Raymond Allan Hanrahan (born 25 August 1952) is a former Australian politician. He was the

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

member for

Flynn Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an anglicised form of the Irish ''Ó Floinn'', meaning "descendant of Flann" (a byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name. ...

in the

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from 1983 to 1988. He was

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from March 1987 to April 1988. He was a minister in the Tuxworth and

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governments, serving as Minister for Health (1985–1986), Minister for Youth, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs (1985–1986), Minister for Business, Technology and Communications (1986–1987), Minister for Tourism (1986–1988), Minister for Lands and Housing (1987), Minister for Conservation (1987) and Minister for Education (1987–1988). He resigned suddenly as Deputy Chief Minister and from Cabinet on 5 April 1988, stating that he was "wrestling with a certain problem" in his personal life, later revealed to be an extramarital affair. He subsequently resigned from the Country Liberal Party and then resigned from parliament altogether in August 1988. The subsequent by-election saw the CLP lose the safe seat to

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candidate

Enzo Floreani Enzo Alido Floreani (born 9 March 1945) is a former Australian politician. He was the member for Flynn in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1990, as a member of Ian Tuxworth Ian Lindsay Tuxworth (18 June 1942 – 21 ...

. Hanrahan was a

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alderman before entering territory politics.

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1952 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Deputy Chief Ministers of the Northern Territory {{Australia-politician-stub