Page 2237 - Week 07 - Thursday, 6 June 1991
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ELECTION OF CHIEF MINISTER
MR SPEAKER: The next business is the election of a Chief Minister.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I nominate Rosemary Follett. I move:
That Ms Follett be elected Chief Minister for the Territory.
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts): Mr Speaker, I nominate Trevor Kaine. I move:
That Mr Kaine be elected Chief Minister for the Territory.
MR SPEAKER: Members, is there any further proposal?
The time for proposals has expired. Debate may proceed, if desired.
There being more than one candidate proposed, the election of a Chief Minister will proceed by ballot. Pursuant to standing order 3(f), the bells will now be rung and a ballot taken.
A ballot having been taken -
MR SPEAKER: Members, the result of the ballot is: Ms Follett nine votes; Mr Kaine seven votes. Ms Follett, the candidate with the majority of votes, is declared elected as Chief Minister.
FOLLETT GOVERNMENT
Ministerial Statement
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister): Mr Speaker, is it appropriate for me to seek leave at this moment to make a very short statement?
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: I thank members. I would like to thank the Assembly for electing me as Chief Minister. It is certainly not a task that I undertake lightly, nor would I ever undertake such a task lightly. I believe that there are particular difficulties involved in leading a minority government, which is the position that I will be in. It is my intention to begin by honouring the undertakings that I gave in my speech this afternoon; that is, the undertakings on schools, on the hospital system and on the leasehold system.
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