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About Tom Helm (politician)
- Thomas Richard Helm (born 5 April 1941) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Bootle in England and arrived in Australia in 1980.
- He was a rigger before entering politics.
- In 1986 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member for North Province, moving to Mining and Pastoral from 1989.
- From 1993 to 1997 he was Opposition Whip, and from 1997 to 2000 he was Shadow Minister for Works and Services.
- However, he resigned from the Labor Party on 27 July 2000 to sit as an independent, and was defeated at the 2001 election.
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