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Stone, Sharman Nancy (1951 - )

The Honourable; Dr

Born
23 May 1951
Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian
Alternative Names
  • Bawden, Sharman Nancy (maiden name)
Website
http://www.sharmanstone.com/

Summary

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Sharman Stone was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament representing the electorate of Murray, Victoria in 1996. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage on 21 October 1998. She also served as Vice-President of the Executive Council. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

Details

Sharman Stone completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Monash University; a Master of Arts from La Trobe University; a Graduate Diploma of Education from Hawthorn CAE; and a PhD from Monash.

Before her election to Federal Parliament, she worked as a Doctoral Research Fellow at Monash University's Department of Economics and Business. She has been a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committees on Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs (from 25 May 1996); and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (from 4 June 1997). Stone was a member of the Public Accounts Joint Statutory Committee from 29 May 1996 to 1 January 1998 and the Public Accounts and Audit from 1 January 1998.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=EM6, accessed 5/12/2001; http://www.ea.gov.au/minister/ps/, accessed 5/12/2001.

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See also

  • Fitzherbert, Margaret, So Many Firsts: Liberal Women from Enid Lyons to the Turnbull Era, The Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW, 2009, 286 pp. Details
  • Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 5 December 2001, Last modified: 28 September 2010

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