predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp nationality party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
warren snowdon warren snowdon australian perth , western australia northern territory australian country liberal party 26 october 1939 2 march 1996 cheryl jones nick dondas
 3 october 1998 nick dondas
nick dondas

nicholas manuel `` nick '' dondas am -lrb- born 26 october 1939 -rrb- is a former country liberal politician in the northern territory , australia , representing the seat of casuarina in the northern territory legislative assembly from 1974 to 1996 , and the division of northern territory in the australian house of representatives from 1996 to 1998 .
dondas was born in perth , and attended christian brothers college , highgate , and perth boys high school .
after moving to darwin , he married cheryl jones on 26 august 1972 , with whom he had one daughter .
he was involved with the northern suburbs community development association and the darwin regional tourist association before entering politics , and was also a keen rugby league player .
dondas left the clp to run unsuccessfully as an independent for the electoral division of port darwin at the 2001 northern territory election .
