Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Greens (WA)
Member since inception circa 1990 |
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22 May 1997 |
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South West |
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Electorates
- MLC South West Region 22 May 1997–21 May 2005. Elected to the Thirty-fifth Parliament for South West Region on 14 December 1996 for term commencing 22 May 1997. Re-elected 2001 (for term commencing 22 May 2001). Retired 21 May 2005.
Committees
- Chair Standing Committee on Ecologically Sustainable Development 26 June 1997–10 January 2001
- Member (chair from 1 August 2001) Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs 28 June 2001–21 May 2005
Historical Notes
- First woman to chair a Standing Committee of the Western Australian Parliament
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Environmental Protection (Land Clearance) Amendment Bill 2001 Legislative Council Second Reading - 19/12/2001
High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 Bill Defeated - 17/6/1999
Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Cannabis Cautioning Notices) Bill 1999 Legislative Council Second Reading - 10/3/1999
Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Cannabis Cautioning Notices) Bill 1999 Legislative Council Third Read - 6/4/2000
Poisons Amendment (Cannabis for Medical and Commercial Uses) Bill 1999 Legislative Council Second Reading - 19/10/1999
Poisons Amendment (Cannabis for Medical and Commercial Uses) Bill 1999 Legislative Council Second Reading - 10/3/1999
Wildlife Conservation (Fauna Protection) Amendment Bill 2002 Second reading not agreed to - 15/5/2003 |
| Inaugural Speech |
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 Sharp, Christine, Valedictory Speech.pdf |
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2005 |
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Personal Information |
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18 November 1947 |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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18 May 2021 |
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Western Australia |
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1973 |
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Daughter of Alfred William Sharp, company director, and Phyllis Maude Nelly Landsborough (nee Stone) |
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Partner: Andrew Gabriel Thamo
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Buddhist |
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Educated Bishopshalt Grammar School, England, UK
Sheffield University, UK—Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons)
University of Kent, UK—Master of Arts (MA)
Murdoch University— Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (thesis topic 1983 in area of politics and ethics–Perspectives on the Shannon)
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Farmer |
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Tree farmer |
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Member, Donnybrook–Balingup Shire Council, 1983–1985 |
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Member, (first woman) Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia 1989–1995
Member, International Dendrology Society
Co-founder, Golden Valley Tree Park
Attended 2020 Summit in 2008 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 234.
Parliament of Western Australia, Former Members, Parliament of Western Australia website, accessed 21 May 2014. |
| Bibliography |
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 Chapter 42. Christine Sharp Making a Difference.pdf
Transcript of an interview with Christine Sharp, 2006 (State Library and WA Parliament Library).
 Sharp, Christine, Oral History.pdf |