- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2079
Sharpe, Penelope (Penny) Gail
(1970 – )- Born 22 October, 1970, Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Occupation Councillor, Parliamentarian, Policy adviser
Summary
Penny Sharpe was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 11 October 2005 for the balance of the term of service of Hon. C. M. Tebbutt (resigned). She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. She was re-elected in 2011. In 2015 she resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Newtown but was unsuccessful. She was then re-appointed to the Legislative Council to fill her own vacancy.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Sharpe, Penelope (1970-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-731058
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html