Kim Wilkie


Kim Wilkie, 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, defeated by Liberal candidate Steve Irons with a margin of 0.11%.