Background
As a five year old, McKim emigrated with his family from the UK to Tasmania. He attended the Hutchins School, Kingston High School, then Hobart College. He had a younger brother who was killed by falling off a cliff in Blackmans Bay, Tasmania in the late 1970's. He lived for a number of years in Adelaide, South Australia before moving to Tasmania. Before entering parliament, McKim worked as a wilderness guide and advertising executive.
McKim served time in prison after being arrested during the Farmhouse Creek Blockade in the early 1980s.
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