Marshall Perron
| Marshall Perron | |
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| 4th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory | |
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In office 14 July 1988 – 26 May 1995 |
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| Deputy | Barry Coulter |
| Preceded by | Stephen Hatton |
| Succeeded by | Shane Stone |
| Constituency | Fannie Bay |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 February 1942 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Country Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Cherry Perron |
| Cabinet | Perron Ministry |
Marshall Bruce Perron (born 5 February 1942) is a former Australian politician, who was a Country Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory from the formation of the Assembly in 1974 until his resignation in 1995--the last 20 years as a cabinet minister or its equivalent. From 1988 to 1995, Perron was the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.
Perron was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1942. His family was from Darwin, but had been evacuated to Perth due to the threat of Japanese attack during World War II. Perron was born on 5 February, two weeks before the bombing of Darwin, and he would later jokingly blame "the Japanese for denying him his birthright as a Territorian."
Perron entered politics in 1974, when he was elected as a member of the first Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, which replaced the partly elected Legislative Council. He represented the division of Stuart Park for the Country Liberal Party.
As self-government was not granted to the Northern Territory until 1978, the cabinet under Majority Leaders Goff Letts and Paul Everingham were known as Executive Members. Perron joined Letts' executive in December 1975 as Executive Member for Municipal and Consumer Affairs and Cabinet Member for Education and Planning from 1976 to 1977. He would serve in cabinet without interruption for almost 20 years, one of the longest unbroken runs as either a minister or opposition frontbencher at the state/territory level in Australia.
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