# Roger Nott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Nott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Nott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nott > Source revision: 1345081155 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Roger Bede Nott** (20 October 1908 – 28 September 2000) was an Australian politician and a member of the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)) and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961. He was the [Administrator of the Northern Territory](/source/Administrator_of_the_Northern_Territory) between 1961 and 1964. ## Early life Nott was born at [Gulgong](/source/Gulgong), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and was the son of a farmer. [Leo Nott](/source/Leo_Nott), Gulgong Shire President and member of the Legislative Assembly for Mudgee and Burrendong, was his brother. He was educated to elementary level at Gulgong Public School and initially worked as a shearer and farm hand. He later became a wheat farmer at Dunedoo.[1] ## Political career Nott was elected to the parliament as the Labor member for [Liverpool Plains](/source/Electoral_district_of_Liverpool_Plains) at the [1941](/source/1941_New_South_Wales_state_election) state election.[2] He replaced the [Country Party](/source/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_NSW) member [Harry Carter](/source/Harry_Carter_(politician)) and defeated the Country Party candidate [Alfred Yeo](/source/Alfred_Yeo_(Australian_politician)) who had been the member for [Castlereagh](/source/Electoral_district_of_Castlereagh). Liverpool Plains was one of a number of rural seats that Labor won at the 1941 election and these victories contributed to the formation of the Labor government of [William McKell](/source/William_McKell).[1] Nott was a member of the governments of [Joseph Cahill](/source/Joseph_Cahill) and [Robert Heffron](/source/Robert_Heffron). He was appointed a [Minister without portfolio](/source/Minister_without_portfolio_(New_South_Wales)) in 1954 and between 1956 and 1957 was the [Secretary for Lands](/source/Secretary_for_Lands_(New_South_Wales)) and [Secretary for Mines](/source/Secretary_for_Mines_(New_South_Wales)). From 1957 until his retirement he was the [Minister for Agriculture](/source/Minister_for_Agriculture_(New_South_Wales)). ## Later life and career Nott retained his seat in parliament at a further six elections,[2] but resigned in 1961 to accept an appointment from the Federal government as the [Administrator of the Northern Territory](/source/Administrator_of_the_Northern_Territory).[3][4][5] It is uncertain why the [Liberal–Country Coalition](/source/Liberal%E2%80%93National_Coalition) government of [Robert Menzies](/source/Robert_Menzies) offered the position to a Labor minister. Accepting the position required Nott to resign from parliament, and the Country Party's [Frank O'Keefe](/source/Frank_O'Keefe), who had been an unsuccessful candidate at four previous elections, won the [resulting by-election](/source/1961_Liverpool_Plains_state_by-election).[6] He resigned as administrator of the Northern Territory to be appointed [Administrator of Norfolk Island](/source/Administrator_of_Norfolk_Island) in July 1964.[7][8] Nott ran as the Labor candidate for the [1969 Gwydir by-election](/source/1969_Gwydir_by-election) and the subsequent [general election](/source/1969_Australian_federal_election). He then ran for the 1970 [Upper Hunter](/source/Electoral_district_of_Upper_Hunter) [by-election](/source/1970_Upper_Hunter_state_by-election) caused by O'Keefe's transfer to the federal seat of [Paterson](/source/Division_of_Paterson), coming within 1.6% of winning the seat.[9] Granted retention of the title "The Honourable" in 1961,[10] Nott was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in 1977 for services to the state of New South Wales.[11] ## References 1. "The Hon. Roger Bede Nott (1908–2000)". 1692. Retrieved 30 April 2019. 1. "Elections for the District of Liverpool Plains". DistrictIndexes. Retrieved 25 June 2020. 1. ["Appointment of Administrator of the Northern Territory"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241004995). *[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette](/source/Commonwealth_of_Australia_Gazette)*. No. 31. 6 April 1961. p. 1380. Retrieved 15 December 2021. – via Trove. 1. James, Barbara (2008). ["Nott, Roger Bede (1908- )"](https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/10070/260154/1/Northern%20Territory%20Dictionary%20of%20Biography.pdf). *Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography*. Vol. 2. ISBN 9780980384697. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111602/https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/10070/260154/1/Northern%20Territory%20Dictionary%20of%20Biography.pdf) 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. 1. ["N.S.W. Minister to be N.T. Administrator"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103113138). *[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)*. Vol. 35, no. 9,836. 14 February 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 15 December 2021. – via Trove. 1. "1961 Liverpool Plains by-election". 1960. Retrieved 2020-10-09. 1. ["Nott resigns"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105831979). *[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)*. 3 July 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2021. – via Trove. 1. ["Termination of Appointment of Administrator of the Northern Territory"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241000208). *[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette](/source/Commonwealth_of_Australia_Gazette)*. No. 86. 15 October 1964. p. 4098. Retrieved 15 December 2021. – via Trove. 1. "Upper Hunter by-election 1970". 1968. Retrieved 25 June 2020. 1. No. 42406. 7 July 1961. p. 5002. 1. No. 47234. 10 June 1977. p. 7103. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roger Nott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nott?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.