Paul Henderson

Paul Raymond Henderson (born 15 August 1962) is an Australian politician and the current Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. Henderson was born in Croix-Chapeau, France, where his father was serving with the United States military. He was educated in the United Kingdom to A-Levels and studied mechanical engineering through the City and Guilds of London Institute. He worked as an apprentice marine fitter in Southhampton before emigrating to ... more

Paul Raymond Henderson (born 15 August 1962) is an Australian politician and the current Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. Henderson was born in Croix-Chapeau, France, where his father was serving with the United States military. He was educated in the United Kingdom to A-Levels and studied mechanical engineering through the City and Guilds of London Institute. He worked as an apprentice marine fitter in Southhampton before emigrating to Australia in 1982, where he worked as an underground fitter at the zinc mines in Rosebery, Tasmania. He moved to Darwin in the Northern Territory in 1983, working as a marine fitter. In 1985 he began working for the Northern Territory government as a computer operator, was self-employed as a computer analyst in the UK from 1991 to 1992 and returned to work for the Northern Territory government in 1993. Henderson was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in an August 1999 by-election for the Australian Labor Party (ALP),... less