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The Norfolk Island Council was the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island until it was abolished in 1979. It had eight members and was replaced with the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly following the return of self-government. [1] The council was advisory-only, and chaired by the Administrator of Norfolk Island. [2] [3]
The 2016 Norfolk Island local election was held on 28 May 2016 to elect the Norfolk Island Regional Council, the local government body of Norfolk Island. This was the first election for the council since the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was abolished in 2015 as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.
Prior to July 2015, Norfolk Island was self-governed by the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly.The Norfolk Island Regional Council was formally established on 1 July 2016 and, unlike most local government bodies in Australia, delivers many Commonwealth services to residents in addition to local-level services such as land planning and emergency management.
Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity. Norfolk Island is the only non-mainland Australian territory to have achieved self-governance. The Norfolk Island Act 1979, passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1979, is the Act under which the island is governed.
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President of the Council of Elders: 1899 to 1900: John Buffett: 1900 to 1903: John Forrester Young: 1903 to 1909: Francis Mason Nobbs: President of the Executive Council: 1909 to 1915: Joseph Allen McCleave Buffett: 1915 to 1 July 1916: Charles Chase Ray Nobbs: 1st term Norfolk Island Territory of The Commonwealth of Australia: 1916: Charles ...
The Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island from 1979 to 2015. Formed after the Norfolk Island Act 1979 was passed in the Australian Parliament, its first members were elected on 10 August 1979. [1] The last assembly was the 14th, elected on 13 March 2013.
Norfolk Island Regional Council, a local government body with significantly-restricted powers, was established in July 2016 to perform local-level governance on the island. The only political party on Norfolk Island is the Norfolk Island Labor Party, a wing of the Australian Labor Party, which is led by Assembly member Mike King. [3]