Jane Lesley Aagaard was born on 1956 and is an Australian former politician.
10 Facts About Jane Aagaard
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Jane Aagaard was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2012, representing the Darwin-based electorate of Nightcliff.
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Jane Aagaard was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1956, to John Stuart McIntosh and Jean Brown.
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Jane Aagaard moved to Brisbane, Queensland at the age of seven, where she was educated at Somerville House, a school for girls in South Brisbane.
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Jane Aagaard helped found the Brolga Awards and Northern Territory Sports Awards, and continued organising both presentations for several years.
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When former Chief Minister Stephen Hatton, the longtime CLP member for Nightcliff, retired at the 2001 election, Jane Aagaard ran as the Labor candidate against Hatton's son, Jason.
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Jane Aagaard's victory was part of a six-seat swing to Labor that saw the party win government for the first time ever, mainly on the strength of a strong performance in the Darwin area.
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Jane Aagaard was reelected in 2005, picking up a healthy swing of 8.5 percent.
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In March 2012, Jane Aagaard announced that she would not contest the next election due to "ongoing medical issues that would require treatment and surgery".
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In November 2012, Jane Aagaard was granted the title The Honourable for life.