Former Members of the Legislative Assembly
of Norfolk Island

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All entries are listed in alphabetical order

    The inaugural meeting of the First Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island was held on the 10th of August 1979.  

Members 

William Arthur Blucher
David Ernest Buffett 
Edward Davenport Howard
Gilbert Wallace Jackson
Bruce Colin Mackenzie
James Duncan McIntyre
Bryan Kingsley Nunn (resigned 4 April 1981)
John Healey Ryves MBE (resigned 4 April 1981)
Kevin John Williams 

Sworn in on 1 July 1981 as a result of a by-election to fill two casual vacancies:

Miss Alice Inez Buffett
Mr. Lisle Dennis Snell

Second Legislative Assembly
Sworn in 

Members

John Terence Brown
Alice Inez Buffett
Bernard Edwin Christian-Bailey
David Ernest Buffett 
Ms Chloe Barbara Gray
Edward Davenport Howard 
Gilbert Wallace Jackson
Gregory Francis Quintal
William Winton Sanders

Third Legislative Assembly
 Sworn in 25 May 1983

Members

Brian George Bates 
John Terence Brown
Albert Fletcher Buffett 
Alice Inez Buffett 
David Ernest Buffett
Gilbert Wallace Jackson (resigned 5 June 1984)
Phillip Arthur Page 
Mrs. Eleanor Brenda Reed
William Winton Sanders

Sworn in as a Member as a result of by-election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Gilbert Jackson:

Edward Davenport Howard

Fourth Legislative Assembly
 Sworn in May 1986

Members

Gerardus Hendrikus Aafjes 
Geoffrey James Bennett 
John Terence Brown 
David Ernest Buffett 
Mrs. Rosemary Gaye Evans 
Edward Davenport Howard
David John Rodgers 
Mrs. Helen Victoria Sampson
William Winton Sanders 

Fifth Legislative Assembly
 Sworn in 17 May 1989

William Arthur Blucher 
John Terence Brown
Miss Alice Inez Buffett
David Ernest Buffett 
Ernest Christian
Neville Charles Christian
Rosemary Gaye Evans (resigned 12 July 1991)
Cedric Ion-Robinson
George Charles Smith

William Winton Sanders Sworn in 20 September 1991 as a result of a by-election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Evans

Sixth Legislative Assembly
 Sworn in 20 May 1992

Members

Brian George Bates
Geoffrey James Bennett (Minister for Finance
John Terence Brown 
David Ernest Buffett 
Ernest Christian
Michael William King
Cedric Ion-Robinson
William Winton Sanders 
Lester Reid Semple

Members of the Seventh Legislative Assembly; Sworn in - 4 May 1994:

Robert Eric Adams (Minister for Industry and Forests from 10 July 1995)
Monica Jean Anderson (Deputy Speaker)
Brian George Bates (Acting Deputy Speaker)
Geoffrey James Bennett (Minister for Finance; resigned as member of Assembly 4 July 1995)
David Ernest Buffett (Speaker) 
Neville Charles Christian (Minister for the Environment)
Nadia Lozzi-Cuthbertson (Minister for Health and Education)
Michael William King (Minister for Tourism and Works and from 10 July 1995 - Minister for Tourism and Finance)
Helen Victoria Sampson
 
George Charles Smith Sworn in 23 August 1995 as a result of a by-election to fill the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Geoff Bennett.

David Robert Gerard Evans, sworn in 24 July 1996 as a  result of a by-election to fill a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Helen Sampson

Members of the Eighth Legislative Assembly; Sworn in 5 May 1997

Robert Eric Adams (resigned as member on 25 February 1999)
Brian George Bates
John Terence Brown (Minister for Health and Immigration; executive office terminated on 19 November 1998) 
David Ernest Buffett  AM (Deputy Speaker)
Geoffrey Robert Gardner (Minister for Health from 20 November 1998)
Ronald Coane Nobbs (Supreme Court declared Ron Nobbs not duly elected as a Member on 9 September 1999)
James Gary Robertson (Minister for Tourism and Commerce)
Cedric-Ion Robinson (Minister for Immigration and Resource Management from 20 November 1998)
George Charles Smith (Speaker & Chief Minister and Minister for Finance and Strategic Planning)

Consequent on a by-election to fill the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Robert Adams, Allan  John McCoy  sworn in on 16 April 1999.

Consequent on a by-election held as a result of the Supreme Court ruling on eligibility of Ronald Coane Nobbs to be a member, Mr Nobbs re-elected and sworn in 14 October 1999.

Members of the Ninth Legislative Assembly; Sworn in - 28 February 2000:

Brian George Bates 
John Terence Brown
David Ernest Buffett AM (Speaker;  Minister for Immigration and Community Services from 25 January 2001)
Geoffrey Robert Gardner (Minister for Health and Environment until resignation as executive member on 9 March 2001)
Allan John McCoy  (Deputy Speaker; Minister for Health & Environment from 21 April 2001)
Ronald Coane Nobbs  (Chief Minister & Minister for Finance and Government Services)
George Charles Smith  (Minister for Tourism and Commerce)
Bruce Stanley Walker

Adrian George Hingston Cook, QC  (Minister for Immigration and Community Services) (resigned as executive member on 5 January 2001 and as a Member on 25 July 2001) 

Consequent on a by election to fill the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Adrian Cook, Robert Eric Adams sworn  in 13 September 2001

Members of the Tenth Legislative Assembly:

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The 10th Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island was elected on the 29th of November 2001 and Members were sworn in on Wednesday 5 December 2001.

Hon. Geoffrey Robert Gardner (Chief Minister & Minister for Intergovernment Relations)
Hon. David Ernest Buffett AM (Speaker & Minister for Community Services and Tourism)
Hon Ivens Buffett (Minister for Land & the Environment; died 19 July 2004)
Hon. George Smith (resigned 17 December 2003)
Hon Graeme Donaldson (Minister for Finance)
Stephanie Victoria Jack
Chloe Barbara Nicholas (Deputy Speaker)
John Terence Brown
Ronald Coane Nobbs

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