Sharman Stone

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The Honourable Dr Sharman Stone MP

Member of the Australian Parliament for Murray
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 March 1996
Preceded by	Bruce Lloyd
Minister for Workforce Participation
In office 27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	Peter Dutton
Succeeded by	Brendan O'Connor
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-23) 23 April 1951 Pyramid Hill, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater	Monash University La Trobe University
Occupation	Farmer

Dr. Sharman Nancy Stone née Bawden (born 23 April 1951), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Murray, Victoria. She was born in Pyramid Hill, Victoria, the daughter of Harvey Bawden and Nancy Chalmers, and was educated at Monash University, where she earned a PhD, and La Trobe University. 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.

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.

She is an author of numerous publications on race relations, environment and geology (with Doug Stone) amongst others, including Aborigines in White Australia (London and Melbourne, 1974).

Sources and External links

La Trobe University Alumni Graduate Profiles
Agora - The Magazine for La Trobe University Graduates
Ministerial Website
Australian Women Biographical Entry
Australian Parliament House
Electoral Office Website

Political offices
Preceded by Peter Dutton	Minister for Workforce Participation 2006–2007	Succeeded by Brendan O'Connor
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Bruce Lloyd	Member for Murray 1996–present	Incumbent

v t e Current members of the Australian House of Representatives from Victoria

Labor (19)	Anna Burke Anthony Byrne Lisa Chesters Michael Danby Mark Dreyfus David Feeney Andrew Giles Alan Griffin Catherine King Jenny Macklin Richard Marles Rob Mitchell Brendan O'Connor Clare O'Neil Joanne Ryan Bill Shorten Kelvin Thomson Maria Vamvakinou Tim Watts

Liberal (14)	Kevin Andrews Bruce Billson Russell Broadbent Josh Frydenberg Sarah Henderson Greg Hunt Kelly O'Dwyer Andrew Robb Tony Smith Sharman Stone Michael Sukkar Dan Tehan Alan Tudge Jason Wood

National (2)	Andrew Broad Darren Chester

Greens (1)	Adam Bandt

Independent (1)	Cathy McGowan

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Persondata
Name	Stone, Sharman Nancy
Alternative names	Bawden, Sharman Nancy (maiden name)
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	23 April 1951
Place of birth	Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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