Grant Tambling (born 1943) is an Australian politician. He is currently serving as the Administrator of Norfolk Island. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...

Tambling was born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and studied both there and in Adelaide. After a stint in local government on the Darwin City Council, Tambling was elected to the first Northern Territory Legislative Assembly as the Country Liberal Party member for Fannie Bay. In this first parliament, he served as Executive Member for Finance - in effect, Treasurer - though not under that title as the Legislative Assembly did not gain actual self-government until 1978. Central Darwin, circa 1986 Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, and is a city of 109,419 people (2001 census) on Australias far north-western coastline. ... Motto: None Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Area 1,420,968 km² (3rd)  - Land 1,349,129 km²  - Water 71,839 km² (5. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...

Despite his position, Tambling was defeated at the 1977 election by Australian Labor Party candidate Pam O'Neil, and began a career in business. He briefly served as the member for the Northern Territory electorate in the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1983, but was again defeated by an ALP rival, Warren Snowdon. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... Hon Warren Snowdon Warren Edward Snowdon (born 30 March 1950), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996, and from October 1998 to November 2001, representing the Division of Northern Territory, and since November 2001, representing the...

After four years out of parliament, Tambling was once again elected - this time to the Senate - at the 1987 federal election. He spent fourteen years in this position, six of them as a parliamentary secretary, before retiring at the 2001 election. After two years working in private consultancy, Tambling was appointed as the Administrator of Norfolk Island in January 2003. He is married with two adult children. Australian Senate chamber The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...