What is Nick Dondas?
[[File:Nick Dondas MLA (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Dondas in 1974]] '''Nicholas Manuel Dondas''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (26 October 1939 &ndash; 9 September 2024) was an [[Australia]]n politician. He is a member of the [[Country Liberal Party]]. He represented the [[Division of Northern Territory]] in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1996 to 1998. He also served as a member of the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral division of Casuarina|Casuarina]] from 1974 to 1994. He was the [[Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly|assembly's speaker]] from 1989 to 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parliament.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/389403/MEMBERS-OF-THE-1st-13TH-ASSEMBLY.pdf|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly 1974–2016|publisher=[[Parliament of the Northern Territory]]|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226152353/https://parliament.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/389403/MEMBERS-OF-THE-1st-13TH-ASSEMBLY.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dondas was born in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. He moved to [[Darwin, Northern Territory]] before starting his political career. In 1972, Dondas married Cheryl Jones. They had one daughter. Dondas died on 9 September 2024 in Darwin at the age of 84.<ref>[https://australianseniorsnews.com.au/news/former-nt-politician-dies-aged-84/ Former NT politician dies aged 84]</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dondas, Nick}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Politicians from Perth, Western Australia]] [[Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] [[Category:Politicians from Darwin, Northern Territory]] {{Bio-stub}}