Ed Smelt

Ed Smelt
MLA
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Nightcliff
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 March 2026
Preceded byKat McNamara
Personal details
BornEdward Smelt
PartyLabor
SpouseSusannah Ritchie
Children4
University of Melbourne
OccupationCivil engineer

Edward Smelt is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having won the seat of Nightcliff at the 2026 by-election.[1][2][3]

Biography

Smelt spent his early years living in Bendigo, where he attended Girton Grammar School.[4] He studied civil engineering at the University of Melbourne from 2004 to 2007. He then went back to complete a Master of Business Administration from 2014 to 2016, spending one term studying at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2015.

Smelt's career as a civil engineer led to him having several different roles over the years, including designing bridges for GHD, project engineer for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (where he constructed different bridges and culverts in Victoria), and a design risk manager in the Regional Rail Link project, where he supported extra rail lines and services to regional Victoria. He then also completed work as the Transport Sector Lead and Principal Engineer at Infrastructure Victoria, which produced the first 30-year infrastructure strategy in the state.[citation needed]

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Years Term Electoral division Party
2026–present 15th Nightcliff Labor

Smelt and his wife, Susannah, moved to Darwin in 2019 to be closer to his wife's family.[5]

In 2021, he became a candidate at the local government elections and was elected to the City of Darwin Council on a platform of making Darwin the ‘Outdoor Capital of Australia’.[6]

In 2026, Smelt was announced as the Labor Party candidate for the 2026 Nightcliff by-election,[7] where he won against the Greens candidate Suki Dorras-Walker.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Territory Labor's Ed Smelt wins Nightcliff by-election, taking the Greens' only NT seat". ABC News (Australia). 9 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Nightcliff by-election: Labor claims seat from Greens despite primary vote loss". NT News. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Labor on track to win Nightcliff by-election, taking NT's single Greens seat". ABC News (Australia). 7 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Once a Girtonian, always a Girtonian". Old Girtonians’ Association. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Labor names Darwin councillor Ed Smelt as its candidate for Nightcliff by-election". NT News. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. ^ "NEW CITY OF DARWIN COUNCIL SWORN IN". City of Darwin. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Nightcliff Labor candidate Ed Smelt ahead of by-election". Mixx 104.9. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  8. ^ "2026 Nightcliff by election results". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Nightcliff By-election 2026". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 9 March 2026.

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