About Jan Jarratt

Born at Miles on October 22, 1958, Jan was raised on a wheat and cattle property at North Dulacca. 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 in year 12.
Jan has two sons, Ben and Jeremy who are now young adults. While the boys were young, Jan studied to become a primary school teacher and her first posting was to Koumala State School. Later she moved to Mackay and taught at Mackay West State School before taking up a position as Learning Support Teacher based at Walkerston State School.
In 2007 Jan married Hilar (Ziggy) Ziegler. Jan & Ziggy now reside in Cannonvale.
Interests include travel, reading for pleasure, diving, meeting new people and learning to sail.
Jan entered politics in 1999 when she was pre-selected as the Labor candidate for Whitsunday.
Jan was elected as Member for Whitsunday on 17 February 2001, and has been successfully re-elected three times since.
In the historic 2009 election win in which Premier Anna Bligh became the first woman to be elected as a State Premier, Jan managed to retain her seat with a significant 3% swing. Following the election she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment and Economic Development and is a member of the Parliamentary Economic Development Committee. Jan has also taken on the role as Chair of the Queensland Small Business Advisory Council.
Parliamentary Service
2009 - appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Employment and Economic Development (current).
       - Member Parliamentary Economic Development Committee
       - Member Estimates Committee D
2008 - Member Estimates Committee D.
2007 - appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry.
2007 - appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for State Development.
2006 - appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries and to the Minister for Women.
       - Member of Estimates Committee E.
2005 - Member Estimates Committee D.
       - Temporary Speaker. Member of Public Accounts Committee.
2004 - Chair Estimates Committee F.
        - Temporary Speaker.
         - Member of Public Accounts Committee.
2003 - Member Estimates Committee C.
        -Temporary Speaker.
        - Member of Public Accounts Committee.
2002 - Member Estimates Committee C.
       - Temporary Speaker.
        - Member of Public Accounts Committee.
2001 - Member Estimates Committee B.
        - Temporary Speaker. 
         - Member Public Accounts Committee.
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.