Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian (born February 25, 1953) is a political figure from the

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territory of the

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. When her brother

Steve Christian Steven Raymond Christian (born 26 June 1951, Pitcairn Island) is a politician, convicted sex offender and child rapist from the Pitcairn Islands. He was mayor of the islands from 1999 until 2004, when he was removed from office after being fo ...

was removed from the office of

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following the 2004 Pitcairn child sexual abuse trial, she served as interim mayor of the islands.

Biography

Christian was born and raised on Pitcairn and is the daughter of former island political leader

Ivan Christian Ivan Roa Christian (31 May 1919 – 1991) was a politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984.John Carter, ''Pacific Islands Yearbook'' (1984), p. 366 As his surname suggests, he is descended from the ...

and his wife Verna Carlene "Dobrey" Young. She lived in the

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for a time, but returned to the island around 1999 and has served as the island's sole

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. Except for 2003, she has been a member of the Island Council continuously since 2000. She stood for election in her own right, but in the special election held on 15 December, she was defeated by

Jay Warren Jay Calvin Warren (born 29 July 1956) is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands. Political roles Jay Warren was elected mayor of the last remaining British dependency in Oceania in the general election held on ...

, the former

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(whose office was renamed ''Mayor'' in 1999 following a constitutional revision). Her stated goal as mayor of the Pitcairn Islands was to make the islands a more attractive destination for

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. In 2004 Brenda Christian served the territory as its first female

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from 8 November to 15 December 2004. She was appointed to the Mayoralty in an interim capacity by the Island Council, following her brother

's dismissal by the

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, in the wake of his child rape convictions on 30 October 2004.

Ancestry

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Biography

Ancestry

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