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Andrew Wilkie Is the independent Member for Clark (formerly Denison) in Tasmania. He took the seat of Denison from the Labor Party in the 2010 federal election before Cathy McGowan presaged the rise of the current crop of community-based, centre right "Voices for" independents by winning the North Eastern Victorian regional seat of Indi from the Liberal Party in 2013.Earlier in his political career, Wilkie, as a Greens candidate, challenged then Prime Minister, John Howard, in the Sydney seat of Bennelong, forcing him to preferences and paving the way for Labor's Maxine McKew to wrest the seat from Howard when Kevin Rudd won government at the 2007 election.
Before entering politics, Wilkie was an officer in the Australian Army reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was seconded to the Office of National Assessments, ... ... Read more