Marion Scrymgour

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marion Scrymgour
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1960(1960-09-13)
Age	64
Birthplace	Darwin
Country	Australia
Birth City	Northern Territory
Horoscope	Virgo

Marion Scrymgour Biography

Marion Scrymgour is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 13, 1960 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Marion Rose Scrymgour (born 13 September 1960) was a former Australian politician. She was an elected part of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 until 2012, and represented Arafura as the district of Arafura. Her title was Labor Party Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from November 2007 until February 2009 and was the highest- ranking indigenous woman in the federal government in the history of Australia. She was an indigenous first woman appointed as a member of in the Northern Territory Parliament. (See the list of Indigenous Australian politicians)

the Chief Secretary Clare Martin resigned in November 2007 following a loss of backing of the caucus she was replaced with Paul Henderson. The new president Henderson named Scrymgour his deputy, and was seen as a surprise at the moment. On the 24th of December 2007, Scrymgour stayed for several hours in the emergency department at Royal Darwin Hospital undergoing treatment for “an emotional and physical collapse”. In January 2008, Scrymgour was appointed acting chief minister of the Northern Territory while the incumbent Paul Henderson was on holiday and became the first Aboriginal chief minister within Australian history. She was in office for two weeks.

On 4 August 2009, after the defection of another minister, Alison Anderson, Scrymgour announced that she would rejoin the Labor Party. She retired from politics at the 2012 election.

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. She said that she realised while recovering from surgery that she had lost touch with her constituents, and that “I feel strongly because we have lied to Aboriginal people”. On 4 June, after a significant degree of speculation in the media, she resigned from the Labor Party, reducing it to minority government.

Scrymgour earned an image of outspoken opinions regarding indigenous issues during the second year of her term. She was at odds with her own party over issues related to mining at the MacArthur River Mine in 2006 as well as joined with three other indigenous MPs on the floor to protest its expansion. The news media spotlighted her in the latter part of 2007 when she openly denounced the federal government’s intrusion into indigenous communities through the Northern Territory National Emergency Response and branded the intervention “a vicious new McCarthyism.”

Marion Scrymgour Net Worth

Marion Scrymgour is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marion Scrymgour 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Scrymgour was elevated to the position of minister under Clare Martin on 17 December 2003 as part of an overhaul triggered by the demotion health minister Jane Aagaard. She was given responsibility for Family and Community Services and Environment and Heritage, and as a result, she became the first Aboriginal woman cabinet minister.

As Minister of Family and Community Services, Scrymgour was charged with dealing with issues related to domestic violence and abuse of substances. She chaired a committee on substance abuse and was the responsible minister in the introduction for non-sniffable Opal fuel in isolated indigenous communities. She was assigned a new position following the election of 2005, and was named Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts. Following another reshuffle during August 2007 she was retained in Arts and Museums, regained Family and Community Services and was appointed Minister for Children’s Protection. She also supervised plans to amend the laws governing heritage in the territory that set up a heritage committee to safeguard important sites similar to the ones in other states.

Scrymgour had taken on the education portfolio upon her ascension to Deputy Chief Minister, but had been regularly criticised in the press for her performance, particularly after her controversial sacking of the head of the territory’s Education Department in 2008. This culminated in Henderson’s decision in February 2009 to remove Scrymgour from the portfolio, shifting her to the less politically difficult Attorney-General role. The following week, Scrymgour resigned from Cabinet and as Deputy Chief Minister, citing recurring problems with depression caused by the death of her father.

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