Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Eric Poole | |
Constituency Am: | Araluen |
Assembly: | Northern Territory Legislative |
Term Start: | 19 April 1986 |
Term End: | 17 August 2001 |
Predecessor: | Jim Robertson |
Successor: | Jodeen Carney |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1942 |
Death Place: | Bali, Indonesia |
Birthname: | Eric Houguet Poole |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Country Liberal Party |
|}Eric Houguet Poole (10 August 1942 – 18 August 2021) was an Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 2001.[1] In 1989, his Ministerial portfolio included racing, gaming and tourism.[2] In 1995, he was chairman of a parliamentary committee considering euthanasia.[3] Prior to his election, he acted as Chairman of the Northern Territory Tourism Commission.[4] Poole appears briefly in Cathy Henkel's documentary film Walking Through a Minefield (1999) regarding his involvement in the development of the Jabiluka uranium mine.
Poole died on 18 August 2021 in Bali.[5]