Sir Vernon Howard Colville Christie (17 December 1909 – 4 November 1994) was an Australian politician. He was born in Manly to accountant Colville Christie and Ilma Marion Allen. He was the grand-nephew of New South Wales politician Sir Arthur Renwick. The family travelled a great deal, and Christie was educated at Mount Morgan in

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, Hobart in

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and at North Sydney Boys' High School.Parliament of Victoria – Re-Member From 1928 he was a pastoral inspector for Australian Estates Company in west Queensland, becoming a sales manager from 1931. On 24 October 1936 he married Joyce Crozet Hamlin, with whom he had three children. He moved to

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in 1939 and became executive assistant director of Aircraft Production; he was later director of Webb Brothers (from 1944) and Auto Cultivators Ltd (1944–45), as well as having a senior role in several other companies. In 1955 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Ivanhoe. In 1956 he was Chairman of Committees, holding that post until 1961 and again from 1965 to 1967. He was elected

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in 1967, and held the post until his retirement from politics in 1973. Knighted in 1972, he retired to

after leaving politics. Christie died in 1994.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Vernon 1909 births 1994 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Knights Bachelor 20th-century Australian politicians People educated at North Sydney Boys High School Politicians from Sydney