Christian Zahra

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Christian John Zahra (born 8 April 1973), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the seat of McMillan, Victoria. He was born in Malta, and was educated at La Trobe University. He was an electorate officer to a state Member of Parliament, a Project Leader with Gippsland Water, and Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Health Service in Morwell, Victoria, before entering politics. At the time of his election he was the youngest member of the House of Representatives. Appointed the role of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary after the 2001 election, he was amongst the youngest people ever appointed to a shadow ministry; slightly edged out by Paul Keating during the final days of the Whitlam Government.

In the 2004 election, Zahra was defeated by Russell Broadbent.

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Russell Broadbent	Member for McMillan 1998 – 2004	Succeeded by Russell Broadbent

Persondata
NAME	Zahra, Christian John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	8 April 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Malta
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH