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Mar 23, 1966 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 58 years old
Australian politician
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About Jacquie Petrusma
- Jacqueline Anne Petrusma (née Harper; born 23 March 1966) is an Australian politician.
- The daughter of Barry Harper, a former state cricketer, she was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and worked as a registered nurse before becoming involved in politics.
- She is married to a nephew of former MLC Hank Petrusma.Petrusma was educated at Kings Meadows High School, Launceston College and the University of Tasmania, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) in 1995.
- She has one child from her first marriage, has three children from her second.
- She stood for the Senate in the 2004 federal election as a Family First Party candidate, coming close to defeating the Greens' Christine Milne on preferences.
- She contested the Senate again for the party at the 2007 election, but was unsuccessful.
- In 2010, she became a member of the Liberal Party and was endorsed as a candidate for Franklin at the 2010 state election, defeating Clarence City Councillor Tony Mulder for the second Liberal seat.She became Minister for Human Services and Minister for Women in the Hodgman Ministry when the Liberal Party won government in March 2014, and served in that capacity until resigning due to ill health in June 2019.
