Clinton Howe is an Australian politician from the

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. In the

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, he defeated

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in Drysdale. He was the third challenger to oust the Northern Territory's head of government in their own seat, and the fourth challenger to defeat a major-party leader in their own seat. Amid a heavy swing to the CLP in Darwin and Palmerston, Howe defeated Lawler with 65.2 percent of the primary vote on a swing of over 21 percent, enough to turn the downtown Palmerston seat into a safe CLP seat in one stroke. He actually won 59.5 percent of the primary vote, enough to take the seat off Labor without the need for preferences. Howe formerly served in the 1st Armoured Regiment in Darwin and was the welfare officer for the

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in the Northern Territory.

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