Editing Country Liberal Party (section)

====Leadership spills====
{{main|2013 Country Liberal Party leadership spill|2015 Country Liberal Party leadership spill}}
[[Adam Giles]] replaced Mills as [[Chief Minister of the Northern Territory]] and party leader at the [[Country Liberal Party leadership spill, 2013|2013 CLP leadership ballot]] on 13 March while Mills was on a trade mission in Japan.<ref name="abc-millsdumped">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/terry-mills-dumped-as-nt-leader/4570820|title=Mills dumped as Giles takes top Territory job|work=ABC News|date=13 March 2013|access-date=13 March 2013|location=Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314212732/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/terry-mills-dumped-as-nt-leader/4570820|archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref> Giles was sworn in as Chief Minister on 14 March, becoming the first indigenous head of government of an Australian state or territory.<ref name=abcam>{{cite news|last=Everingham|first=Sara|title=Indigenous politician Adam Giles to replace Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3715222.htm|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=[[AM (Australian radio series)|AM]] (ABC Radio)|location=Australia|date=14 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234750/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3715222.htm|archive-date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Giles denies plot">{{cite news|title=Giles denies plot to overthrow Mills|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-14/giles-denies-plot-to-overthrow-mills/4573472|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=ABC News|location=Australia|date=14 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314181228/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-14/giles-denies-plot-to-overthrow-mills/4573472|archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref>

[[Willem Westra van Holthe]] challenged Giles at the [[Country Liberal Party leadership spill, 2015|2015 CLP leadership ballot]] on 2 February and was elected leader by the party room in a late night vote conducted by phone.<ref name="Adam Giles dumped as NT chief minister 3 Feb 15">{{cite news|last1=Dunlevie|first1=James|title=Adam Giles dumped as NT chief minister in late-night coup, Willem Westra van Holthe elected leader|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/adam-giles-replaced-as-northern-territory-chief-minister/6064564|access-date=3 February 2015|work=ABC News|location=Australia|date=3 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205042916/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/adam-giles-replaced-as-northern-territory-chief-minister/6064564|archive-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> However, Giles refused to resign as Chief Minister following the vote. On 3 February, ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' reported that officials were preparing an [[Statutory Instrument#Other countries|instrument]] for Giles' removal by the [[Administrator of the Northern Territory|Administrator]]. The swearing-in of Westra van Holthe, which had been scheduled for 11:00 local time (01:30 UTC), was delayed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/nt-chief-minister-giles-refuses-to-quit-after-leadership-coup/6065200|title=Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles refuses to quit after being dumped in a late-night coup|work=ABC News|location=Australia|date=3 February 2015|access-date=14 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216011159/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/nt-chief-minister-giles-refuses-to-quit-after-leadership-coup/6065200|archive-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> After a meeting of the parliamentary wing of the CLP, Giles announced that he would remain as party leader and Chief Minister, and that Westra van Holthe would be his deputy.<ref name=sbsnews>{{cite news|title=Adam Giles remains NT chief minister|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/02/03/adam-giles-remains-nt-chief-minister|access-date=3 February 2015|work=SBS News}}</ref>