Andrea Dawkins

{{short description|Australian City of Launceston Councillor|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Andrea Dawkins

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| image = Andrea_Dawkins.jpg

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| constituency_AM1 = Bass

| assembly1 = Tasmanian House of

| term_start1 = 9 June 2015

| term_end1 = 3 March 2018

| predecessor1 = Kim Booth

| successor1 = Jennifer Houston

| office2 = Member of Launceston City Council

| term_start2 = 30 October 2018

| term_start3 = 28 October 2014

| term_end3 = 9 June 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|2|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

| nationality = Australian

| party = Independent

| otherparty = Greens (until 2018)

| partner = Mark Kershaw

| relations =

| children = 2

| residence = Launceston, Tasmania

| education = Launceston College

| occupation = Politician, business manager, small business owner

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| date=June 2023

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Andrea Elizabeth Dawkins is an Australian former politician and animal welfare worker. She represented Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 9 June 2015, when she was elected in a countback to replace Kim Booth, until 3 March 2018, when she was defeated at the 2018 state election. She represented the Tasmanian Greens.{{cite Tas Parliament |id=dawkinsa778 |title=Andrea Elizabeth Dawkins |access-date=26 July 2022}}

In August 2018, Dawkins announced that she would stand for deputy mayor of the City of Launceston as an independent, confirming she had ended her membership of the Greens.{{cite news|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/news/local-news/5580348/andrea-dawkins-confirms-plans-to-contest-2018-local-government-elections/|title=Andrea Dawkins to run for City of Launceston deputy mayor|publisher=The Examiner|date=12 August 2018|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001622/https://www.examiner.com.au/news/local-news/5580348/andrea-dawkins-confirms-plans-to-contest-2018-local-government-elections/|archive-date=14 August 2018|url-status=dead}}

Dawkins attended Launceston College, and holds a Diploma of Management. Prior to her election, Dawkins served as an alderman on Launceston City Council.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-09/andrea-dawkins-to-replace-greens-leader-kim-booth-in-bass/6532216|title=Bass countback: Launceston alderman Andrea Dawkins to replace Kim Booth in Bass|date=9 June 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} She also developed and ran a social enterprise café called "Fresh on Charles" on Charles Street, Launceston from 1999 until 2013, when she sold the business. Following this, she worked in business development at Josef Chromy Wines, and later as manager of the Launceston Harvest Market.{{cite news|last1=Stephens|first1=Jodie|title=Worry over milk spurs Fresh sale|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1429420/worry-over-milk-spurs-fresh-sale/|accessdate=3 July 2015|date=13 April 2013}}

She has two daughters with partner Mark Kershaw.{{cite web|title=Inaugural speech: Andrea Dawkins MP|url=https://tasmps.greens.org.au/content/inaugural-speech|publisher=Tasmanian Greens|accessdate=3 July 2015}}