- Tel:
- (02) 6277 4221
- Fax:
- (02) 6277 8461
- Email:
- Email Sharon
- 427 Hunter St
Newcastle, NSW, 2300 - Tel:
- (02) 4926 1555
- Fax:
- (02) 4926 1895
- Web:
- http://www.sharongrierson.com/
Parliament House
Newcastle Electorate Office
Biography
Sharon was first elected in 2001 - the first woman to represent the federal seat of Newcastle - and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.
Before entering Parliament, Sharon served as a teacher and Principal in the Hunter region. In her professional career she completed extensive management and financial training and studied Arts and Law.
Sharon was a board director of the Honeysuckle Development Corporation for four years and a member of the management committee of the Tinonee Multicultural Village for Aged Care.
Understanding that Newcastle’s continuing challenge is to build a sustainable and diverse economy, Sharon believes that linking our strong industrial foundation in transport, mining, engineering and manufacturing to new endeavours such as our tourism and leisure industry, creative arts, defence technology, medical research, and the CSIRO energy centre, represents the way to a prosperous future.
Building relationships and networks to advance these opportunities for Newcastle is always a focus for her activities.
Electorate Profile
State: New South Wales
Name Derivation: Named after the city of Newcastle which was named by Governor King in 1804.
Area and Location Description: Newcastle covers an area of approximately 335 sq km from Williamtown, Heatherbrae, Millers Forest and Thornton in the north, Lenaghan in the west to Kotara and Adamstown Heights in the south. The main suburbs include Adamstown, Birmingham Gardens, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Cooks Hill, Hamilton, Heatherbrae, Islington, Lambton, Mayfield, Merewether, Newcastle, New Lambton, Sandgate, Shortland, Stockton, The Junction, Tighes Hill, Waratah, Wickham, Williamtown and parts of Adamstown Heights, Jesmond, Kotara, Maryland, Millers Forest, Salt Ash, Thornton and Wallsend.
Products/Industries of the Area: Ship-building and repairs, transport equipment, tourism, tertiary education, food-processing, railway goods, chemicals and heavy engineering. Newcastle is the second largest city in NSW and is a busy port, handling imports and exports.
First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901
Demographic Rating: Provincial
Members:
- GRIERSON, S (ALP) 2001-
- MORRIS, A (ALP) 1983-2001
- JONES, C K (ALP) 1958-1983
- WATKINS, D O (FLP/ALP) 1935-1958
- WATKINS, D (ALP/FLP) 1901-1935