Madeleine Ogilvie

Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie (born 25 January 1969)[1] is an Australian lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Labor Party in the Division of Denison at the 2014 state election.[2] She ran as a Labor candidate and was defeated at the 2018 state election, but re-entered parliament as an Independent MP in September 2019, replacing Scott Bacon who quit the Parliament.

Madeleine Ogilvie

MP
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Clark
Assumed office
11 September 2019
Preceded byScott Bacon
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Denison
In office
15 March 2014 – 3 March 2018
Personal details
Born (1969-01-25) 25 January 1969
Hobart, Tasmania
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Labor Party
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
University of Tasmania
University of New South Wales
Professionpolitician, lawyer

Early life and education

Ogilvie grew up in Lenah Valley, Tasmania. She was educated at The Friends' School, Hobart College and the University of Melbourne, where she resided at Ormond College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies. She later obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania, and a Graduate Certificate in Business from the Australian Graduate School of Management.[3]

Ogilvie was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1994. She was a lawyer at the Insurance and Superannuation Commission, Allens and CSIRO.[3]

She then worked for UNESCO in France on international cultural heritage law, Indonesia on telecommunications infrastructure projects, and the United States of America, in Silicon Valley. She was later General Manager Commercial and Contracts with Telstra Corporation responsible for some of Australia's largest telecommunications deals. Ogilvie returned to Hobart, Tasmania to raise her family.[4][5]

In 2006 she established a legal practice in Hobart, Ogilvie and Associates. Ogilvie is known for her advocacy of refugee rights.

Political career

Ogilvie first stood for election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the 2010 state election.[1] She received 522 first preference votes, but was not elected.[6]

She was elected at the March 2014 election, receiving 2,156 votes and being the fifth of five candidates elected for the Denison division under the state's Hare-Clark system. Ogilvie was the only new Labor member elected in an election that saw the Labor Party lose government and several seats.[7]

Following the 2014 election, Ogilvie was appointed Shadow Minister for Corrections, Aboriginal Affairs, Small Business, Information Technology and Innovation, and Multicultural Affairs, as well as being appointed Opposition Whip.[8]

Ogilvie briefly made local headlines in December 2015 after voting, in a free vote, against a Tasmanian Greens party motion supporting marriage equality on the basis that it is a federal legislative reform, and in particular her online reaction to the Left faction of the Tasmanian Labor Party drawing a chalk rainbow outside her electorate office and writing defamatory messages on her office. Members of the Left called for Ogilvie to be expelled from the party for not supporting the Greens motion.[9][10]

Ogilvie again came under fire from Labor's Left faction at the Party's 2017 State Conference when she voted against a bill to allow euthanasia in Tasmania. Labor leader Rebecca White allowed a conscience vote, as the motion was put forward as a private member's bill.[11]

Ogilvie is a passionate advocate against pokies and revenge porn. Her stance on pokies was later adopted by the Party.[12] She has also advocated for statewide discussion on Aboriginal treaty rights.[13]

Personal life

Ogilvie is the granddaughter of former Member of the House of Assembly Eric Ogilvie, great-niece of former Premier of Tasmania Albert Ogilvie and stepdaughter of former Governor of Tasmania Peter Underwood.[14] She is married to William Doyle, with four children.[3]

References
  1. "The candidates for Denison". 12 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. "Antony Green – The candidates for Denison". Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. Who's Who in Australia. Crown Content. 2017.
  4. "Emily's List – Madeleine Ogilvie". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. Ogilvie, Madeleine (7 May 2014). "Madeleine Ogilvie MP: Maiden Speech". Parliament of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. "2010 Tasmanian Election – Denison". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. Green, Antony. "Denison 2014 – Following the Count". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  8. "The Labor Shadow Ministry". Parliament of Tasmania. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  9. Richards, Blair (7 December 2015). "I will not be bullied over same-sex marriage, declares Labor MP Madeleine Ogilvie". The Mercury (Hobart). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  10. Shannon, Lucy (8 December 2015). "Tasmanian Labor MP in social media spat with party members over same-sex marriage". ABC Online. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  11. Burgess, Georgie. "Euthanasia vote exposes factional tensions in Tasmanian ALP at state conference". ABC News. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. Burgess, Georgie. "Tasmanian Labor MP Madeleine Ogilvie breaks ranks on poker machines in pubs and clubs". ABC News. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  13. Denholm, Matthew. "Tasmanian Labor promises Aboriginal treaty talks". The Australian. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  14. "Tasmanian Governor Peter Underwood dies". The Australian. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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