Steve Christian
| Steve Christian | |
|---|---|
| 1st Mayor of Pitcairn Islands | |
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In office 7 December 1999 – 8 November 2004 |
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| Preceded by |
Jay Warren as Magistrate |
| Succeeded by | Brenda Christian |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 June 1951 Pitcairn Islands |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Olive Jal Brown (m. 1972) |
| Children | Trent Randy Shawn Tania |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
Steven Raymond Christian (born 26 June 1951, Pitcairn Island) is a political figure and child rapist from the Pitcairn Islands.
Christian was the Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands, a British dependency in the Pacific Ocean, from 7 December 1999 to 30 October 2004. He also acted as the island's supervising engineer, dentist, radiographer, and as coxswain of the longboat, which is described as Pitcairn's umbilical cord to the outside world. He was formally dismissed from office on 30 October 2004, following his rape conviction on 24 October.
Christian is a patrilineal descendant of Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutineers in the late 18th century on the HMS Bounty, a story told in the 1932 Nordoff and Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty, and several subsequent motion picture versions. He is the son of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene "Dobrey" Young, a descendant of Ned Young. Ivan Roa Christian is the son of Richard Charles Edgar Christian and nephew of Charles Richard Parkin Christian, and is the grandson of Francis Hickson Christian. Public respect for Steve Christian's lineage gave him considerable influence long before he held political office, first as a member of the Island Council in 1976. He again served on the Council in 1982, and was briefly Chairman of the Internal Committee (considered the second-most influential political position on the island) in 1985. He was to hold this position again in 1991 and 1992, 1994 and 1995, and 1998 and 1999, when he was elected as the island's first mayor. The title was new but the office was not: the mayor had previously been known as the magistrate.
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