Christine Ann Wheeler was appointed to the Supreme Court bench in October 1996. She was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal which commenced on 1 February, 2005.
She was admitted to practice in December 1980. As Assistant Crown Solicitor from 1984-1988 she headed the Policy and Law Reform Unit. From 1988 to 1994 she held the positions of Senior Assistant Crown Solicitor and Senior Assistant Crown Counsel.
From May 1994 she practised at the Bar, principally in the areas of constitutional and administrative law. In 1994 she became the first woman in Western Australia to be appointed Queen's Counsel.
During 1995-96 she sat as a Commissioner in the District and Supreme Courts of Western Australia and in 1994 held the position of part-time Judicial Registrar of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia.
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