Rebekha Sharkie
Rebekha Sharkie | |
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Sharkie speaking in the House of Representatives in 2025 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Mayo | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2018 | |
| In office 2 July 2016 – 11 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jamie Briggs |
| Second Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2022 | |
| Speaker | Milton Dick |
| Preceded by | Sharon Claydon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebekha Carina Che 24 August 1972 Torbay, England |
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| Political 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 |
| Residence | Birdwood, South Australia |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
| Occupation | Legal researcher (Liberal Party of Australia) Policy adviser (Department for Communities and Social Inclusion) |
| Profession | Paralegal |
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| Website | www |
Rebekha Carina Sharkie (née Che; born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician and member of the Centre Alliance party. She is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Mayo in South Australia.
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.