Adam Bandt
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Doctor Adam Bandt MP |
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| Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
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In office 13 April 2012 – 6 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Christine Milne |
| Preceded by | Christine Milne |
| Succeeded by |
Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Melbourne |
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Assumed office 21 August 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Lindsay Tanner |
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| Born |
Adam Paul Bandt 11 March 1972 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party |
Australian Greens (before 2007-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Claudia Perkins |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Flemington, Victoria |
| Alma mater |
Murdoch University Monash University |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Adam Paul Bandt (born 11 March 1972) is an Australian politician, former industrial lawyer and former Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens. Bandt was elected to the Division of Melbourne in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia, at the 2010 federal election. He is the second member of the Australian Greens to be elected to the House of Representatives, after Michael Organ, but the first to be elected at a general election. Bandt had previously contested the seat in 2007 and narrowly lost to Labor's Lindsay Tanner. Bandt retained the seat of Melbourne at the 2013 and the 2016 elections, increasing his majority each time.
Adam Bandt was born in Adelaide, South Australia—a descendant of German immigrants who emigrated to the Hahndorf and Barossa Valley regions in the 1800s. As a child, his family moved to Perth, Western Australia where he attended high school and university, before moving to Melbourne.
At Murdoch University, Bandt was a student activist and member of the Left Alliance. He graduated in 1996 with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees, and was awarded the Sir Ronald Wilson Prize for Academic Achievement. While a student, he was quoted as calling the Greens a "bourgeois" party. He was president of the student union and an active campaigner for higher living allowances for students and free education. From 1987 to 1989, he was a member of the Labor Party.
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