Jess Pugh

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Jess Pugh
MP
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mount Ommaney
Assumed office
25 November 2017
Preceded by Tarnya Smith
Constituency Mount Ommaney
Personal details
Born (1985-05-29) 29 May 1985 (age 39)
South Brisbane, Queensland
Political party Labor
Spouse(s) Talbot Speechley (m. 2020)
Alma mater Cannon Hill Anglican College
Website jesspughmp.com.au

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.[1]

Early life and education

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.[2]

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Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Mount Ommaney
2017–present
Incumbent

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