James Scott Wilkinson (born 4 December 1951) is an Australian former politician and sportsman, who was an independent member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, ...
, representing the
Division of Queenborough from 1995, then the
Division of Nelson from 1999 when Queenborough was abolished. He was
President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
The President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Council.
Presidents of the Legislative Council
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from 2013, until his retirement from the council in May 2019.
As a child, Wilkinson lived in Battery Point and later Sandy Bay where he attended Hutchins School. Upon completing his studies, he moved to Melbourne to play for
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...
in the
VFL between
1970
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and
1972
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.
After three years in Melbourne, he then returned to Tasmania to study law, while also continuing with sport playing football and cricket for Sandy Bay.
As a result of his efforts he played first-class cricket for
Tasmania
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from 1973 to 1975 as well as becoming the Australian junior and senior royal amateur tennis champion.
In 1977, he married his wife Jill and together they have four children and four grandchildren.
On completing his sporting career, he turned his focus to the ABC to commentate on both football and cricket. His commentating career in football lasted more than 15 years and expanded into a football program on 7HT on Saturday mornings with Noel Grey.
He later took a position with the Tasmanian Football Commission for a number of years, the last of which being the role of Chief Commissioner for Tasmania Australia National Football League. During this time he was also a member of the Tasmanian Cricket Association Board for many years and a representative on the Swimming Tasmania Board.
As well as his position on the Tasmanian Legislative Council his is also practising lawyer in Hobart, working as a consultant to Wallace Wilkinson & Webster, having been a partner of the firm prior to his appointment to the Legislative Council.
References
External links
Official Jim Wilkinson Website*
*
Jim Wilkinson's Profile and Statistics on AustralianFootball.com
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1951 births
Living people
Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Presidents of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Tasmania cricketers
Sydney Swans players
Sandy Bay Football Club players
Australian cricketers
Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
Australian sportsperson-politicians
21st-century Australian politicians