20 Facts About Madeleine Ogilvie

Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie was born on 25 January 1969 and is an Australian lawyer and politician.

Madeleine Ogilvie is a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Clark and is a minister in the Second Rockliff ministry.

Madeleine Ogilvie re-entered parliament as an independent member representing Clark in September 2019 after a recount, and then joined the Liberal Party to contest the 2021 state election.

Madeleine Ogilvie 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.

Madeleine Ogilvie later obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania, and a Graduate Certificate in Business from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Madeleine Ogilvie was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1994.

Madeleine Ogilvie was a lawyer at the Insurance and Superannuation Commission, Allens and CSIRO.

Madeleine Ogilvie 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.

Madeleine Ogilvie was later General Manager Commercial and Contracts with Telstra Corporation responsible for some of Australia's largest telecommunications deals.

Madeleine Ogilvie first stood for election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the 2010 state election.

Madeleine Ogilvie received 522 first preference votes, but was not elected.

Madeleine Ogilvie 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.

Madeleine Ogilvie was the only new Labor member elected in an election that saw the Labor Party lose government and several seats.

Madeleine 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 and writing critical messages outside her electorate office.

Madeleine 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.

Madeleine Ogilvie is a passionate advocate against pokies and revenge porn.

Madeleine Ogilvie has advocated for statewide discussion on Aboriginal treaty rights.

Madeleine Ogilvie was narrowly elected to the fifth and last seat of Clark after 11 days of counting and beating Liberal-turned-independent and speaker Sue Hickey to the position.

Madeleine Ogilvie's win allowed the Liberals to cling to a one-seat majority.

Madeleine Ogilvie is married to William Doyle, with four children.