Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian (born 25 February 1953) is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.
Christian was born and raised on Pitcairn[1] and is the daughter of former island political leader Ivan Christian and his wife Verna Carlene "Dobrey" Young.
[2] She stood for election in her own right,[3] but in the special election held on 15 December, she was defeated by Jay Warren, the former Magistrate (whose office was renamed Mayor in 1999 following a constitutional revision).
In 2004 Brenda Christian served the territory as its first female Mayor from 8 November[1] to 15 December 2004.
She was appointed to the Mayoralty in an interim capacity by the Island Council, following her brother Steve Christian's dismissal by the colonial Governor, in the wake of his child rape convictions on 30 October 2004.