title: Jess Pugh
text: # Jess Pugh
  
  Jessica Claire Pugh (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Mount Ommaney in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the 2017 Queensland election.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Born in Brisbane, Pugh attended Cannon Hill Anglican College and she has a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology majoring in International Business and Management.
  
  ## Career
  
  After graduating in 2007, Pugh worked in the role of Ministerial Adviser in Disability Services, Local Government and Main Roads until 2011. She left to work as an events manager of Restaurant Two, a fine dining institution headed by her father, renowned restaurateur David Pugh, until the restaurant closed in December 2016.
  
  Pugh served as a volunteer in numerous entities such as Queensland Meals on Wheels and Indooroopilly Montessori Children's House. Currently, she is serving as the President of the Centenary Ambulance Committee Branch and as a member of the Sumner Park Rotary Club.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Pugh unsuccessfully contested the seat of Mount Ommaney in the 2015 Queensland state election.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Pugh was married to Hugh O'Connell (2009–2018) and has two children.
  
  She is married to Talbot Speechley (2020)
  
  