Sid Sidebottom
{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sid Sidebottom
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| image = Sid_Sidebottom.png
| constituency_MP = Braddon
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = Mark Baker
| successor = Brett Whiteley
| term_start = 24 November 2007
| term_end = 7 September 2013
| predecessor1 = Chris Miles
| successor1 = Mark Baker
| term_start1 = 3 October 1998
| term_end1 = 9 October 2004
| birth_name = Peter Sid Sidebottom
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|4|23}}
| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania
| nationality = Australian
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| party = Australian Labor Party
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| alma_mater = University of Tasmania
| occupation = Electorate officer
| profession = Teacher
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Peter Sid Sidebottom (born 23 April 1951) is an Australian former politician. Sidebottom was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Braddon in Tasmania between 1998 and 2004 and again from the 2007 federal election until his defeat in 2013. In 2011, Sidebottom was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. He was defeated for a second time at the 2013 election, with a swing of 10% against him.
Background and early career
Sidebottom was born in Hobart, Tasmania. He graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Arts (honours); and was a senior secondary college teacher between 1975 and 1997. During 1998, he was an electorate officer for Senator Nick Sherry and again worked for Sherry as an advisor between 2004 and 2007. Sidebottom was elected as a Councillor of the Central Coast Council, serving between 1996 and 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=849 |title= Sid Sidebottom MP |work=Parliament of Australia: Senators and Members |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date= |accessdate=28 March 2013 }}
Political career
At the 1998 federal election, Sidebottom defeated sitting Liberal Member for Braddon, Chris Miles. However, Sidebottom was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Mark Baker, at the 2004 election. Many put this down to concern about loss of forestry jobs under Labor's environment policy, which had the potential to adversely affect Sidebottom's electorate.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Sidebottom subsequently won back the seat at the 2007 federal election, defeating Baker.
On 14 December 2011, Sidebottom was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Second Gillard Ministry.
At the 2013 federal election, Sidebottom lost his seat of Braddon for the second time, suffering a 10% swing against him.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040413050626/http://www.sidsidebottom.com/ Personal website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831134741/http://alp.org.au/people/tas/sidebottom_sid.php ALP Profile – Sid Sidebottom]
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Australian MPs 1998–2001
Category:Australian MPs 2001–2004