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.
Her nomination was defeated by Ingrid Stitt, branch secretary of the Australian Services Union, who was supported by Labor’s left-wing. She was, however, afterward preselected to lead the Labor ticket in the Eastern Victoria Region.
She was 49 when she died.
What type of cancer of cancer did Jane Garrett have?
She had breast cancer that usually recurred.
Jane Garrett was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. Garrett announced on Facebook in November 2016 that she had recently undergone a successful breast cancer surgery.
Garrett served as shadow cabinet secretary before to the 2014 state election.
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 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.
She would be missed dearly.
