Penny Sharpe

Quick Facts

Full Name	Penny Sharpe
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 22, 1970(1970-10-22)
Age	54
Birthplace	Canberra
Country	Australia
Birth City	Australian Capital Territory
Horoscope	Libra

Penny Sharpe Biography

Penny Sharpe is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 22, 1970 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Penelope Gail Sharpe (born 22 October 1970) is an Australian politician from Australia. She has been an elected Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005, and has represented Labor Party members. Labor Party.

In March of 2015, Sharpe resigned from the Legislative Council to contest the lower house seat in Newtown at the state election. Sharpe was not successful in her bid, with Jenny Leong of the Greens winning the seat. She she later announced her intention to contest preselection and be reappointed to fill the vacancy created by her resignation.

In 2018, Sharpe successfully led a cross-party process to amend the Public Health Act to legislate for ‘safe-access zones’, making the practice of harassing women entering clinics and hospitals providing terminations illegal. Some commentary noted that this was the first time a Bill introduced by a Labor MP had successfully passed the NSW Parliament since the ALP had lost government seven years earlier.

In the Labor Party leadership contest in November 2018, Sharpe was elected Deputy Leader under Michael Daley. After Daley’s resignation in the aftermath of the March 2019 state election, Sharpe became interim Leader, serving until the June leadership election, which she did not contest. She was succeeded as leader by Jodi McKay and as deputy leader by Yasmin Catley.

Sharpe’s formal appointment to her position on the Legislative Council was announced in the latter part of September, 2005. This immediately drew a lot of media interest due to her situation as a mom of a lesbian — particularly since she’d be in the same position as the conservative Liberal David Clarke and Christian Democratic Party fiery Fred Nile. Sharpe was largely reticent to discuss about her private life during the aftermath of the controversy however she did announce her goals for the future as improving education access and removing discrimination against parents of gays. She has also declared her intent to challenge Clarke and Nile with regard to gay rights which was clearly reflected in her first speech to the parliament.

Penny Sharpe Net Worth

Penny Sharpe is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Penny Sharpe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sharpe is a native of Canberra She was born in Canberra, but relocated to Sydney. She pursued a degree in food science in Sydney’s University of New South Wales in Sydney, where she was active in the student political scene. She was elected as president of the University of New South Wales Student Guild in 1993. It was in the same year she began a relationship with her long- time partner, Jo Tilly. Sharpe became a national star in 1994 as she became the head of the National Union of Students. As president she was part of an international campaign to oppose Keating Labor’s reforms to higher education. Keating Labor government’s higher education reforms. She also participated in the somewhat successful Victorian struggle against efforts by the Liberal government to institute an unionism for students that was voluntary.

Sharpe was co-editor in Party Girls: Labor Women A book on the role played by women in the political arena. Sharpe served as an elected Marrickville Council councillor from 2004 until 2008. In the March 2004 local elections, Sharpe won the position of Councillor in the West Ward of Marrickville Council for one term from September 2008.

Sharpe was briefly absent from the Legislative Council in 2015 when she resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Newtown at the 2015 state election. Newtown was a new seat partially replacing Carmel Tebbutt’s abolished seat of Marrickville, which had been left open by Tebbutt’s retirement. Sharpe was defeated in Newtown by Greens candidate Jenny Leong, and was subsequently re-appointed to the Legislative Council to fill her own vacancy.

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Penny Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Penny Sharpe celebrates birthday on October 22 of every year.