A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 October 2017 John Laurence Hardy retired as Administrator of the Northern Territory, having served since 2014. He was succeeded the next day by Vicki Susan O'Halloran. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 October 2007 Edward Joseph "Ted" Egan retired as Administrator of the Northern Territory, having served since 2003. He was succeeded the next day by Thomas Ian "Tom" Pauling. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 October 2003 John Christopher Anictomatis retired as Administrator of the Northern Territory, having served since 2000. He was succeeded the next day by Edward Joseph "Ted" Egan. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 October 1964 Roger Bede Nott took office as Administrator of Norfolk Island, succeeding Robert Hurley Wordsworth, who retired in August. #OTD #history #auspol #norfolkisland #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1963 Domhnall Ua Buachalla died at the age of 97 in Dublin, Ireland. He served as the last Governor-General of Ireland from 1932 to 1936. #OTD #history #ireland #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1923 Andrew Bonar Law died at the age of 65 in London, Middlesex, England. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 as leader of the Conservative Party. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1915 Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet died at the age of 94 in Bexleyheath, London, England. He served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, and as the 6th Prime Minister of Canada in 1896, as leader of the Conservative Party. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1893 Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott died at the age of 72 in Montreal, Quebec. He served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892 as leader of the Conservative Party. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1863 Frederick Whitaker was sworn in as the 5th Premier of New Zealand, succeeding Alfred Domett. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1809 William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland died at the age of 71 in Burlington House, London, England. He served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 as a member of the Whigs, and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1807 to 1809 as a

#OnThisDay 30 October 1735 John Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay. He served as the second President of the United States from 1797 to 1801 as a member of the Federalist Party. #OTD #history #USPolitics #politics #mapoli

#OnThisDay 30 October 1632 Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency was executed at the age of 36 or 37 in Toulouse, France. He served as Viceroy of New France from 1619 to 1625. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #qbcpoli #politics

#OnThisDay 30 October 1485 Henry VII was crowned as King of England and Lord of Ireland, after assuming the thrones in August. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #england #ireland #politics #royals #royalfamily

#OnThisDay 29 October 2017 Sir Ninian Martin Stephen died at the age of 94 in Melbourne, Victoria. He served as the 20th Governor-General of Australia from 1982 to 1989. #OTD #history #auspol #politics

#OnThisDay 29 October 1895 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet was sworn in as the 13th Governor of South Australia, succeeding Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, who retired in April. Samuel James Way thus ceased to serve as Administrator. #OTD #history #sapol #politics

#OnThisDay 29 October 1865 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, leader of the Liberal Party, was appointed to a second non-consecutive term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, the previous Liberal leader who died 11 days prior. #OTD #history

#OnThisDay 29 October 1831 Sir James Penn Boucaut was born in Mylor, Cornwall, England. He served as the 11th Premier of South Australia from 1866 to 1867, and from 1875 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1878. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 29 October 1772 Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt took office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding George Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend. #OTD #history #ireland #politics

#OnThisDay 28 October 1952 William Morris "Billy" Hughes died at the age of 90 in Sydney, New South Wales. He served as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923, first as leader of the Labor Party, then of the National Labor Party, then of the Nationalist Party. #OTD #history #auspol

#OnThisDay 28 October 1940 Robert Gordon Menzies, leader of the United Australia Party, was sworn in for a third consecutive time, and second consecutive term, as the 12th Prime Minister of Australia. #OTD #history #auspol #politics

#OnThisDay 28 October 1915 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet died at the age of 78 in Cromer, Norfolk, England. He served as the 13th Governor of South Australia from 1895 to 1899. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics

#OnThisDay 28 October 1897 Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead died at the age of 72 in London, England. He served as Administrator of Montserrat from 1854 to 1855, as the 6th Lieutenant Governor of Saint Christopher from 1855 to 1859, as the 5th Governor of Hong Kong from 1859 to...

#OnThisDay 28 October 1572 John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar died in Stirling, Scotland. He had served as Regent of Scotland since 1571 during the minority of King James VI. He was succeeded in November by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #scotland

#OnThisDay 28 October 1216 Henry III and II became King of England and Lord of Ireland as Henry III, and Duke of Aquitaine as Henry II, and was crowned. He succeeded his father John, who died 9 days before. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #england #royals #royalfamily #ireland #france #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1980 Sir Ronald Keith Davison was sworn in as Administrator of New Zealand, following the retirement of Governor-General Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake two days before. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1931 James Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the National Labour Party, was appointed for a third consecutive (and overall fourth) time, and second consecutive (and overall third) term, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1915 William Morris "Billy" Hughes, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Andrew Fisher, the previous Labor leader. #OTD #history #auspol #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1880 Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough was born in London, England. He served as the 14th Governor General of Canada from 1931 to 1935. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1858 Frederic Charles Urquhart was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, England. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1921 to 1926. #OTD #history #ntpol #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1858 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born in New York City, New York. He served as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900, and as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, as a member of the Republican Party. #OTD #history #uspolitics #nypol #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1835 John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, the Red Earl, was born in Spencer House, London, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1868 to 1874, and from 1882 to 1885. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #ireland #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1787 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham took office for a second non-consecutive term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, who died a few days prior. #OTD #history #ireland #politics

#OnThisDay 27 October 1282 Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore died at the age of about 51. He served as joint Regent of England from 1272 to 1274 during the absence of King Edward I. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #england

#OnThisDay 27 October 939 Æthelstan (Athelstan) died at the age of about 45 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He had reigned as King of the English since 924. He was succeeded the same day by his half-brother Edmund I. #OTD #history #ukpolitics #ukpol #england #royalfamily #royals

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 26 October 2017 Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, leader of the Labour Party, was sworn in as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, succeeding Simon William "Bill" English of the National Party. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics

#OnThisDay 26 October 2004 John Winston Howard, leader of the Liberal Party, was sworn in to a fourth consecutive term as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. #OTD #history #auspol

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 26 October 1977 Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake was sworn in as the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, succeeding Sir Edward Denis Blundell, who retired earlier in the month. Sir Herbert Richard Churton Wild thus ceased to serve as Administrator. #OTD #history #nzpol

#OnThisDay 26 October 1951 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, leader of the Conservative Party, was appointed to a second non-consecutive term (and overall third time) as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Clement Richard Attlee of the Labour Party. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics

#OnThisDay 26 October 1877 Sir James Penn Boucaut was sworn in to a third non-consecutive term as the 11th Premier of South Australia, succeeding John Blackler Colton. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics

#OnThisDay 26 October 1861 Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon was sworn in as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, succeeding John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton. #OTD #history #nbpoli

#OnThisDay 26 October 1710 James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde took office for a second non-consecutive term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of Wharton. #OTD #history #ireland #politics

#OnThisDay 26 October 899 Alfred the Great died in his 50s in Winchester, Hampshire, England. He had reigned as the inaugural King of the Anglo-Saxons since 886, and as the last King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886. He was succeeded the same day by his son Edward the Elder. #OTD #history #ukpol

#OnThisDay 25 October 2022 Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party, was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Truss, the previous Conservative leader. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics

#OnThisDay 25 October 1923 Joseph Aloysius Lyons, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in as the 26th Premier of Tasmania, succeeding Sir Walter Henry Lee of the Nationalist Party. #OTD #history #politas

#OnThisDay 25 October 1980 Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake retired as the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, having served since 1977. He was succeeded the next month by Sir David Stuart Beattie. Sir Ronald Keith Davison served as Administrator in the interim. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics

#OnThisDay 25 October 1889 Patrick Kerwin was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He served as the 10th Chief Justice of Canada from 1954 to 1963, and as Administrator of Canada in 1951. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli

#OnThisDay 25 October 1861 Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck was sworn in as Governor General of the Province of Canada, succeeding Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli

#OnThisDay 25 October 1845 Frederick Holt Robe was sworn in as the 4th Governor of South Australia, succeeding George Grey. #OTD #history #sapol

#OnThisDay 25 October 1760 George II died at the age of 76 in Kensington Palace, London, England. He had reigned as King of Great Britain, Ireland and the rest of the British Empire, and as Elector of Hanover, since 1727. He was immediately succeeded by his grandson George III. #OTD #history #royals

#OnThisDay 25 October 1759 William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville was born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807 as a member of the Whigs. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics