Jess Pugh
{{short description|Australian politician in Queensland}}
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| name = Jess Pugh
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| constituency_AM = Mount Ommaney
| assembly = Queensland Legislative
| term_start = 25 November 2017
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| predecessor = Tarnya Smith
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|29}}
| birth_place = South Brisbane, Queensland
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| constituency = Mount Ommaney
| party = Labor
| spouse = Talbot Speechley (m. 2020)
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| alma_mater = Cannon Hill Anglican College
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| website = {{URL|https://jesspughmp.com.au/}}
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Jessica Claire Pugh (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Mount Ommaney in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the 2017 Queensland election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2017/guide/momm/|title=Mount Ommaney|work=Queensland Election 2017|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green}}
Early life and education
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Born in Brisbane, Pugh attended Cannon Hill Anglican College and she has a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology majoring in International Business and Management.
Career
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After graduating in 2007, Pugh worked in the role of Ministerial Adviser in Disability Services, Local Government and Main Roads until 2011. She left to work as an events manager of Restaurant Two, a fine dining institution headed by her father, renowned restaurateur David Pugh, until the restaurant closed in December 2016.
Pugh served as a volunteer in numerous entities such as Queensland Meals on Wheels and Indooroopilly Montessori Children's House. Currently, she is serving as the President of the Centenary Ambulance Committee Branch and as a member of the Sumner Park Rotary Club.
Politics
Pugh contested the seat of Mount Ommaney in the 2015 Queensland state election and achieved a 16% swing, but was narrowly unsuccessful.{{Cite web|title=Elections - 2015 State General Election - Mount Ommaney - District Summary|url=https://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/results/district58.html|access-date=21 July 2020|website=Queensland Electoral Commission}}
References
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- [https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=977021911 Parliamentary Profile]
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Politicians from Brisbane
Category:Queensland University of Technology alumni
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