Jackie Jarvis
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]
Policy positions
[edit]As Western Australia’s Minister for Agriculture, Jackie Jarvis supported a nationally agreed plan to phase out battery cages for egg-laying hens by 2036[7] and later stated that she intended to accelerate the transition in Western Australia by four years.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Jarvis lives in Margaret River, where she owns a commercial farm and winery business jarvis estate with her husband, Matt.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hon. Jackie Jarvis MLC". Parliament of Western Australia.
- ^ "Hon. Jackie Jarvis MLC". Parliament of Western Australia.
- ^ Dupe, Cally (8 April 2021). "Jackie Jarvis set to join the Upper House". Countryman.
- ^ Baston, Ken (12 March 2014). "Grape grower wins 2014 Rural Women's Award". Media Statements. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Jackie Jarvis national runner up for Rural Women's Award". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Media, Aspermont. "Farmer of the Year Awards 2022 - 2019 Winners". www.farmeroftheyear.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Brookes, Sarah (13 July 2023). "Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ^ Poulsen, Adam (18 July 2023). "Animal welfare, climate change high on agenda as agriculture ministers meet in Perth". Countryman.
- ^ "Jackie Jarvis – Jarvis Estate". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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