Jane Gerick

Jane Frances Gerick (23 April 1963 – 25 December 2003) was an Australian politician. She served for one term as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2001, representing the division of Canning, Western Australia.[1]

Jane Gerick
Member of the Australian Parliament for Canning
In office 3 October 1998 – 10 November 2001
Preceded by	Ricky Johnston
Succeeded by	Don Randall
Personal details
Born	23 April 1963 Meekatharra, Western Australia
Died	25 December 2003 (aged 40)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Gerick was elected to federal parliament as one of several new Labor MPs at the 1998 federal election; her party rebounded strongly from its landslide defeat at the 1996 federal election but narrowly failed to win back government. Gerick defeated one term Liberal MP Ricky Johnston.[2] She won with 53.5% of the two party preferred vote. However, a redistribution during the next term scaled back her majority to an extremely marginal 0.4%. A slight drop in the Labor vote to 49.9% at the 2001 federal election saw Gerick defeated by Liberal candidate Don Randall.[3]

In February 2001 Gerick was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[4] In 2003 she was endorsed for a re-match against Randall for an election due the following year. However, Gerick died of a brain haemorrhage on Christmas Day 2003.[5]

References

1. Jane Gerick, Parliamentary Library
2. 1998 Federal election results: WA
3. 2001 Federal election results: WA
4. "Address-in-Reply Debate" (PDF). Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia. 30 May 2001.
5. "Former federal ALP politician dies". ABC. 26 December 2003.