Stone, Sharman (1951 - )

Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage on 21 October 1998, Sharman Stone also served as Vice-President of the Executive Council. She was elected MHR (Lib.) for Murray, Victoria, in 1996.

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.

Online Resources

• Australian Parliament House, 'The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP, Member for Murray (Vic)', in Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/. [ Details... ]

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]