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Long-serving federal Labor MP Warren Snowdon to retire from House of Representatives
Federal Northern Territory Labor MP Warren Snowdon has announced his retirement from politics after 31 years in Australian Parliament.
Key points:
- Mr Snowdon first entered Parliament in 1987, when it still sat in Old Parliament House
- The decision comes after the NT secured two seats in the Lower House despite its population decline
- The Prime Minister described him as a “good Labor man”
Mr Snowdon, 70, was first elected in 1987 and served for more than three decades — taking a break from politics in the 1990s.
He is the last member of Parliament to have sat in Old Parliament House.
On the last sitting day of the year, the Member for Lingiari today told the Lower House he would not be re-contesting the next election.
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