Michael Organ

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Michael Keith Organ (born 22 September 1956) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Greens member of the Australian House of Representatives between 2002 and 2004, representing the Division of Cunningham, New South Wales. He was the first member of the Greens to win a seat in the House of Representatives.

Organ was born in Bulli, New South Wales, and was educated at the University of Wollongong and University of New South Wales. Before entering politics, he worked as an archivist at both these universities.

On 28 October 2002, Organ won a by-election that had been caused by the resignation of Labor MP Stephen Martin. He defeated Labor challenger Sharon Bird, aided by the fact there was no Liberal candidate. However, at the 2004 federal election, Bird stood again and defeated Organ.

In 2007 he was preselected as the Greens candidate for Cunningham in the next federal election, in which he was subsequently defeated by the incumbent.

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Stephen Martin	Member for Cunningham 2002 – 2004	Succeeded by Sharon Bird

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NAME	Organ, Michael Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	22 September 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bulli, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH