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Jess Wilson

Australian politician (born 1990)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Jessica Kate Wilson is an Australian politician who has served as the leader of the Opposition in Victoria and the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party since 2025. She has been the member of parliament (MP) for the district of Kew since 2022.

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The public source identifies “Jess Wilson” as australian politician (born 1990). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jess, Wilson and Australian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2025, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jess, Wilson and Australian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2025 and 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jess Wilson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.