Elizabeth Anne Clark (born 6 November 1953), is an Australian former politician with theLabor Party in the Queensland Legislature who held the seat forClayfield and also an actress of television and film, director, producer and presenter, credited asLiddy Clark andLiddy Clarke.^[1]

Clark has various film and television credits to her name. She is possibly best known however, for her two small screen roles in the cult seriesPrisoner. She played child killer Bella Albrecht for two episodes in 1979 and Sharon Smart, the victim of a crooked religious cult, for six episodes in 1983.

In 1988, Clark played the role of battered wifeKerry Barlow inHome and Away.She was a regular cast member in the seriesFire and has made guest appearances inCop Shop,Matlock Police,The Sullivans,Kingswood Country,A Country Practice andEcho Point. She also featured in thePrisoner re-imagining seriesWentworth.

She was a presenter on the long-running children's programPlay School.

Clark's film credits includeMad Dog Morgan,Blue Fin,The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith,Touch and Go,Kitty and the Bagman andAnnie's Coming Out.

In the1998 Queensland state election, she challenged Liberal ministerSanto Santoro in the normally safe Liberal seat ofClayfield. While Santoro defeated her on the first count, Clark picked up a seven percent two-party swing to make the seat marginal.

In2001 she challenged Santoro again, and this time won.^[2] Even allowing for the massive Labor wave that swept through the state in that election, Clark's election was considered a shock result. She was reelected in2004.

She was briefly Minister for Indigenous Affairs in the government ofPeter Beattie. She was involved in the so-called "Winegate" affair. A bottle of wine was taken aboard a government jet travelling to a "dry" indigenous community in North Queensland. Two of Clark's staff were moved from their jobs over the affair, and after an independent inquiry Clark was cleared of any wrongdoing.^[3][4][5]

She lost the seat, the most marginal in Queensland, at the2006 Election.

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