{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Kate Worden | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Sanderson | assembly = Northern Territory Legislative | majority = | term_start = 27 August 2016 | term_end = 24 August 2024 | predecessor = Peter Styles | successor = Jinson Charls | prior_term = | birth_date = | birth_place = United Kingdom | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = Labor Party | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Business owner and public servant }} '''Kathryn Jane Worden''' is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2024, representing the electorate of Sanderson.
==Early life and career== Worden moved to Australia with her family in 1981, attending school in Adelaide. She moved to Ngukkurr in the Northern Territory in 1985.<ref name="Laborprofile">{{cite web|title=Kate Worden – Sanderson|url=http://territorylabor.com.au/Our-Team/Territory/Kate-Worden-Sanderson1|website=Territory Labor|accessdate=28 August 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828232032/http://territorylabor.com.au/Our-Team/Territory/Kate-Worden-Sanderson1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Worden was an Alderman on the City of Darwin Council for three years. She was the Chair of the Community and Cultural, and Arts and Cultural Development Committees. She was critical of Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim<ref>{{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=Dani|title=Alderman calls out mayor for 'dictatorship' decision|url=http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/alderman-calls-out-mayor-for-dictatorship-decision/news-story/0657c2a4518e1099f277e145e2d9c8b0|accessdate=28 August 2016|agency=NT News|date=5 May 2015}}</ref> for accepting funding from the CLP Government for a velodrome that has to date still not been updated
Before entering politics, Worden worked at the Northern Territory Department of Housing overseeing complaints and compliance.
Worden has been married twice. She has four children and nine grandchildren.<ref name="Laborprofile" />
==Politics== Worden challenged Deputy Chief Minister Peter Styles in his seat of Sanderson. She won in a rout, taking over 60 percent of the vote on a swing of over 13 percent amid the CLP's near-meltdown in Darwin, enough to turn Sanderson into a safe Labor seat at one stroke. She actually won enough votes on the first count to take the seat without the need for preferences.<ref>{{cite news|title=Electorate: Sanderson|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nt-election-2016/guide/sand/|accessdate=28 August 2016|agency=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=28 August 2016}}</ref> {{NT parlbox header}} {{NT parlbox|term=13th|start={{NT election link|2016}}|end=2020|party=Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|electorate=Sanderson}} {{NT parlbox|term=14th|start={{NT election link|2020}}|end=2024|party=Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|electorate=Sanderson}} |}
Worden consolidated her hold on the seat in 2020, picking up a swing of over eight percent.
==References== {{reflist}}
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