Christabel Chamarette

Christabel Marguerite Alain Chamarette, sometimes known as Christabel Bridge (born 1 May 1948) is a former Greens Senator for Western Australia from 1992 to 1996.

Personal life

Born in Hyderabad, India in 1948, and French Huguenot ancestry. She has worked as a community worker in Bangladesh and later as a clinical psychologist at Fremantle Prison. and delayed the Mabo legislation by demanding the inclusion of mineral rights in the compensation package for native title holders.

She was defeated at the 1996 general election; her term ended on 30 June 1996.

After politics

She was an expert consultant to the Department of Justice and was appointed to the Western Australian parole board in 2002. She was one of four members who resigned in 2005 in protest against the State Government's response to the Mahoney inquiry.

Chamarette was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 Australia Day Honours for "service to community health, particularly as a psychologist".