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Place of Birth: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
About Marion Scrymgour
- Marion Rose Scrymgour (born 13 September 1960) is a former Australian politician.
- She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2012, representing the electorate of Arafura.
- She was the Labor Party Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from November 2007 until February 2009, and was the highest-ranked indigenous woman in government in Australia's history.
- She was also the first indigenous woman to be elected to the Northern Territory Parliament.
- (See: List of Indigenous Australian politicians) Scrymgour, a senior minister under former Chief Minister Clare Martin, had a rapid rise within the party throughout the 2000s, and despite a reputation for outspoken views on indigenous issues, rose to become Deputy Chief Minister under Paul Henderson after the retirement of long-time deputy Syd Stirling in 2007.
- She had a controversial term as Education Minister under Henderson, and was shifted to the Attorney-General portfolio in February 2009, in a move widely seen as a demotion.
- Several days later, she resigned from Cabinet and as Deputy Chief Minister, citing "health reasons".
- Scrymgour remained on the Labor backbench until June 2009, when she resigned from the Labor Party over its stance on remote indigenous communities.
- She sat in the Legislative Assembly as an independent, and held the balance of power; Labor had held only a one-seat majority before her departure.
- On 4 August 2009, Scrymgour rejoined the ALP.
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