Nick McKim
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Senator Nick McKim |
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McKim in June 2010
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| Senator for Tasmania | |
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Assumed office 19 August 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Christine Milne |
| Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Franklin |
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In office 20 July 2002 – 4 August 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Rosalie Woodruff |
| Leader of the Greens in Tasmania | |
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In office 7 July 2008 – 7 April 2014 |
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| Deputy | Tim Morris |
| Preceded by | Peg Putt |
| Succeeded by | Kim Booth |
| Minister for Human Services | |
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In office 21 April 2010 – 11 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Lin Thorp |
| Succeeded by | Cassy O'Connor |
| Minister for Community Development | |
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In office 21 April 2010 – 11 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | (new office) |
| Succeeded by | Cassy O'Connor |
| Minister for Sustainable Transport and Alternative Energy | |
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In office 21 April 2010 – 31 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | (new office) |
| Succeeded by | Alternative Energy subsumed back into Energy portfolio |
| Corrections and Consumer Protection | |
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In office 21 April 2010 – 17 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Singh |
| Succeeded by | Craig Farrell |
| Minister for Climate Change and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
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In office 21 April 2010 – 13 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | (new offices) |
| Succeeded by | Cassy O'Connor |
| Minister for Education and Skills | |
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In office 13 May 2011 – 17 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lin Thorp |
| Succeeded by | Brian Wightman |
| Minister for Sustainable Transport | |
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In office 13 May 2011 – 17 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | (new office) |
| Succeeded by | Craig Farrell |
| Personal details | |
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11 June 1965 London, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Tasmanian Greens |
| Domestic partner | Cassy O'Connor |
Nicholas James "Nick" McKim (born 11 June 1965) is an Australian politician, currently a member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania. He was previously a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly elected at the 2002 election, representing the Franklin electorate from 2002 to 2015, and led the party from 2008 until 2014. On 21 April 2010, he became the first member of the Greens in an any Australian ministry.
McKim was born in London, England. When he was five years old, his family emigrated from the UK to Australia. He attended the Hutchins School, Kingston High School, then Hobart College. He had a younger brother who was killed by falling off a cliff in Blackmans Bay, Tasmania, in the late 1970s. He lived for a number of years in Adelaide, South Australia, before moving to Tasmania. Before entering parliament, McKim worked as a wilderness guide and advertising executive.
McKim served time in prison after being arrested during the Farmhouse Creek Blockade in the early 1980s.
Elected to Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Franklin at the 2002 election, McKim was re-elected at the 2006 election, receiving 15.93 per cent of first preferences, an increase compared to his previous vote of 12.59%. He replaced Peg Putt as Leader of the Tasmanian Greens when Putt retired from Parliament in 2008.
McKim supported the government in passing the same sex relationships bill (which recognises same sex relationships in Tasmania under common law) and has promoted the Greens' own Same-Sex Marriage Bill. During 2008, he campaigned heavily against the use of 1080 poison, forestry practices and the state's anti-terrorism bill.
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