Heather McTaggart

Heather McTaggart (born 23 August 1962 in Bangor, Northern Ireland) is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she represented the Electoral district of Evelyn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002-2006.

Heather McTaggart attended Whitehorse Technical College in Box Hill from 1973 to 1978 (the school was amalgamated into Box Hill TAFE in 1981). Following high school she worked as a secretary in the stockbroking industry until 1981, when she began working at Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd in numerous roles until 1995. From 1997 to 1998 she worked as an integration aid at Fernhill Pre-School. She was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2002 as the member for the Electoral district of Evelyn.

McTaggart moved to Mount Evelyn, at the northern base of the Dandenong Ranges, around 1989 with her husband Greg. Greg died soon afterwards at the age of 33, and shortly after his funeral, Heather discovered that she was pregnant. Following the birth of her first child, Matthew, Heather left full-time employment to take on parenting duties. She joined the Lilydale branch of the Australian Labor Party and developed an interest in special education. To her second husband Ken, she had twin girls, Keely and Tamsin. She cites her interests as local community issues, neighbourhood houses, international cookery, and football.