Kim Wilkie
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Swan
In office
3 October 1998 – 24 November 2007
Preceded byDon Randall
Succeeded bySteve Irons
Personal details
Born (1959-06-03) 3 June 1959 (age 65)
Perth, Western Australia
Political partyLabor
OccupationPrison officer

Kim Wilkie (born 3 June 1959), Australian 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.

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%.[1]

References

  1. ^ Irons claims victory in Swan - ABC News Accessed: 5 December 2007
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Parliament of Australia Preceded byDon Randall Member for Swan 1998–2007 Succeeded bySteve Irons