Janet Anne Stuckey was born on 21 January 1955 and is an Australian politician who represented the electorate of Currumbin in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2004 to 2020.
11 Facts About Jann Stuckey
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Jann Stuckey was first elected on 7 February 2004 as a member of the Liberal Party.
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Jann Stuckey joined the newly formed Liberal National Party of Queensland in 2008 when the Liberal Party and the Nationals merged in Queensland.
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Jann Stuckey was the Shadow Minister for Small Business, Job Creation, Fair Trading and Industrial Relations and the Shadow Minister for Women.
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Jann Stuckey was the Shadow Minister for Public Works and Information and Communication Technology between 2010 and 2011.
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In 1976, Jann Stuckey became a registered nurse with a diploma from Adelaide Children's Hospital.
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In 1987, Jann Stuckey moved with her family to Currumbin on the Gold Coast in 1987.
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Jann Stuckey first ran for the state seat of Currumbin in 2001 for the Liberal Party, losing to incumbent Labor member Merri Rose.
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In 2004, Jann Stuckey ran for Currumbin again for the Liberal Party, succeeding in unseating Rose with a 17.7-point swing following a number of scandals surrounding Rose's electorate office expenses and staff bullying accusations.
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Jann Stuckey was the only seat that the opposition managed to win from Labor.
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In January 2020, Jann Stuckey announced that she would resign from parliament at the start of February, citing an ongoing battle with depression, having previously said she would not re-contest her seat at the next election.