Sarah Courtney
Sarah Jane Courtney is an Australian financial analyst, viticulturist and politician. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the Division of Bass at the 2014 state election.
She unsuccessfully stood for the Senate in the 2013 Australian federal election prior to her entry into state politics.
In March 2018, Courtney was appointed to the Second Hodgman Ministry as Minister for Primary Industries and Water, and Minister for Racing. In October 2018, she stepped down from the role of Minister for Primary Industries and Water while an investigation was carried out, after informing the Premier that she was engaged in a personal relationship with the secretary of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment.
