Kim Booth
{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1951)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
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| office1 = Leader of the Tasmanian Greens
| term_start1 = 7 April 2014
| term_end1 = 20 May 2015
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| predecessor1 = Nick McKim
| successor1 = Cassy O'Connor
| office2 = Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Bass
| term_start2 = 20 July 2002
| term_end2 = 20 May 2015
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| successor2 = Andrea Dawkins
| constituency2 = Bass
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place = New South Wales, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| party = Greens
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Kim Dion Booth (born 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the Tasmanian Greens from April 2014 to May 2015, and represented the Division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Political career
After the 2010 Tasmanian state election, Booth refused to support the Greens-Labor deal, warning that the deal with Labor would hurt the Greens.{{Cite news
| last = Andrews
| first = Allison
| title = Kim Booth's warning: It's a trap!
| work = The Examiner
| accessdate = 2014-05-21
| date = 20 April 2010
| url = http://www.examiner.com.au/story/450129/kim-booths-warning-its-a-trap/
}} He held the Greens portfolios of Forests; Energy; Attorney-General and Justice; Small Business; Industry; Racing and Gaming; and Veterans Affairs.
He was re-elected at the 2014 House of Assembly elections,{{cite web |url=http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/StateElection/Results.html |title=2014 House of Assembly Summary of Elected Members |work=Tasmanian Electoral Commission |accessdate=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406213821/http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/StateElection/Results.html |archive-date=6 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }} and was subsequently elected as party leader.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/new-greens-leader3a-kim-booth-replaces-nick-mckim/5372440?section=tas |title= Greens appoint Kim Booth as new leader in Tasmania |date= 7 April 2014|publisher=ABC |accessdate=8 April 2014}}
On 20 May 2015, Booth announced he was resigning from Parliament and as leader of the Greens with immediate effect, following the death of his father. His seat in Bass was filled by Andrea Dawkins after the TEC conducted a count back from the 2014 election results.{{cite news|title=Tasmanian Greens leader Kim Booth resigns from State Parliament|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-20/tasmanian-greens-leader-kim-booth-resigns-from-parliament/6483792|accessdate=20 May 2015|work=ABC News|date=20 May 2015}}
References
- {{cite Tas Parliament |id=boothk726 |title=Kim Dion Booth}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060820132919/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/ISBoothKim.htm Kim Booth's maiden speech to parliament]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150309090605/http://tasmps.greens.org.au/kim-booth Page on the Tasmanian Greens website]
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{{s-bef| before= Nick McKim}}
{{s-ttl |title=Leader of the Tasmanian Greens|years=2014–2015}}
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Category:Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Category:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
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