawn Lawrie AM (born 3 November 1938) is an Australian former politician. She was the independent member for Nightcliff in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1983; in the First Assembly, she and fellow independent Ron Withnall were the sole non-Country Liberal Party members.

Early life

Lawrie was born in Melbourne in 1938.[1][2] She moved to Alice Springs in the 1950s. She then settled in Darwin in 1960, where she worked as a public servant.[3]

Career

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Years Term Electoral division Party
1974–1977 1st Nightcliff Independent
1977–1980 2nd Nightcliff Independent
1980–1983 3rd Nightcliff Independent

Lawrie joined the Northern Territory Parliament in 1971, firstly as an independent member of the Legislative Council (1971–74) then as the independent member for Nightcliff (1974–1983).

After politics, Lawrie and her husband established a community newspaper, the Palmerston & Northern Suburbs, which was published from 1983 to 1985. Lawrie was appointed as the first Regional Director for the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in 1986. She served as the Administrator of the Cocos Keeling Islands from 1988 to 1990 and was the first NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner. She is also a justice of the peace and a registered civil marriage celebrant.[4]

She is the mother of Delia Lawrie, former leader of the Labor Party and the opposition in the Northern Territory.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn Lawrie". Territory Stories. Northern Territory Library. hdl:10070/218119. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alline Dawn LAWRIE". HerStory Archive. National Pioneer Women Hall of Fame Alice Springs. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lawrie, Alline Dawn". Australian Women's Register. Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Government Gazette Notices". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Australia. 29 August 1979. p. 258. Retrieved 29 December 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ↑ Karama, Northern Territory Votes 2012, ABC.
  6. ↑ "Ex-NT chief minister takes backbench role". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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