Marion Rose Scrymgour (born 13 September 1960) is an Australian politician and the current member of parliament (MP) for the federal seat of Lingiari.

Scrymgour attended primary and secondary school in Darwin, but initially decided against tertiary education, working in several office administration positions.

[citation needed] Scrymgour contested and won Labor preselection for the Legislative Assembly seat of Arafura, after the retirement of Maurice Rioli.[when?]

[citation needed] Scrymgour was promoted to the ministry under Clare Martin on 17 December 2003, as part of a reshuffle caused by the sacking of Health Minister Jane Aagaard.

She chaired a select committee into substance abuse, and was the relevant minister during the roll-out of non-sniffable Opal fuel across remote Indigenous communities.

On 24 December 2007 Scrymgour spent several hours at the emergency department of Royal Darwin Hospital undergoing treatment for "an emotional and physical collapse".

[8] In January 2008 Scrymgour was appointed Acting Chief Minister of the Northern Territory while the incumbent Paul Henderson was on holiday, becoming the first Aboriginal government leader in Australian history.

The following week, Scrymgour resigned from Cabinet and as Deputy Chief Minister, citing recurring problems with depression caused by the death of her father.

[10] On 1 June 2009, Scrymgour publicly opposed the Government on its announced policy of concentrating Indigenous development in 20 larger communities and discouraging "homeland" or "outstation" settlement, which she labelled as insulting.