Jane Howlett is an Australian politician, who has been a Liberal member of the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, ...

for the division of Prosser since 2018. After Peter Gutwein became

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in January 2020, Howlett was promoted to his cabinet as Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Racing. After the

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in May 2021, she was additionally appointed Minister for Small Business and Minister for Women in the Second Gutwein Ministry. A reshuffle of the cabinet on 17 February 2022 resulted in Howlett also becoming Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Hospitality and Events, but losing the sports portfolio to

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. However, a week later on 25 February, Howlett resigned from the cabinet, citing "personal reasons after the death of her brother", who died the day the Second Gutwein Ministry was sworn in. She has stated she would remain a member of parliament. Her portfolios were taken over by

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later that week.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howlett, Jane Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Year of birth missing (living people)