Jessica Kate Wilson is a

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member of the

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for the seat of

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. Prior to her candidacy, Wilson was the executive director of the

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Politics

Prior to her candidacy for the Kew seat, Wilson worked as an adviser to former federal energy minister

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and as Director at the Business Council of Australia. Additionally, she was a former president of the Victorian Young Liberals. Wilson was preselected to be Liberal candidate for the traditionally safe Liberal seat of Kew after defeating a number of pre-selection candidates including a senior Victorian Liberal figure, David Davis. At the

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, she defeated

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Sophie Torney and Labor candidate Lucy Skelton. On 18 December 2022, Liberal Party leader

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announced that Wilson would join the opposition front bench becoming the Shadow Minister for Finance, Shadow Minister for Economic Reform and Regulation, and Shadow Minister for Home Ownership and Housing Affordability. On 2 October 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Wilson became the Shadow Minister for Early Childhood and Education in lieu of Home Ownership and Housing Affordability, retaining the Shadow Minister for Finance, and Shadow Minister for Economic Reform and Regulation portfolios.

Personal life

Wilson grew up in Melbourne's inner east attending Mont Albert Primary School, secondary school at Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar, and completing tertiary education at Monash University. Wilson is passionate about hockey, playing for the Kew Box Hill Hockey Club, and she also barracks for the Collingwood Football Club.

References

1990 births Living people Politicians from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Monash Law School alumni 21st-century Australian politicians Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub