Christine Fyffe
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Christine Fyffe
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| office = Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 4 February 2014
| term_end = 23 December 2014
| deputy = Paul Weller
| predecessor = Ken Smith
| successor = Telmo Languiller
| constituency_AM1 = Evelyn
| assembly1 = Victorian Legislative
| term_start1 = 25 November 2006
| term_end1 = 24 November 2018
| predecessor1 = Heather McTaggart
| successor1 = Bridget Vallence
| term_start2 = 17 September 1999
| term_end2 = 30 November 2002
| predecessor2 = Jim Plowman
| successor2 = Heather McTaggart
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|12|10}}
| birth_place = Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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| party = Liberal Party
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| children = 5
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| website = {{URL|christinefyffe.com.au}}
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Christine Ann Fyffe (born 10 December 1944) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2018, representing Evelyn.
Personal life
Fyffe was born in Staffordshire, England, and was educated at Oldfield Hall Girls' School in the United Kingdom. She arrived in Australia in 1967, later creating with her recently married husband David, the Yarra Burn Winery and Restaurant at Yarra Junction. She now has five children. She supports the Essendon Football Club.{{cite web |url=http://www.christinefyffe.com.au/about_christine__evelyn |title=About Christine & Evelyn - Christine Fyffe MP |accessdate=2010-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222195557/http://www.christinefyffe.com.au/about_christine__evelyn |archivedate=22 February 2011 |df=dmy-all }}
Political career
Fyffe was a vigneron before entering politics, and was appointed by the Kennett State Government as a Commissioner for the Yarra Ranges Shire for the period 1994–97. In 1999, she was selected as the Liberal candidate for Evelyn following the retirement of sitting member Jim Plowman.{{cite web
| last = Parliament of Victoria
| authorlink = Parliament of Victoria
| title = Fyffe, Christine Ann
| work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851
| publisher = Parliament of Victoria
| year = 2008
| url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=93
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| doi =
| accessdate = 6 April 2009}}
In 2002, Fyffe was defeated by Labor candidate Heather McTaggart in the massive Labor landslide of that year. At the following election in 2006, Fyffe again contested Evelyn and defeated McTaggart.
In 2010, Fyffe was elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, under Speaker Ken Smith. When Smith resigned as Speaker on 4 February 2014, the Assembly voted Fyffe in as his replacement.{{cite news|title=Ken Smith resigns, Christine Fyffe becomes the new Speaker|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-04/victorian-parliamentary-speaker-resigns/5237488|accessdate=4 February 2014|newspaper=ABC News|date=4 February 2014}}
In October 2016 it was announced that Fyffe would be retiring from her seat at the 2018 election.{{cite web|url=https://vic.liberal.org.au/News/2016-10-21/retirement-of-christine-fyffe|access-date=2 May 2023|date=21 October 2016
|website=vic.liberal.org.au|title=Retirement of Christine Fyffe}}
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Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Category:English emigrants to Australia
Category:People from Uttoxeter
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly