About Jan Jarratt
Parliamentary Service & Career
Jan Jarratt was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the Member for Whitsunday in 2001.
Following the historic 2009 election in which Premier Anna Bligh became the first woman to be elected as a Queensland Premier, Jan was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment and Economic Development and was a member of the Parliamentary Economic Development Committee.
Jan has been an active member of Parliament, assuming consecutive roles as Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministers for:
- Tourism, Regional Development and Industry;
- State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations;
- Women and;
- Primary Industries and Fisheries.
On February 21, 2011, Jan was selected by Premier Anna Bligh to join the Cabinet as Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business – a portfolio in which she has worked passionately and tirelessly.
Jan is a strong advocate for the development of business and industry, evident in her role as Chair of the Queensland Small Business Advisory Council which she took up in August 2009 and continues to champion.
Jan’s love of helping people reach their full potential began early in life. It led to her studying to become a primary school teacher, with her first posting was to Koumala State School on the Queensland central coast. Jan then relocated to Mackay and taught at Mackay West State School, before taking up a position as Learning Support Teacher at Walkerston State School.
Personal Life
Born at Miles on October 22, 1958, Jan was raised on a wheat and cattle property at North Dulacca, east of Roma. She has two sisters and a brother with whom she attended a one-teacher primary school called Glenaubyn.
Jan received her secondary education at boarding school in Warwick where she was school captain.
Jan has two adult sons, Ben and Jeremy.
In 2007 Jan married Hilar (Ziggy) Ziegler, a professional photographer. They now reside in beautiful Cannonvale in the heart of the Whitsunday electorate.
Jan’s Interests include travel, reading for pleasure, diving, meeting new people and sailing.
Parliamentary Service
Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business - 21 February 2011
Parliamentary Secretary for Employment and Economic Development 9 April 2009-21 February 2011
Member, Economic Development Committee 23 April 2009-8 March 2011
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry 13 September 2007 - 20 March 2009
Member, Estimates Committee D, 2007
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations 15 March 2007 - 13 September 2007
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women 1 November 2006 - 13 September 2007
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries 21 September 2006 - 13 September 2007
Member, Estimates Committee E, 2006
Member, Estimates Committee D, 2005
Temporary Speaker/Deputy Speaker 31 August 2004 - 15 August 2006
Chair, Estimates Committee F, 2004
Member, Panel of Temporary Chairmen for the 51st Parliament 18 March 2004 - 31 August 2004
Member, Estimates Committee C, 2003
Member, Estimates Committee C, 2002
Member, Panel of Temporary Chairmen for the 50th Parliament 22 March 2001 - 13 January 2004
Member, Public Accounts Committee 3 May 2001 - 15 August 2006
Member, Estimates Committee B, 2001
Ministerial Legislative Committee Membership
53rd Parliament: Tourism and fair Trading; Employment and Economic Development; Education; Natural Resources, Mines, Energy and Trade.
52nd Parliament: Tourism, Fair Trading, Wine Industry & Women; Primary Industries & Fisheries; State Development.
51st Parliament - Education & Arts; Primary Industries & Fisheries; Natural Resources & Mines; Tourism, Fair Trading, & Wine Industry Development.
50th Parliament: Industrial Relations, Employment & Training; Education & Arts; Tourism, Racing, & Fair Trading; Local Government & Planning.
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