Chris Natt

Christopher William Natt (born 9 December 1952) is a former Australian politician and Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Chris Natt
Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-12-09) 9 December 1952
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1972–1983	Port Adelaide (SANFL)	216 (85)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1983.
Career highlights
2× SANFL premiership player (1980, 1981)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Football career

A ruckman, Natt played 216 games for Port Adelaide between 1972 and 1983. He won two premierships with Port Adelaide in 1980 and 1981.

Following his retirement from football, Natt coached local teams in South Australia before moving to the Northern Territory to take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Territory Football League.

Politics

In 2005, Natt ran for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly as the Labor Party candidate in the Palmerston electorate of Drysdale at the 2005 Territory election. He faced extremely daunting odds on paper. Palmerston had long been reckoned as a Country Liberal Party stronghold; Labor had never won a Palmerston-based seat in the history of the Legislative Assembly. The sitting CLP member, Stephen Dunham, held it with a majority of 15.7 percent, making it the CLP's third-safest seat. However, in a result that no one even anticipated, Natt defeated Dunham after recording a two-party swing of 17.5% towards him. Even more surprisingly, Natt won enough votes on the first count to take the seat off the CLP without the need for preferences. Following his election, Natt was immediately named to the cabinet as Minister for Mines and Energy.

A redistribution ahead of the 2008 Northern Territory election wiped out Natt's majority, making Drysdale a notional CLP seat. In that election, Drysdale reverted to form as Natt was heavily defeated by CLP challenger Ross Bohlin.

Personal life

Natt's brother Greg also played football for Port Adelaide.

References

• "Chris Natt - Candidate for Drysdale". Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
• "Northern Territory Election 2005 - Drysdale Electorate Profile". Retrieved 22 November 2006.

External links

• Chris Natt at AustralianFootball.com

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Stephen Dunham	Member for Drysdale 2005 – 2008	Succeeded by Ross Bohlin