Shakir, Khiloud
Migration agent
Khiloud Shakir is a once only candidate for election. She was a One Nation party candidate in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury. Khiloud Shakir was a registered migration agent and worked at the Auburn Migrant Resource Centre Inc. She is a member of the Migration Institute of Australia. She was described as a PhD student in 2001 in the League of Rights magazine On Target.
Shnookal, Deborah Jane
(1953 – )Activist, Editor
Deborah Shnookal was a student activist who ran for election once in New South Wales, before building a career in writing and editing. She represented the Socialist Workers Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Phillip in 1976.
Skinner, Jillian Gell
(1944 – )Journalist, Parliamentarian, Public servant
Jillian Skinner, a Liberal Party member, has been a well known and active Member of Parliament for more than twenty years.. However in her first two attempts to enter parliament via the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore (1984 and 1988) were unsuccessful. Jillian’s luck finally changed in 1994 when she won the seat at the by-election. She was re-elected to the seat in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. Throughout this time Jillian has held the following appointments:
Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, 1995-1999, 2002-2003.
Shadow Minister for Health, 1995-2003, September 2005 to date.
Shadow Minister for Education and Training 2003-2005.
Shadow Minister for the Arts 2003-2008.
Shadow Minister for School Education April-September 2005.
Minister for Medical Research 2011-2015.
Minister for Health, 2011-
Salama, Vivian
(1940 – )Advisor
Vivian Salama ran for election only once. That was as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Lakemba in 1981. Vivian Salama ran for election only once. That was as a Liberal party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Lakemba in 1981. She matriculated at Oxford and Cambridge and completed her teacher training in Egypt in 1973-4. In 1975, Vivian completed an interpreting/translating course at the University of NSW. Vivian Salama was involved in introducing community languages into New South Wales schools.
Smith-Di Francesco, Dianne
Political candidate
Dianne Smith-Di Francesco ran for the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales only once – in 2003 as an Independent for the seat of Wyong. At the time of the election she gave her address as Budgewoi, but gave no other information to the Newcastle Morning Herald and apparently did not distribute election leaflets.
Sampson, Megan Anne
Political candidate
Megan Sampson only ran once for election to the New South Wales parliament but was a multiple candidate for the Federal parliament. In all but her 2002 campaign, when she ran as an Independent, Megan was an Australian Democrats candidate. She ran in the following elections:
House of Representatives for Cunningham in 1980, 1990, 1993 and 2002 by-election.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollongong in 1981.
New South Wales Senate in 1983.
House of Representatives for Macarthur in 1984.
Roberts, Madge Remilion
Political candidate
Madge Remilion Roberts was a long-term Independent candidate who ran for 5 elections:
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lachlan, 1947.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Dubbo, 1950.
House of Representatives, Calare, 1946 and 1954.
House of Representatives, Darling, 1949.
Rooke, Karen
Political candidate
Karen Rooke is a once only candidate for election. She ran for the Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1999. Karen was a member of the Clarence Greens and in 1999 their major concern was the Timbarra Gold Mine and its likely threat to the Clarence River and the important fish breeding sites in its estuary.