Kim Wilkie
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Kim Wilkie Australia
n
politician, was an Australian Labor Party
member of the
Australian House of Representatives
from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan
, Western Australia
. He was born in Perth
, Western Australia
, and was a Youth Employment Placement Officer, prison officer and farmer before entering politics. He was a member of South Perth City Council 1993-98.
On 13 August 2007, Wilkie was ordered to leave the debating chamber by the Speaker David Hawker for heckling Deputy Liberal leader and Treasurer Peter Costello.
In the 2007 Federal Election a slight swing of 0.19% towards the Liberal Party
meant Wilkie became the only incumbent Labor member to lose his seat (in Cowan, the only other seat Labor lost in the 2007 election, incumbent Graham Edwards
did not contest the seat as he retired from federal politics at that time), defeated by Liberal candidate Steve Irons
with a margin of 0.11%.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n
politician, was an Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the
Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan
Division of Swan
The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia. The division is named after the Swan River.For several decades, it has been a marginal seat, extending along the Swan and Canning Rivers from the affluent suburbs in the City of South Perth to the west, which...
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. He was born in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, and was a Youth Employment Placement Officer, prison officer and farmer before entering politics. He was a member of South Perth City Council 1993-98.
On 13 August 2007, Wilkie was ordered to leave the debating chamber by the Speaker David Hawker for heckling Deputy Liberal leader and Treasurer Peter Costello.
In the 2007 Federal Election a slight swing of 0.19% towards the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
meant Wilkie became the only incumbent Labor member to lose his seat (in Cowan, the only other seat Labor lost in the 2007 election, incumbent Graham Edwards
Graham Edwards
Graham Edwards may refer to:*Graham Edwards , Australian*Graham Edwards , English novelist*Graham Edwards , New Zealand*Graham Edwards...
did not contest the seat as he retired from federal politics at that time), defeated by Liberal candidate Steve Irons
Steve Irons
Stephen James "Steve" Irons is an Australian politician. He is the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electoral division of Swan in Western Australia. He was the sole Liberal to unseat a sitting Labor MP at the 2007 election, defeating Kim Wilkie by 164...
with a margin of 0.11%.