Kim Booth

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Kim Booth

Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Bass
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2002
Constituency	Braddon
Personal details
Born	1951 New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Greens

Kim Dion Booth (born 1951, New South Wales) is an Australian politician. He is a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Bass electorate.

Early life

Prior to entering parliament, Booth ran his own sawmilling business, Timber World, with his partner, Kerin. Together, they have three children: Bronte, Kalinka and Jirri.

Political career

Booth was elected to Meander Valley Council in 1993 and served one term as deputy mayor.

In the 2002 election, Booth was elected to state parliament with a vote of 11.5%. Booth was re-elected in the 2006 Tasmanian state election on a primary vote of 9.3%. This decrease is attributable to a statewide drop in the Green vote, and votes earned by Labor's Michelle O'Byrne and independent anti-pulp-mill campaigner Les Rochester. He was re-elected again at the 2010 state election.

After the 2010 Tasmanian state election, Booth refused to support the Greens-Labor deal, warning that the deal with Labor would hurt the Greens.^[1]

He holds the Greens portfolios of Forests; Energy; Attorney-General and Justice; Small Business; Industry; Racing and Gaming; and Veterans Affairs

References

Parliamentary Library profile

↑ Andrews, Alison. "http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/politics/kim-booths-warning-its-a-trap/1808251.aspx?storypage=0". The Examiner. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

External links

Kim Booth's maiden speech to parliament

v t e Current Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Labor (10)	Scott Bacon Brenton Best Lara Giddings Bryan Green David O'Byrne Michelle O'Byrne Michael Polley Graeme Sturges Rebecca White Brian Wightman

Liberal (10)	Elise Archer Adam Brooks Michael Ferguson Matthew Groom Peter Gutwein Rene Hidding Will Hodgman Jacquie Petrusma Jeremy Rockliff Mark Shelton

Greens (5)	Kim Booth Nick McKim Tim Morris Cassy O'Connor Paul O'Halloran

Persondata
Name	Booth, Kim
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	1951
Place of birth	New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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