Luke Simpkins
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Luke Xavier Linton Simpkins (born 8 June 1964) is an Australia
n politician. He has been the Liberal
representative for the electoral division of Cowan
in Western Australia
since the 2007 federal election. Luke Simpkins was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the seat from Labor's Graham Edwards
at the 2004 federal election, despite securing a 4.7% swing in the party's favour. http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-12246-237.htm
Luke spent 15 years in the Army, resigning in 2002 as a Commissioned Officer, holding the rank of Major. The two greatest highlights of his military career were two years as an instructor at the Royal Military College Duntroon, and two years working on Olympic Security.
Luke is a former Australian and State representative in the sport of rowing, winning two national and six state championships. Luke also coached school rowing crews around the country, including Hale and St Hilda's in Perth.
In the 2007 election he contested the seat against the ALP's Liz Prime. He won the seat with a 2.5% swing, one of only four pro-Coalition swings in Australia. http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-237.htm
At the 2010 election Luke was re-elected with an increased majority achieving a swing of 5.01% http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-237.htm against Labor candidate Chas Hopkins.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. He has been the Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
representative for the electoral division of Cowan
Division of Cowan
The Division of Cowan is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian Parliament. It is located in the northern suburbs of Perth, including the suburbs of Girrawheen, Greenwood,...
in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
since the 2007 federal election. Luke Simpkins was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the seat from Labor's Graham Edwards
Graham Edwards (politician)
Graham John Edwards , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007, representing the Division of Cowan....
at the 2004 federal election, despite securing a 4.7% swing in the party's favour. http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-12246-237.htm
Luke spent 15 years in the Army, resigning in 2002 as a Commissioned Officer, holding the rank of Major. The two greatest highlights of his military career were two years as an instructor at the Royal Military College Duntroon, and two years working on Olympic Security.
Luke is a former Australian and State representative in the sport of rowing, winning two national and six state championships. Luke also coached school rowing crews around the country, including Hale and St Hilda's in Perth.
In the 2007 election he contested the seat against the ALP's Liz Prime. He won the seat with a 2.5% swing, one of only four pro-Coalition swings in Australia. http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-237.htm
At the 2010 election Luke was re-elected with an increased majority achieving a swing of 5.01% http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-237.htm against Labor candidate Chas Hopkins.