Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, 1947–1949
This is a list of members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 13 December 1947 to 10 December 1949.
The council consisted of 14 members.
Six members were elected to four single-member electorates (Alice Springs, Batchelor, Stuart and Tennant Creek), and one two-member electorate (Darwin).
Seven members (called Official Members) were appointed by the Australian government, all of whom were department heads in the public service of the Northern Territory.
The Administrator of the Northern Territory, Arthur Driver, served as presiding officer (or president) of the council.
The first Legislative Council of the Northern Territory, meeting at the Supreme Court building in Darwin on 16 February 1948. Seated, left-to-right: Jock Nelson (Stuart), Dr John McGlashan (Chief Medical Officer), William Flynn (Acting Deputy Crown Solicitor) Arthur Driver (President), Matthew Luke (Darwin) Robert Coxon (Director of Mines), Frank Hopkins (Darwin); standing, left-to-right: A. Turner (Acting Clerk), Reg Leydin (Government Secretary), Leonard Lucas (Director of Works), Victor Webster (Tennant Creek), Francis Moy (Director of Native Affairs), Richard Ward (Alice Springs), Hugh Barclay (Director of Lands), William Fulton (Batchelor), D.R.M. Thompson (Clerk).
