Kim Dion Booth (born 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the

Tasmanian Greens The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign. They form a part of the Australian Greens. Followi ...

from April 2014 to May 2015, and represented the

Division of Bass The Division of Bass is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Tasmania. It includes most of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston and its surrounds. It has traditionally been a margin ...

in the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament Hou ...

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. 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, and was subsequently elected as party leader. 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 Andrea Elizabeth Dawkins is an Australian former politician and animal welfare worker. She represented Division of Bass (state), Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 9 June 2015, when she was elected in a countback to replace Kim Booth, ...

after the TEC conducted a count back from the 2014 election results.

References

External links

Kim Booth's maiden speech to parliament

Page on the Tasmanian Greens website
1951 births Living people Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Sawmillers {{AustralianGreens-politician-stub