Australian soldier, intelligence officer and politician (born 1961)
For other uses, see Andrew Wilkie (disambiguation).
Andrew Wilkie
MP
Wilkie speaking at an anti-pulp mill rally in 2007
Member of the Australian Parliament for Clark
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2019
Preceded by
Electorate established
Member of the Australian Parliament for Denison
In office 21 August 2010 – 18 May 2019
Preceded by
Duncan Kerr
Succeeded by
Electorate abolished
Personal details
Born
Andrew Damien Wilkie
(1961-11-08) 8 November 1961 (age 62) Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Independent (since 2008)
Other political affiliations
Greens (2003–2008) Liberal (1980–1986)
Spouses
Simone Burt
(m. 1991; div. 2003)
Charlie Burton
(m. 2004; div. 2013)
Clare Ballingall
(m. 2020)
Children
2
Residence(s)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Alma mater
Royal Military College, Duntroon University of New South Wales
Occupation
Soldier
politician
Signature
Website
www.andrewwilkie.org
Military service
Allegiance
Australia
Branch/service
Australian Army
Years of service
1980–2004
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit
Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Commands
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Andrew Wilkie ran for the Australian Greens in 2007
Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Clark. Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army.[1]
Wilkie served with the Australian Army from 1980 to 2004. An officer with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps who had earlier commanded a company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment,[2] at the time of his entry to public life Wilkie was posted to Australia's Office of National Assessments as an intelligence analyst. In 2003, in the lead-up to the Iraq War, he resigned from his position at ONA because he feared the humanitarian consequences of invasion, such as Saddam Hussein using his weapons of mass destruction or assisting terrorists.
Following his resignation he said: Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction program is very disjointed and contained by the regime that's been in place since the last Gulf War. And there is no hard intelligence linking the Iraqi regime to al-Qaeda in any substantial or worrisome way." He opposed Australia's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the Howard government.[3][4] Wilkie later argued the Iraq War was based on a "lie".[5]
Wilkie has been active in politics since 2003. He was a Greens candidate for the federal Division of Bennelong in the 2004 federal election and for the Senate in Tasmania at the 2007 federal election. In 2010 he stood as an independent candidate for the state seat of Denison at the Tasmanian state election, narrowly missing out on the final vacancy. Later in the year, again as an independent candidate, he ran for the federal seat of Denison at the 2010 federal election and won, finishing third on the primary vote but winning the seat after the distribution of preferences.[6] Wilkie finished first on the primary vote at both the 2013 federal election and 2016 federal election, increasing his margin each time. In 2019, the Division of Denison was replaced by the Division of Clark, to which Wilkie was transferred. He retained the seat at the 2022 Australian federal election by a margin of 20.82%.
^"Mr Andrew Wilkie MP"., Australian Parliament House Biographies; 19 August 2017
^"Independent MP Andrew Wilkie - Bring our troops home from Afghanistan". 6 September 2016.; 19 August 2017
^"Senior intelligence officer, Andrew Wilkie, resigns in protest". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 December 2023.; ABC Radio; AM Program; 12 March 2003.
^"PM – Andrew Wilkie discusses WMD doubts". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^"Chilcot report: Andrew Wilkie blames Bali bombing, Lindt Cafe siege on Australia's Iraq War involvement". ABC News. 7 July 2016.; ABC News; 7 July 2016
^"TAS DIVISION – DENISON". Election 2010 Virtual Tally Room: The official election results. Australian Electoral Commission. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
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