12 Facts About Michael Organ

Michael Keith Organ was born on 22 September 1956 and is a former Australian politician and archivist.

Michael Organ was an Australian Greens member of the Australian House of Representatives between 2002 and 2004, representing the Division of Cunningham, New South Wales.

Michael Organ was the first member of the Greens to win a seat in the House of Representatives, having won a by-election which the Liberal Party did not contest.

Michael Organ's mother was a hospital domestic and his father was a brickworker.

Michael Organ studied geology at the University of Wollongong and completed a post-graduate diploma in archive administration at the University of New South Wales, where he subsequently took up a post as an archivist.

In 2005, Organ discovered a print of the 1927 film Metropolis containing missing scenes.

Michael Organ was endorsed by the South Coast Labour Council and received strong preference flows from two popular independent candidates, David Moulds and Peter Wilson.

Michael Organ ran for a full term as member for Cunningham in the 2004 general election.

Michael Organ was again selected as the Greens candidate for Cunningham in the 2007 federal election, but failed to regain the seat from Bird, who was re-elected on first preferences.

Michael Organ said that the development was inappropriate, threatened European and Indigenous cultural heritage, threatened wetlands and a green corridor.

Michael Organ co-authored a Greens policy on Tibet, which supported the right of Tibetans to self-determination and the Dalai Lama's Middle Way approach.

Michael Organ was the only member of the House of Representatives to propose anti-discrimination amendments to the Howard Government's amendments to the Marriage Act in 2004.