Jess Teesdale

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jess Teesdale

| honorific_suffix = MP

| office = Member of the Australian Parliament
for Bass

| term_start = 3 May 2025

| term_end =

| predecessor = Bridget Archer

| successor =

| birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

| party = Labor

|profession = Teacher

|alma_mater = University of Tasmania

}}

Jessica Ann Teesdale is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian House of Representatives, unseating two term incumbent Bridget Archer

at the 2025 Australian federal election for the Division of Bass.{{cite news |title=Bass (Key Seat) Federal Election 2025 Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2025/guide/bass |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=ABC |date=2 May 2025 |language=en-AU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503124822/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2025/guide/bass |archive-date=2025-05-03}}

Teesdale grew up in Launceston, and had been a school teacher at the Indie School there.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Duncan |title='It's absolutely winnable': Why Labor thinks local teacher can be next MP |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8847590/jess-teesdale-new-labor-hope-for-bass-in-2025/ |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=The Examiner |date=15 December 2024 |language=en-au}} She studied at the University of Tasmania 2006 to 2010 then commenced her teaching career in the Northern Territory for ten years before returning to Tasmania.