Graeme Sawyer
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Worshipful
| name= Graeme Sawyer
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| nationality=Australian
| order=15th Lord Mayor of Darwin
| term_start=April 2008
| term_end=April 2012
| deputy =Rotating
| predecessor=Garry Lambert
| successor= Katrina Fong Lim
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1957|1|28|df=yes}}
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| party=Independent
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Graeme Sawyer (born 28 January 1957) is the former Lord Mayor of the City of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, Australia. He became Lord Mayor at an election in April 2008, when he won 56.8% of the vote after preferences.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080608001849/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/05/2208745.htm Graeme Sawyer wins Darwin mayoral vote.] ABC News, accessed 2008-07-05. At the 2012 Local Government elections, he was beaten by Katrina Fong Lim, daughter of former Lord Mayor Alec Fong Lim, who received over 56% of the primary vote.
Sawyer was a guest on Dirty Jobs during an episode that featured the catching of cane toads, an invasive species in northern Australia. Sawyer runs an organisation which attempts to control the toad's population.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162722/http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/council/elected-members/lord-mayor Lord Mayor's biography]. Darwin City Council, accessed 2012-03-11.
External links
- [http://www.graemesawyer.com.au/ Official site]
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Category:Mayors and Lord Mayors of Darwin
Category:21st-century mayors of places in Australia
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