Nick Xenophon
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Senator Nick Xenophon |
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| Leader of Nick Xenophon Team | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2013 |
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| Deputy | Stirling Griff |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Senator for South Australia | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2008 |
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| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
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In office 11 October 1997 – 15 October 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | John Darley |
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Nicholas Xenophou 29 January 1959 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Independent (1997-2013) Nick Xenophon Group (2013-2014) Nick Xenophon Team (2014–present) |
| Profession |
Lawyer Politician |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox Church |
| Website | www.nickxenophon.com.au |
Nicholas "Nick" Xenophon (born Xenophou; 29 January 1959) is an Australian senator for South Australia and the leader of the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) political party in the Australian Senate. He was first elected to a six-year Senate term in the federal parliament as an independent at the 2007 federal election and was re-elected at the 2013 federal election, before forming the nascent NXT and electing a total of four representatives including one in the lower house at the 2016 federal election. Xenophon was first elected to South Australian parliament at the 1997 state election before an unprecedented result at the 2006 state election, which propelled him to federal parliament.
Xenophon first contested a parliamentary seat and was unexpectedly successful at the 1997 state election. Despite an upper house primary vote of just 2.9 percent, his independent No Pokies ticket collected many preferences and reached the upper house electoral quota of 8.3 percent, making him the first successful upper house independent in several decades. Campaigning to retain his seat at the 2006 state election, he received unexpected and unprecedented levels of support, with an upper house primary vote of 20.5 percent, resulting in a total of three successful upper house candidates. A year later he stood down to contest the 2007 federal election and was elected to the Senate with an upper house primary vote of 14.8 percent. This increased to 24.9 percent at the 2013 election. The nascent NXT ran candidates in most states and territories including all South Australian seats at the 2016 federal election. As the election was a double dissolution the Senate electoral quota of 14.3 percent was halved to 7.7 percent. Though NXT's South Australian Senate primary vote was reduced to 21.7 percent, the halved Senate quota resulted in three successful NXT candidates in the upper house alone. NXT was also successful in the South Australian Division of Mayo in the lower house.
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