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Liddy Clark
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
In office
12 February 2004 – 3 March 2005
PremierPeter Beattie
Preceded byJudy Spence
Succeeded byJohn Mickel
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 (age 71)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor
Occupation
  • Politician (former)
  • actress
  • director
  • producer
  • TV Presenter
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Elizabeth Anne Clark (born 6 November 1953), 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, director, producer and presenter, credited as Liddy Clark and Liddy Clarke.[1]

Acting career

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She has various credits in film and television to her name.

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.

She is possibly best known for her two small screen 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 featured in the Prisoner re-imaging series Wentworth. She was a presenter on the long-running children's program Play School.

Political career

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In the 1998 Queensland state election, she challenged Liberal minister Santo Santoro in the normally safe Liberal seat of Clayfield. While Santoro defeated her on the first count, Clark picked up a seven percent two-party swing to make the seat marginal.

In 2001 she challenged Santoro again, and this time won.[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 reelected in 2004.

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 Election.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1975 Sidecar Racers Cashier Feature film
1976 Caddie Receptionist Feature film
Mad Dog Morgan Alice Feature film
1977 The Importance of Keeping Perfectly Still Film short
Blue Fire Lady Betty (as Liddy Clarke) Feature film
1978 Blue Fin Ruth Pascoe Feature film
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Kate Feature film
1980 Touch and Go Helen Feature film
1982 Cargo Film short
Kitty and the Bagman Kitty O'Rourke Feature film
1983 On Guard Amelia Film short
1984 Annie's Coming Out Sally Clements Feature film
1986 Push Start Film short
1989 To Forget Ghosts Film short
1993 The Nostradamus Kid 'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player Feature film
1998 Waste Feature film
2003 About Face Film short

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1974 Matlock Police Patti TV series, 1 episode
1977 Bluey Esme Fulcher TV series, 1 episode
The Sullivans Marge TV series, 4 episodes
1978-1981 Cop Shop Joanne McPherson / Karen Ashby / Kathy Simpson / Sandra Mazzorino TV series, 6 episodes 3 character roles
1979 Ride On Stranger Shannon TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1979-1980 Don't Ask Us Various characters TV series
1981 A Sporting Chance Jo Travinska TV series, 10 episodes
Holiday Island Meredith TV series, 1 episode
1982; 1992 A Country Practice Louisa Kennedy / Faith Finlay TV series, 2 episodes
1982 Living Together TV pilot
Jonah Pinkey TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1982-1984 Play School Presenter TV series, 5 episodes
1982 Watch This Space Herself TV series
1981; 1983 Prisoner Bella Ulbricht / Sharon Smart TV series, 8 episodes
1980; 1984 Kingswood Country Jennifer / Vicki TV series, 2 episodes
1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode
1986 The Challenge TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Coda Sally Reid TV movie
1988 Home and Away Kerry Barlow TV series, 10 episodes
Swap Shop Dot TV series
Barlow and Chambers: A Long Way From Home (aka Dadah Is Death) Gilda Rickman TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988; 1989 Rafferty's Rules Faye Irwin TV series, 3 episodes
1989 Grim Pickings Verity "Birdie" Birdwood TV miniseries, 2 episodes
Living With The Law TV series
1990 The Flying Doctors Carol TV series, 1 episode
1991 G.P. TV series, 1 episode
1992 A Country Practice Faith Finlay TV series, 3 episodes
1995 Echo Point Iris Delaney TV series, 11 episodes
1995-96 Fire Jean Diamond TV series, 17 episodes
2012 Tangle Dr. Taylor TV series, 1 episode
2015 Wentworth Hazel Fullager TV series, 1 episode

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. 7 September 2006. 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.
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