15 Facts About Sue Carter

Susan Jill Carter was born on 1956 and is an Australian politician.

Sue Carter was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005, representing the central Darwin electorate of Port Darwin.

Sue Carter spent her childhood living in a number of locations across Australia, due to her father's position in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Sue Carter studied nursing, and subsequently moved to Darwin in 1979, gaining a position at the hospital there.

Sue Carter studied teaching at the Northern Territory University some years later, and went on to work as an adult educator, teaching in health-related areas in both Darwin and Katherine.

Sue Carter later served as Convenor of the Northern Territory Women's Advisory Council to the Chief Minister, Marshall Perron from 1993 to 1995, before going on to work as an investigator for the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission.

Sue Carter won preselection to contest the seat for the CLP.

Sue Carter was appointed Deputy Chairman of Committees upon entering parliament, which saw her serve in the Speaker's absence.

Sue Carter was re-elected at the 2001 election, though she suffered a 10-point swing.

Labor narrowly won government at this election due in part to significant gains in Darwin; Sue Carter was the only CLP member west of Palmerston, and the only CLP member in the capital.

Sue Carter was promoted to Opposition Whip upon her re-election, and was again promoted in December 2002, when she was appointed Shadow Minister for Health, Senior Territorians, Arts, and Museums.

Sue Carter supported Terry Mills in both his unsuccessful challenge to Opposition Leader Denis Burke in June 2003, and his successful challenge that November.

Sue Carter was regarded as an outside chance for the CLP leadership when Mills resigned in February 2005, but she allowed Burke to regain the leadership uncontested.

Sue Carter was widely expected to win a third term in office at the 2005 election.

In 2008, Sue Carter returned to her home town of the Gold Coast, after nearly 30 years in the NT, where she now works as a registered nurse.