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 Queensland, Hobart in Tasmania and at North Sydney Boys' High School.[1][2] 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 Melbourne 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 Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal and Country Party member for Ivanhoe. In 1956 he was Chairman of Committees, holding that post until 1961 and again from 1965 to 1967. He was elected Speaker in 1967, and held the post until his retirement from politics in 1973. Knighted in 1972, he retired to Queensland after leaving politics. Christie died in 1994.[3]
^Sydney Morning Herald of Monday 19 January 1925 records Intermediate Certificate passes from North Sydney boys High and included is name of Vernon Howard Christie with pass of IB 2B 4B BA GA 7A OB 10A
^Parliament of Victoria – Re-Member
^Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Christie, Sir Vernon Howard Colville". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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