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'''Jane Furneaux Garrett''' (16 March 1973 – 2 July 2022) was an Australian politician. She was the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]] member for [[Electoral district of Brunswick|Brunswick]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 2010 until 2018, when she transferred to the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] representing [[Eastern Victoria Region|Eastern Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms Jane Garrett|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/1717|publisher=[[Parliament of Victoria]]|access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
Garrett was born and raised in northern [[Melbourne]] and was educated at the [[Australian National University]], where she studied law. She became an Associate to Justice [[Alan Boultan]] of the [[Australian Industrial Relations Commission]] in 1997, was an articled clerk with Holding Redlich in 1998, a union officer with the [[Transport Workers' Union of Australia|Transport Workers' Union]] in 1999, a senior adviser to [[Steve Bracks]] from 2000 to 2004 and a lawyer at [[Slater and Gordon]] from 2004 to 2010.<ref name=parl>{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/search-members/details/22/70 | title=The Hon. Jane Garrett | publisher=Parliament of Victoria | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.janegarrett.org.au/parliament/address-in-reply-jane-garretts-inaugural-speech/ | title=Address-in-Reply - Jane Garrett's Inaugural Speech | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref> She was also a [[City of Yarra]] councillor from 2008 to 2010 and was mayor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.anu.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/spotlight/hon-jane-garrett | title=Hon Jane Garrett | publisher=Australian National University | work=Alumni Spotlight | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
Garrett was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the [[2010 Victorian state election|2010 state election]] after winning Labor endorsement to contest the increasingly marginal seat of [[Electoral district of Brunswick|Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Bracks adviser ahead in key seat | work=The Age | date=25 June 2009}}</ref><ref name=parl /> In 2011, she was elected national junior vice-president of the Labor Party, serving in that capacity until 2017.<ref>{{cite news | title=Jane’s one-year win | work=Melbourne Times Weekly | date=30 November 2011 | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | title=‘Needs attention’: ALP policy on gender equality proves to be all talk | work=The Australian | date=17 June 2017 | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
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