Christine Scipio-O'DeanChristine Scipio-O'Dean (born 1971[1]) is a politician from Saint Helena, who was a supporter of the approval of same-sex marriage in Saint Helena. CareerScipio-O'Dean was first elected councillor in 2012,[2] as a result of a by-election after the resignation of Tara Thomas, and became one of two women councillors alongside Bernice Olsson.[3] Prior to her political career she worked as a teacher and in finance administration. She was re-elected in 2013,[1] and was appointed Executive Councillor for Education.[4] In 2014 she attended the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Cameroon.[5] In 2017 she was re-elected to the Legislative Council and was appointed as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the Economic Development Committee.[1] That year she supported the approval of same-sex marriage in Saint Helena.[6][7] In 2019 she attended the 6th British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference in Jersey.[8] In 2020 she attended the British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference, hosted by the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly.[9] In 2021, Scipio-O'Dean was re-elected to the Legislative Council.[10] ReferencesWikiquote has quotations related to Christine Scipio-O'Dean.
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