Luke Simpkins

Luke Simpkins
Member of the Australian Parliament for Cowan
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2007
Preceded by	Graham Edwards
Majority	6.2%
Personal details
Born	8 June 1964 (1964-06-08) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Website	http://www.lukesimpkinsmp.com
Military service
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1988–2002
Rank	Major

Luke Xavier Linton Simpkins (born 8 June 1964) is an Australian 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. [1]

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 School 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. [2]

At the 2010 election Luke was re-elected with an increased majority achieving a swing of 5.01% [3] against Labor candidate Chas Hopkins.

External links

• Parliament of Australia Profile
• Luke Simpkins MP Federal Member for Cowan
• Liberal Party of Western Australia Profile

• Search or browse Hansard for Luke Simpkins at OpenAustralia.org

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Graham Edwards	Member for Cowan 2007–present	Incumbent