- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1988
Russell, Karen
- Occupation Architect, Manager
Summary
Karen Russell is a committed Christian who represented the Christian Democrat Party in the House of Representatives election for Dobell, 1998 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for The Entrance, 1999. She gave up architecture in 1993 in order to manage a Christian bookstore. The shop doubles as a youth drop-in centre. Karen is married to Geoff Russell and they have two children. They are members of The Entrance District Baptist Church.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Russell, Karen, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-751051
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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