Jane Gerick | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Canning | |
| In office 3 October 1998 – 10 November 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Ricky Johnston |
| Succeeded by | Don Randall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1963 Meekatharra, Western Australia |
| Died | 25 December 2003 (aged 40) |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Jane Frances Gerick (23 April 1963 – 25 December 2003) was an Australian politician. She served for one term as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2001, representing the division of Canning, Western Australia.[1]
Early life
Gerick was born on 23 April 1963 in Meekatharra, Western Australia.[2] Her father, whom she described in her maiden speech as "one of the major influences on my life", died when she was a teenager. She grew up in the remote mining town of Wiluna.[3]
Gerick completed the degree of Bachelor of Education at Curtin University and a diploma in teaching at the Western Australian College of Advanced Education. She worked as a schoolteacher from 1984 to 1990,[2] then was the owner of the City Business College, an adult training provider in Perth.[3]
Politics
Gerick served as secretary of the ALP's Armadale sub-branch from 1991 to 1998 and was a delegate to ALP state and national conferences.[2]
Gerick was elected to federal parliament as one of several new Labor MPs at the 1998 federal election; her party rebounded strongly from its landslide defeat at the 1996 federal election but narrowly failed to win back government. Gerick defeated one term Liberal MP Ricky Johnston.[4] She won with 53.5% of the two party preferred vote. However, a redistribution during the next term scaled back her majority to an extremely marginal 0.4%. A slight drop in the Labor vote to 49.9% at the 2001 federal election saw Gerick defeated by Liberal candidate Don Randall.[5]
Personal life
In February 2001, Gerick was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.[6] In 2003, she was endorsed for a re-match against Randall for an election due the following year. However, Gerick died of a brain haemorrhage on Christmas Day 2003.[7]
References
- ↑ Jane Gerick, Parliamentary Library
- 1 2 3 "Ms Jane Gerick MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- 1 2 "Maiden speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ 1998 Federal election results: WA
- ↑ 2001 Federal election results: WA
- ↑ "Address-in-Reply Debate" (PDF). Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia. 30 May 2001.
- ↑ "Former federal ALP politician dies". ABC. 26 December 2003.