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penny sharpe in november 2012 -lsb- http://www.pennyfornewtown.org.au personal website -rsb- jemima tilly , redmond tilly and pip tilly canberra 250 australian australian labor party member of the new south wales legislative council 22 october 1970 11 october 2005 6 may 2015 jo tilly file : penny sharpe mlc , nov 2012.jpg penny sharpe
 5 march 2015 penny sharpe university of new south wales
penny sharpe

penelope gail sharpe -lrb- born 22 october 1970 -rrb- is an australian politician .
she was a australian labor party member of the new south wales legislative council from 2005 to 2015 .
sharpe was appointed to the casual vacancy caused by carmel tebbutt 's resignation to stand for a by-election in the legislative assembly seat of marrickville , and was re-elected at the 2011 election .
in 2015 , sharpe resigned from the legislative council to contest the legislative assembly seat of newtown at the 2015 election .
newtown was a new seat partially replacing tebbutt 's abolished seat of marrickville , which had been left open by tebbutt 's retirement .
she was defeated in newtown by greens candidate jenny leong , and was subsequently re-appointed to the legislative council to fill her own vacancy .
sharpe , a mother of three , was the first open lesbian to serve in the new south wales parliament .
