Jane Gerick

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

Jane Gerick
Member of the Australian Parliament for Canning
In office 3 October 1998 – 10 November 2001
Preceded by	Ricky Johnston
Succeeded by	Don Randall
Personal details
Born	(1963-04-23)23 April 1963 Meekatharra, Western Australia
Died	25 December 2003(2003-12-25) (aged 40)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Gerick was elected to federal parliament as one of several new Labor MPs at the 1998 federal election; her party rebounded strongly from its landslide defeat at the 1996 federal election but narrowly failed to win back government. Gerick defeated one term Liberal MP Ricky Johnston.[2] 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 saw Gerick defeated by Liberal candidate Don Randall.[3]

In February 2001 Gerick was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[4] 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.[5]