Michael Gunner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Gunner
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1976(1976-01-06)
Age	48
Birthplace	Alice Springs
Country	Australia
Birth City	Northern Territory
Horoscope	Capricorn

Michael Gunner Biography

Michael Gunner is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 6, 1976 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Gunner was the fourth of four children born to Mick Gunner in Alice Springs, in 1976. Gunner’s great-grandfather, who fled the country following the Russian Revolution in 1930s Georgia to settle in Tennant Creek, was a Georgian refugee. He is related to Utopia’s north-central Alice Springs tribe.

After Clare Martin’s retirement in 2008, Gunner was elected to Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Gunner won the seat for Labor Party by a narrow margin over Garry Lambert (ex-alderman and acting Lord mayor).

After a failed attempt in 2013, on 19 April 2015 Gunner announced he would stand for the leadership of the Northern Territory Labor Party against incumbent Delia Lawrie, who was facing criticism of her conduct during an inquiry into the gifting of heritage property Stella Maris to Unions NT while she was a minister. Four days later, Lawrie resigned and Gunner was elected unopposed as leader. He held the portfolios of Major Projects, Northern Australia Development, Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Open and Transparent Government and Business and was Shadow Treasurer. Gunner moved a Motion of No Confidence against the Adam Giles Government on 1 December 2015 but was unsuccessful.

Gunner was elected leader of Labor in the Northern Territory, and hence Leader of the Opposition, in April 2015. He led Labor to a landslide victory in the 2016 Northern Territory election. He was sworn in on 31 August, becoming the first Chief Minister to have been born in the Northern Territory.

Gunner was in a strong position when he took office. Gunner was the Territory’s third largest majority government (just percentage points behind Labor’s 2005 landslide) and faced just two CLP members in opposition to him – less than the five independents. Gunner promised that the CLP would have the proper resources to be an opposition party, even though Labor was technically the only official party at the legislature.

Michael Gunner Net Worth

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

Michael Patrick Francis Gunner, an Australian politician, is the current Chief Minister for the Northern Territory. He was born 6 January 1976. He is a Labor member in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and has held his seat at Fannie Bay, Darwin, since Clare Martin’s retirement.

Gunner attended school in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. After completing his Northern Territory University’s law degree, he switched to a Bachelor in Arts degree. He worked as an electorate officer and at Big W, a retail chain. He represented the Territory in rugby union. Gunner worked as a policy advisor and a ministerial senior in the government between 2001-2008 for Clare Martin, former Chief Minister.

At the 27 August Territory election, Gunner led Territory Labor to one of the most comprehensive election victories on record at the state or territory level in Australia. Labor won 18 seats in the 25-member Legislative Assembly on a swing of over 14 percent, the largest two-party swing on record in the Territory. En route, Labor took all but one seat in Darwin/Palmerston, and even ousted Giles in his own seat—only the second time that a Majority Leader/Chief Minister had been rolled in his own electorate. The CLP was cut down to just two seats − the worst defeat of a sitting government in the Territory’s history, and amongst the worst ever suffered by a state or territory government in Australia. Gunner declared that Territorians had “rejected the chaos of the last four years”, in part a reference to the numerous reshuffles that had taken place during the previous government, including multiple leadership spills.

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In late January 2020, it was reported that Gunner would undergo heart surgery, after suffering a heart attack earlier in the month which had originally been described as a “minor heart scare”.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Michael Gunner celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.