# Jane Gerick

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

## Early life

Gerick was born on 23 April 1963 in [Meekatharra, Western Australia](/source/Meekatharra,_Western_Australia).[2] Her father, whom she described in her maiden speech as "one of the major influences on my life", died when she was a teenager. She grew up in the remote mining town of [Wiluna](/source/Wiluna,_Western_Australia).[3]

Gerick completed the degree of [Bachelor of Education](/source/Bachelor_of_Education) at [Curtin University](/source/Curtin_University) and a diploma in teaching at the [Western Australian College of Advanced Education](/source/Western_Australian_College_of_Advanced_Education). She worked as a schoolteacher from 1984 to 1990,[2] then was the owner of the City Business College, an adult training provider in [Perth](/source/Perth).[3]

## Politics

Gerick served as secretary of the ALP's [Armadale](/source/Armadale,_Western_Australia) sub-branch from 1991 to 1998 and was a delegate to ALP state and national conferences.[2]

Gerick was elected to federal parliament as one of several new Labor MPs at the [1998 federal election](/source/1998_Australian_federal_election); her party rebounded strongly from its landslide defeat at the [1996 federal election](/source/1996_Australian_federal_election) but narrowly failed to win back government. Gerick defeated one term [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) MP [Ricky Johnston](/source/Ricky_Johnston).[4] 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](/source/2001_Australian_federal_election) saw Gerick defeated by [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) candidate [Don Randall](/source/Don_Randall_(politician)).[5]

## Personal life

In February 2001, Gerick was diagnosed with acute [lymphoblastic leukaemia](/source/Lymphoblastic_leukaemia).[6] 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.[7]

## References

1. [Jane Gerick, Parliamentary Library](https://archive.today/20120712012658/http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/TranslateWIPILink.aspx?Folder=BIOGS&Criteria=NAME_ID:83W;)

1. ["Ms Jane Gerick MP"](https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83W). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

1. ["Maiden speech"](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1998-11-23%2F0082%22). *Hansard*. Parliament of Australia. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

1. [1998 Federal election results: WA](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1998/1998repswa.txt)

1. [2001 Federal election results: WA](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/2001/2001repswa.txt)

1. ["Address-in-Reply Debate"](http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/DACF88D34953A2D4482571D500248296/$file/InaugFarina.pdf). [Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia](/source/Legislative_Council,_Parliament_of_Western_Australia). 30 May 2001.

1. ["Former federal ALP politician dies"](https://archive.today/20120719053837/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/12/26/1016335.htm). [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation). 26 December 2003. Archived from [the original](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/12/26/1016335.htm) on 19 July 2012.

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