Elliot McAdam

{{Short description|Australian politician (1951–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Elliot McAdam | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM}} | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_MP = Barkly | parliament = Northern Territory | term_start = 18 August 2001 | term_end = 8 August 2008 | predecessor = Maggie Hickey | successor = Gerry McCarthy | birth_name = Elliot Arthur McAdam | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1951}} | birth_place = Elliott, Northern Territory, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|08|05|72|df=y}} | death_place = | party = Labor Party | spouse = | relations = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = }}

'''Elliot Arthur McAdam''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (1951 – 5 August 2024) was an Australian politician, serving as the Labor Party (ALP) member for Barkly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008. {{NT parlbox header}} {{NT parlbox|term=9th|start={{NT election link|2001}}|end=2005|party=Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|electorate=Barkly}} {{NT parlbox|term=10th|start={{NT election link|2005}}|end=2008|party=Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|electorate=Barkly}} |}

Born in Elliott, Northern Territory, McAdam was the general manager of the Julalikari Aboriginal Council before entering the Assembly. First elected in 2001, McAdam was re-elected in 2005 and appointed Minister for Local Government and Housing. His portfolio was extended to include Central Australia, Corporate and Information Services and Communications in September 2006. McAdam resigned from the ministry in 2008 after one of his local government reorganisation initiatives was abandoned by the Henderson Government. He retired in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|first=Antony|last=Green|author-link=Antony Green|title=Departing MPs|work=2008 Northern Territory Election|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year=2008|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nt/2008/guide/departingmps.htm|accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="members">{{cite web | url=http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/members-of-parliament/MEMBERS_OF_THE_1ST_TO_12TH_ASSEMBLY.pdf | title=Members of the Legislative Assembly | publisher=Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref>

McAdam unsuccessfully contested Barkly as an independent at the 2016 election, losing to his successor Gerry McCarthy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nt-election-2016/guide/bark/ | title=Barkly | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | work=NT Votes 2016 | accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref>

McAdam died on 5 August 2024, at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allison |first1=Charmayne |last2=Pillarisetty |first2=Anisha |title=Elliot McAdam AM remembered as a 'fierce advocate' for Barkly community and NT Labor minister |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-06/elliot-mcadam-labor-politician-tributes/104187996 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=ABC |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=6 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vale Elliot McAdam AM |url=https://www.clp.org.au/news/vale-elliot-mcadam-am |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=NT Country Liberal Party}}</ref> A state memorial was held in Alice Springs on 12 September 2024 to honour him and former NT Chief Minister Clare Martin remembered him as "a man of principle and integrity" who "genuinely cared".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-12 |title='He was magic': Life of former NT Labor minister Elliot McAdam celebrated at state memorial |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-12/former-labor-minister-elliot-mcadam-state-memorial-barkly/104344794 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Honours== McAdam was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours "for significant service to the community of Barkly, and to the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory."<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Queen's Birthday Honours|url=https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=8 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617081820/http://itsanhonour.gov.au/|archive-date=17 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McAdam, Elliot}} Category:1951 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Category:Indigenous Australian politicians Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:21st-century Australian politicians