11 Facts About Maggie Hickey

Margaret Anne Hickey was born on 16 October 1946 and is a former Australian politician.

Maggie Hickey represented the electoral division of Barkly for the Labor Party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2001.

Maggie Hickey was Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 1999.

Maggie Hickey was born in Surrey, England and emigrated to Australia with her husband in 1975.

Maggie Hickey was a member of the Labor Party up until her resignation about six months before the 1987 election, having become disillusioned with a number of stances of the local party branch.

Maggie Hickey was defeated by only nineteen votes, and overturned the result in the Court of Disputed Returns, which found that the Labor candidate had been unqualified to stand.

Maggie Hickey contested the ensuing by-election as the Labor candidate, but was again defeated by Tuxworth.

On 16 April 1996, Opposition Leader Brian Ede resigned as territory Labor leader, and Maggie Hickey, who had been Ede's deputy, was elected the new leader.

Maggie Hickey ardently opposed federal Labor's restrictions on expanding uranium mining, condemning both the "three mines" and "no new mines" policies.

On 2 February 1999, Maggie Hickey announced that she was resigning as Labor leader and Opposition Leader in order to spend more time with her husband who had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Maggie Hickey stated that she would remain as the member for Barkly in the Assembly until the next election, and Clare Martin was elected to succeed her as party leader the next day.