Background
TUXWORTH, Ian was born on June 18, 1942 in Wollongong. Son of Lindsay J. Tuxworth and Hilda E. Tuxworth.
TUXWORTH, Ian was born on June 18, 1942 in Wollongong. Son of Lindsay J. Tuxworth and Hilda E. Tuxworth.
Rostrevor College Adelaide.
He then resigned from the Country Liberal Party and formed the Northwest Territories Nationals Party. At the 1987 election he was elected as an Northwest Territories Nationals member in his seat of Barkly by a margin of 19 votes. His victory was annulled by the Court of Disputed Returns after a successful challenge from losing independent candidate Maggie Hickey.
After a redistribution turned Barkly into a nominally Labor-held seat, Tuxworth stood unsuccessfully in the seat of Goyder in the 1990 election.
Tuxworth and Jodeen Carney are the only CLP leaders who have never led the party to an election. Tuxworth was elected as member for Barkly, including the town of Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly when it was first created in 1974.
While representative for Barkley he was instrumental in facilitating the government support for the construction of the Mary Ann Dam north of the town of Tennant Creek. He held the seat for 16 years until 1990.
Before entering politics, Tuxworth was a local business man in the town of Tennant Creek.
Tuxworth also played baseball and was part of the 1975 NORTH AUST. KRIEWALDT TEAM.
Legislative.; Legislative. Council for Mines, Fisheries, Water Resources, Tourism, Health, Community Development 1974-1978.
Married Ruth Pease in 1966.