{{Short description|Australian (Northern Territory) politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Dawn Lawrie | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM}} | image = Dawn Lawrie.jpg | alt = | caption = 1976 portrait of Lawrie from Library & Archives NT | constituency_AM = Nightcliff | assembly = Northern Territory Legislative | term_start = 19 October 1974 | term_end = 2 December 1983 | predecessor = ''Division created'' | successor = Stephen Hatton | office1 = Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | term_start1 = 8 November 1988 | term_end1 = 27 November 1990 | predecessor1 = Carolyn Stuart | successor1 = Barry T. Cunningham | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|11|3}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Independent | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = Delia Lawrie | alma_mater = | occupation = Politician | profession = }} '''Alline Dawn Lawrie''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 3 November 1938) is an Australian former politician. 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.
==Early life== Lawrie was born in Melbourne in 1938.<ref name="TS">{{cite web|title=Dawn Lawrie|url=http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/218119|website=Territory Stories|publisher=Northern Territory Library|hdl=10070/218119|access-date=15 April 2018|archive-date=15 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415125010/http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/218119|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="pwhof">{{cite web |title=Alline Dawn LAWRIE |url=https://pioneerwomen.com.au/collection/herstory-archive/lawrie |website=HerStory Archive |publisher=National Pioneer Women Hall of Fame Alice Springs |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228225803/https://pioneerwomen.com.au/collection/herstory-archive/lawrie |url-status=dead }}</ref> She moved to Alice Springs in the 1950s. She then settled in Darwin in 1960, where she worked as a public servant.<ref name="AWR">{{cite web|title=Lawrie, Alline Dawn|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4371b.htm|website=Australian Women's Register|publisher=Australian Women's Register|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref>
==Career== {{NT parlbox header}} {{NT parlbox|term=1st|start={{NT election link|1974}}|end=1977|party=Independent politician|electorate=Nightcliff}} {{NT parlbox|term=2nd|start={{NT election link|1977}}|end=1980|party=Independent politician|electorate=Nightcliff}} {{NT parlbox|term=3rd|start={{NT election link|1980}}|end=1983|party=Independent politician|electorate=Nightcliff}} |} Lawrie joined the Northern Territory Parliament in 1971, firstly as an independent member of the Legislative Council (1971–74) then as the independent member for Nightcliff (1974–1983).
After politics, Lawrie and her husband established a community newspaper, the ''Palmerston & Northern Suburbs'', which was published from 1983 to 1985. Lawrie was appointed as the first Regional Director for the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in 1986. She served as the Administrator of the Cocos Keeling Islands from 1988 to 1990 and was the first NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner. She is also a justice of the peace and a registered civil marriage celebrant.<ref name="celeb">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237301827 |title=Government Gazette Notices |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |location=Australia |date=29 August 1979 |access-date=29 December 2019 |page=258 |via=Trove }}</ref>
She is the mother of Delia Lawrie, former leader of the Labor Party and the opposition in the Northern Territory.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nt/2012/guide/kara.htm Karama], ''Northern Territory Votes 2012'', ABC.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-NT chief minister takes backbench role|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8523569/former-nt-chief-takes-backbench-role|publisher=ninemsn.com.au|access-date=29 August 2012}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-nt}} |- {{s-non|reason=Division created}} {{s-ttl | title=Member for Nightcliff | years=1974–1983}} {{s-aft|after=Stephen Hatton}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before=Carolyn Stuart}} {{s-ttl|title=Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands|years=1988–1990}} {{s-aft|after=Barry T. Cunningham}} {{s-end}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrie, Dawn}} Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council Category:Independent members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Category:Cocos (Keeling) Islands administrators Category:Women members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:Women in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands