Andrew Southcott
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Dr Andrew John Southcott (born 15 October 1967), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Boothby, South Australia. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and attended Paringa Park Primary School, and St Peter's College. He received his tertiary education at Flinders University and the University of Adelaide, graduating in medicine and economics. He was a medical practitioner before entering politics, serving as an intern and surgical trainee at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a surgical registrar at the Flinders Medical Centre.
He joined the Liberal party in 1989. He also served as the President of the Adelaide Medical Students' Society in 1989. He is regarded as being from the conservative end of the Liberal party, and defeated the former defence minister Robert Hill, a moderate, in a preselection battle for the seat in 1994.
