Liddy Clark

Elizabeth Anne Clark (born 6 November 1953 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former politician with the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislature who held the seat for Clayfield and also an actress of television and film.[1]

Liddy Clark
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Clayfield
In office
17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006
Preceded bySanto Santoro
Succeeded byTim Nicholls
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Anne Clark

(1953-11-06) 6 November 1953
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
OccupationActress

Acting career

She has various credits in film and television to her name. She is possibly best known for her two roles in the cult series Prisoner. She played child killer Bella Albrecht for two episodes in 1979 and Sharon Smart, the victim of a crooked religious cult, for six episodes in 1983. in 1988, Clark played the role of battered wife Kerry Barlow in Home and Away. She was a regular cast member in the series Fire and has also made guest appearances in Cop Shop, Matlock Police, The Sullivans, Kingswood Country, A Country Practice and Echo Point. She also was a presenter on the long-running children's program Play School.

Film credits include: Mad Dog Morgan, Blue Fin, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Touch and Go, Kitty and the Bagman and Annie's Coming Out.

Political career

In 2001 she defeated Santo Santoro in the normally safe Liberal seat of Clayfield in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[2] Even allowing for the massive Labor wave that swept through the state in that election, Clark's election was considered a shock result.

She was briefly Minister for Indigenous Affairs in the government of Peter Beattie, She was involved in the so-called "Winegate" affair. A bottle of wine was taken aboard a government jet travelling to a "dry" indigenous community in North Queensland. Two of Clark's staff were moved from their jobs over the affair, and after an independent inquiry Clark was cleared of any wrongdoing.[3][4][5]

She lost the seat, the most marginal in Queensland, at the 2006 Queensland Election.

References
  1. "Clark, Elizabeth Anne (Liddy)". Former Members. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. "2006 Queensland Election. Clayfield Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. Landers, Kim (12 March 2004). "Winegate". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  4. Townsend, Ian (8 March 2004). "Bottle of wine causing headaches for Qld Govt". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  5. McKechnie, Kirrin (4 March 2005). "Circuit Breaker". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Santo Santoro		 Member for Clayfield
2001–2006		 Succeeded by
Tim Nicholls
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.