predecessor birth_place assembly nationality party term_start residence article_title constituency_am name occupation
malarndirri mccarthy katherine , northern territory , australia northern territory legislative australian country 2014 -rrb- palmer united -lrb- 2014 -rrb- independent -lrb- 2014-present liberals -rrb- -lrb- 2012 -- 2014 -rrb- independent -lrb- 25 august 2012 barunga , northern territory larisa lee
 arnhem larisa lee health worker
larisa lee

larisa antonia lillian lee is an australian politician .
she was elected to the northern territory legislative assembly as the country liberal member for arnhem at the 2012 territory election .
she left the clp on 4 april 2014 , sat as independent until 27 april , when she joined the palmer united party , resigned from that party on 29 november , and sat as an independent thereafter .
lee was born in katherine , approximately south-east of darwin , the northern territory 's capital , and was raised in the barunga community .
she is the daughter of jawoyn leader -lrb- bangardi -rrb- robert lee .
several months after her election , lee was accused by staff members of the jawoyn association aboriginal corporation -lrb- jaac -rrb- of misusing the corporation 's emergency fund -- put aside to assist aboriginal people living in poverty -- to pay for her election campaign expenses .
on 4 february 2013 , lee submitted an amended candidate election return to the northern territory electoral commission , declaring an additional $ 23,000 in donations , including $ 16,000 from the jaac , in addition to the single $ 500 donation on her original declaration .
she denied the staff members ' accusations , saying that the corporation had donated money to her campaign with the full support of the board .
as of july 2013 , lee was under investigation for alleged misuse of her government provided fuel card .
on 14 october 2013 , the abc tv program `` four corners '' broadcast an investigative story concerning the alleged use of money from the jawoyn association , including lee 's use for her election campaign .
on 25 april 2014 , lee was charged with aggravated assault and `` disorderly behaviour in a public place '' following an altercation with an 18-year-old woman outside a centrelink in katherine .
the maximum sentence for the former charge is five years , with sentences of one year or longer automatically disqualifying northern territory mps from office .
on 24 june , lee pleaded guilty to the charge of common assault on the woman -- her niece -- for having an affair with her husband .
on 5 april 2014 , lee and two other indigenous mps , alison anderson and francis xavier kurrupuwu , resigned from the clp , slipping their resignation letters under the door of the clp office in darwin .
according to `` the australian '' , they are laying the groundwork for a new party to speak for regional interests .
however , later that month , on 27 april 2014 , the three mps joined palmer united , with anderson becoming parliamentary leader .
