Gerard Maley (born 1970) is an Australian politician who serves as an MLA forNelson as a member of theCountry Liberal Party in theNorthern Territory Legislative Assembly.^[1] He has been the Deputy Leader of the Country Liberal Party since September 2020 andDeputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory since 9 September 2024, following the2024 Northern Territory general election.^[2]

Maley's father was a policeman, and the family lived in Darwin where Maley was born, then settled inHoward Springs when he was 4 years old.^[3]

Maley studied to be a mechanic after leaving high school in year 11, and then became an inspector and public relations agent for the Department of Transport & Works.

Following this, he returned to study law atCharles Darwin University, and after graduating, joined his brother, Peter, at Maleys Barristers & Solicitors. He manages the rural office inCoolalinga.^[4]

He currently lives on the same family block in Howard Springs that he grew up on.^[5]

Maley was selected for the Country Liberals to contest the seatNelson in the2016 Northern Territory general election which he lost to long time independent memberGerry Wood. He recontested the seat in the2020 election following Wood's retirement, and won the seat.^[6] He tallied 50.6 percent of the primary vote, enough to win the seat without the need for preferences. Ultimately, he won 59.2 percent of the two-candidate vote. However, for most of its existence, Nelson has been a comfortably safe CLP seat in "traditional" two-party matchups againstLabor, so Maley's win was not considered an upset. Indeed, he now sits on a "traditional" two-party majority of 23.3 percent after picking up a healthy swing of 16.3 percent against Labor.

The election of 2020 saw only one member of the CLP returning to parliament, leaderLia Finocchiaro. As such there was a need to promote new parliamentarians into leadership roles. Maley was elected as Deputy Leader of the CLP, and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition. He was also given the portfolios of Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Multicultural Affairs, Defence Industries, Recreational Fishing, and National Resilience.

Maley opposes theIndigenous Voice to Parliament.^[7]

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