Jane Furneaux Garrett was a politician from Australia who died on July, 2,2022.
She represented Brunswick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor Party member from 2010 until 2018, when she went to the Victorian Legislative Council to represent Eastern Victoria.
She was 49.
Jane Garrett health: What illness did Jane Garrett have
She had cancer that recurred in 2022 leading to her eventual death.
Garrett was named Minister for Emergency Services and Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming, and Liquor Regulation in the newly-elected Andrews Labor administration after being re-elected in 2014.
Garrett served as shadow cabinet secretary before the 2014 state election.
Garrett resigned from the Andrews Ministry on June 9, 2016, following a dispute over an enterprise bargaining agreement between the Country Fire Authority (CFA), the United Firefighters Union, and the Victorian government.
Garrett declared on September 27, 2017, that she would not run for Brunswick in the upcoming state election and would instead seek preselection for the Victorian Legislative Council seat of the Western Metropolitan Region.
