[1] Kirby was the Northern Territory Organiser for the Electrical Trades Union of Australia Queensland and NT Branch before entering politics.
Port Darwin had historically been a CLP stronghold, having been in that party's hands for all but two terms of its entire existence.
On election night, the CLP lost over 19 percent of its primary vote from 2012 amid its near-total meltdown in the capital.
Kirby was appointed to the cabinet after the 2020 election with the portfolios of Small Business, Jobs and Training, Corporate and Digital Development, Public Employment, Veterans Affairs and Recreational Fishing.
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