Sharman Stone
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sharman Nancy Stone Template:Post-nominals (née Bawden; born 23 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party. She subsequently served as the Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls from when Natasha Stott Despoja stepped down from the role in late 2016[1] until 2020.
Background
Stone was born in Pyramid Hill, Victoria, the daughter of Harvey Bawden and Nancy Chalmers. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), from La Trobe University with a Master of Arts, from Hawthorn College of Advanced Education with a Graduate Diploma of Education, and was awarded a PhD by Monash[2] . She was Manager of International Development at the University of Melbourne, Director of Communications at the Victorian Farmers Federation, and a farmer before entering politics.[3]
Political career
Elected to federal parliament at the 1996 federal election, Stone was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in October 1998. Following the re-election of the Howard government in October 2004, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration. On 27 January 2006 she was appointed Minister for Workforce Participation, succeeding Peter Dutton.
After the defeat of the Howard government in November 2007, Stone took up the role of Shadow Minister for Environment, Heritage, the Arts and Indigenous Affairs. Following Malcolm Turnbull's defeat of Brendan Nelson for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and the retirement of Senator Chris Ellison, Stone became Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the subsequent reshuffle. Stone announced her retirement from politics on 26 March 2016,[4] which took effect from the double dissolution of the Australian Parliament on 9 May, in advance of the 2016 federal election on 2 July.[5]
Author
Stone is an author of numerous publications on race relations, environment and geology (with Doug Stone) among others, including Aborigines in White Australia (London and Melbourne, 1974).
Stone was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the community through executive positions".[6]
References
External links
- La Trobe University Alumni Graduate Profiles
- "Pioneer to politics by Catherine Naghten", Agora – The Magazine for La Trobe University Graduates
- Ministerial Website
- "The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP", Australian Parliament House
- Personal website
- Pages with script errors
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Murray
- Australian non-fiction writers
- Monash University alumni
- La Trobe University alumni
- Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Women government ministers of Australia
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- Ambassadors of Australia
- Australian women diplomats
- 20th-century Australian women politicians
- Australian MPs 1996–1998
- Australian MPs 1998–2001
- Australian MPs 2001–2004
- Australian MPs 2004–2007
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- Australian MPs 2010–2013
- Australian MPs 2013–2016