Famous People with Name Wilkie

Mapu Tangatatutai Taia            Origin/Culture/Country: Cook Islander

Mapu Tangatatutai Taia: is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is deputy leader of the Cook Islands Democratic Party, and represents the constituency of Penrhyn. He first entered Parliament in a by-election in 2002, standing for the Cook Islands Party. Early in his political career he challenged the eligibility of two Government MPs to sit, on the grounds that they worked as paid consultants and were therefore public servants. The challenge was ultimately unsuccessful. After being narrowly re-elected in the 2004 election, Rasmussen was brought into the coalition Cabinet of Jim Marurai, replacing Piho Rua as Minister of Culture and Tourism. He was later elevated to Foreign Minister. He switched his allegiance to the Democratic Party shortly before the 2006 elections, and as a result was elected unopposed. He was elected deputy leader of the Democratic Party in August, 2007, replacing Tepure Tapaitau[9] and currently holds the portfolios of Finance & Economic Management, Attourney-General, and the Pearl Authority.

Leslie Andrew Alexander Wilkie            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Leslie Andrew Alexander Wilkie: was an Australian artist, president of the Royal South Australian Society of Artists in 1932[1].Wilkie came first into notice in 1902 when he showed some very promising work at the Victorian Artists' Society exhibition. He went to Europe in 1904 for further study, and after his return to Australia was appointed acting master of the drawing school at Melbourne while Frederick McCubbin was on leave. Wilkie was elected a member of the council of the Victorian Artists Society, and after the foundation of the Australian Art Association was its honorary secretary for three years. In September 1926 he was appointed curator of the Art Gallery of South Australia at Adelaide and proved himself a most efficient and painstaking officer. In 1934 he joined a University of Adelaide anthropological expedition to Central Australia where painted portraits of Aborigines near Cooper Creek.

John Wilkie            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Wilkie: is an Australian slalom canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Andrew Damien Wilkie            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Andrew Damien Wilkie: is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Denison. He was formerly an army officer and then intelligence analyst. In 2003 Wilkie resigned from his position in the Office of National Assessments, an Australian intelligence agency, over

Kim Wilkie            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Kim Wilkie: Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan, Western Australia. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, and was a Y