Christine Gwyther

Christine Gwyther
Official portrait, 2003
Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
12 May 1999 – 25 July 2000
First MinisterAlun Michael
Preceded byGovernment Established
Succeeded byCarwyn Jones
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
In office
6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Preceded byNew Assembly
Succeeded byAngela Burns
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Pembroke Dock, Wales
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity College Cardiff
OccupationPolitician

Christine Margery Gwyther (born 1959) is a Welsh Labour politician, who served as Member of the Welsh Assembly for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1999 to 2007, having won the seat in the first National Assembly for Wales elections in 1999. She was also the first person to hold responsibility for Agriculture in the Welsh Government, serving as Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development from May 1999 to July 2000. She lost her seat in the 2007 Welsh Assembly Elections, to Conservative candidate Angela Burns.