Following his retirement from football, Natt coached local teams in South Australia before moving to the Northern Territory to take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Territory Football League.
Palmerston had long been reckoned as a Country Liberal Party stronghold; Labor had never won a Palmerston-based seat in the history of the Legislative Assembly.
However, in a result that no one even anticipated, Natt defeated Dunham after recording a two-party swing of 17.5% towards him.
A redistribution ahead of the 2008 Northern Territory election wiped out Natt's majority, making Drysdale a notional CLP seat.
In that election, Drysdale reverted to form as Natt was heavily defeated by CLP challenger Ross Bohlin.