Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician)

Jim Wilkinson

Personal information

Full name

James Scott Wilkinson

Born

4 December 1951
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Height

1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1973–1977

Tasmania

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA
Matches	3	2
Runs scored	166	8
Batting average	33.20	4.00
100s/50s	0/1	0/0
Top score	79	8
Catches/stumpings	0/–	0/–

Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2012

James Scott "Jim" Wilkinson (born 4 December 1951 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is currently President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. He has been an independent member for the Division of Nelson since 1995.

As a child Mr. Wilkinson lived in Battery Point and later Sandy Bay where he attended the Hutchins School. Upon completing his studies, he moved to Melbourne to play for South Melbourne in the VFL between 1970 to 1972,.^[1]

After 3 years in Melbourne, he then returned to Tasmania to study law, while also continuing with sport playing football and cricket for Sandy Bay.

As a result of his efforts he played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1973 to 1975 as well as becoming the Australian junior and senior royal amateur tennis champion.

In 1977, he married his wife Jill and together they have four children and four grandchildren.

On completing his sporting career, he turned his focus to the ABC to commentate on both football and cricket. His commentating career in football lasted more than 15 years and expanded into a football program on 7HT on Saturday mornings with Noel Grey.

He later took a position with the Tasmanian Football Commission for a number of years, the last of which being the role of Chief Commissioner for Tasmania Australia National Football League. During this time he was also a member of the Tasmanian Cricket Association Board for many years and a representative on the Swimming Tasmania Board.

As well as his position on the Tasmanian Legislative Council his is also practising lawyer in Hobart, working as a consultant to Wallace Wilkinson & Webster, having been a partner of the firm prior to his appointment to the Legislative Council.

Mr. Wilkinson has been a member of the Legislative Council since 1995 representing the electorate of Nelson, and is one of 12 independent members.

References

↑ "Jim Wilkinson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

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Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by Sue Smith	President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 2013–present	Incumbent
Preceded by John Stopp	Member for Queenborough 1995–1999	Abolished
New seat	Member for Nelson 1999–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Labor (2)	Craig Farrell Josh Willie

Liberal (2)	Vanessa Goodwin Leonie Hiscutt

Independent (11)	Rosemary Armitage Robert Armstrong Ivan Dean Kerry Finch Ruth Forrest Mike Gaffney Greg Hall Tony Mulder Tania Rattray Rob Valentine Jim Wilkinson

Presiding officers of Australian legislatures

Australian Parliament

Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tony Smith (Lib)

President of the Senate	Stephen Parry (Lib)

New South Wales

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Shelley Hancock (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Don Harwin (Lib)

Victoria

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Telmo Languiller (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Bruce Atkinson (Lib)

Queensland

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Peter Wellington (Ind)

Western Australia

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Michael Sutherland (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Barry House (Lib)

South Australia

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Michael Atkinson (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Russell Wortley (ALP)

Tasmania

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Elise Archer (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Jim Wilkinson (Ind)

Northern Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Kezia Purick (Ind)

Australian Capital Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Vicki Dunne (Lib)

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Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician)

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