Bridget Kathleen Archer (born 18 May 1975)[1] is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election.

As a six-week-old baby, she was adopted by bank workers Barry and Marian Whelan, who already had a son and daughter.

[3] In December 2020, Archer publicly criticised the Morrison government's trial of a cashless debit card to deliver welfare payments, stating that she would oppose its use within her own electorate and describing it as a "punitive measure enacted on the presumption that all welfare recipients within the trial areas are incapable of managing their finances and require the government's assistance".

[12] Archer has crossed the floor a number of times, including: In November 2023, it was reported that there was a push by some Liberals for her to leave the party, with fellow northern Tasmanian MP Gavin Pearce supposedly an opponent.

After marrying, they moved to his family property outside George Town, where they farm sheep and beef cattle.