Editing Clare Martin (section)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{About||people with a similarly spelled name|Claire Martin (disambiguation)|the hockey player|Clare Martin (ice hockey)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Clare Martin
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}}
| image               = Clare Martin (7856638174).jpg
| caption             = Martin in 2012
| order               = 7th
| office              = Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
| term_start          = 27 August 2001
| term_end            = 26 November 2007
| deputy              = [[Syd Stirling]]
| predecessor         = [[Denis Burke (Australian politician)|Denis Burke]]
| successor           = [[Paul Henderson (politician)|Paul Henderson]]
| constituency        = [[Electoral division of Fannie Bay|Fannie Bay]]
| majority            =
| birth_name          = Clare Majella Martin
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|6|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Lindfield, New South Wales|Lindfield]], New South Wales
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| nationality         = Australian
| party               = [[Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|Labor Party]]
| spouse              = David Alderman
| relations           =
| children            = 2
| residence           =
| alma_mater          =
| occupation          =
| profession          = Journalist
| religion            =
| cabinet             = [[Martin Ministry]]
| website             =
| footnotes           =
}}
'''Clare Majella Martin''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian journalist and politician. She was elected to the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] in a shock by-election win in 1995. She was appointed Opposition Leader in 1999, and won a surprise victory at the [[2001 Northern Territory general election|2001 territory election]], becoming the first [[Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|Labor Party]] (ALP) and first female [[Chief Minister of the Northern Territory]].  At the [[2005 Northern Territory general election|2005 election]], she led Territory Labor to the second-largest majority government in the history of the Territory, before resigning as Chief Minister on 26 November 2007.