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2 unusual facts about Ron Withnall


Ron Withnall

Withnall was born in Townsville, Queensland, but attended school at Canterbury High School in Sydney.

Shane Stone, in his introductory speech upon his election to the Port Darwin electorate in 1990, referred to Withnall as a "fearless and uncompromising advocate of self-government and statehood for the Territory".


Dawn Lawrie

She was the Independent member for Nightcliff in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1983; in the First Assembly, she and fellow independent Ron Withnall were the sole non-Country Liberal Party members.


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