Jacquie Petrusma
Jacquie Petrusma | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacqueline Anne Harper 23 March 1966 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Bretton Smith
(m. 1987; div. 1993)Tim Petrusma (m. 1999) |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Jacqueline Anne Petrusma (née Harper; born 23 March 1966) is an Australian politician. The daughter of Barry Harper, a former state cricketer,[1] she was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and worked as a registered nurse before becoming involved in politics.[2] She is married to a nephew of former MLC Hank Petrusma.[3]
Petrusma was educated at Kings Meadows High School, Launceston College and the University of Tasmania, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) in 1995. She has one child from her first marriage, has three children from her second.[4] She stood for the Senate in the 2004 federal election as a Family First Party candidate, coming close to defeating the Greens' Christine Milne on preferences. She contested the Senate again for the party at the 2007 election, but was unsuccessful. In 2010, she became a member of the Liberal Party and was endorsed as a candidate for Franklin at the 2010 state election, defeating Clarence City Councillor Tony Mulder for the second Liberal seat.[2]
She has been Minister for Human Services and Minister for Women in the Hodgman Ministry since the Liberal Party won government in March 2014.
References
- ^ Jacquie PETRUSMA MP … Inaugural speech: 10 June 2010 Archived 11 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ a b http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2010/03/the-candidates-for-franklin.html
- ^ "Parliamentary Library Profile". Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ Who's Who in Australia 2013, Crown Content, 2012.
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