Jackie Jarvis
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Jackie Jarvis | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West Region | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2021 | |
| Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Small Business | |
| Premier | Mark McGowan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1968 |
| Party | Labor |
Jackie Jarvis (born 14 September 1968)[1] is an Australian politician. Jarvis has served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member for South West since 2021, and as Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Small Business since late 2022.[2]
Jarvis was born in Bletchley, England to an Irish father and English mother and emigrated to Western Australia in 1970.
Prior to her election, Jarvis held a number of agri-business and regional development roles, and was chief executive of the Rural Regional and Remote Women's Network.[3]
In 2014, she won the WA Rural Women's Award[4] and was the runner-up in the national awards.[5]
In 2019, she was named the Rural Community Leader of the Year at the Farmer of the Year Awards.[6]
