Christabel Marguerite Alain Chamarette (b. May 1, 1948) was a Greens Western AustraliaSenator for Western Australia from 1992 to 1996. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...
Chamarette trained as a clinical psychologist. She was appointed to the Senate in 1992, following the resignation of Jo Vallentine, she was defeated at the 1996 general election, her term ended on June 30, 1996. Josephine Vallentine (b. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
SenatorChristabelChamarette is bemused by the recent flood of attention that the two federal parliamentary representatives of the Greens (WA) have received from the mass media.
Chamarette and Margetts (who was elected to the Senate in March this year), had their first meeting on August 25 with environment and social justice groups to look at the proposed fuel tax.
Chamarette believes that Independents and minor parties have an important role to play in the Senate.