Rebekha Sharkie
Rebekha Sharkie | |
|---|---|
Sharkie in 2025 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Mayo | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Herself |
| In office 2 July 2016 – 11 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jamie Briggs |
| Succeeded by | Herself |
| Second Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
| In office 26 July 2022 – 31 March 2025 Serving with Ian Goodenough[1] | |
| Speaker | Milton Dick |
| Preceded by | Sharon Claydon |
| Succeeded by | Terry Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebekha Carina Che 24 August 1972 Torbay, England |
| Party | Centre Alliance (2013–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (2010–2012) |
| Spouses | Kain Selby-Fullgrabe
(m. 1998; div. 2008)Nathan Sharkie (m. 2009) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
| Occupation | Legal researcher (Liberal Party of Australia) Policy adviser (Department for Communities and Social Inclusion) |
| Profession | Paralegal |
| Signature | |
| Website | www |
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.
Rebekha Carina Sharkie (née Che; born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for the South Australian division of Mayo since 2016. She is a member of the Centre Alliance party, and has been its sole member of parliament since 2020.
At the 2016 federal election she defeated Liberal Jamie Briggs, and was the first Nick Xenophon Team member to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives. On 11 May 2018, Sharkie resigned from the House of Representatives as a part of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis. She contested the 2018 Mayo by-election on 28 July, and was returned to parliament.