Janie Finlay (née Dickenson; born 2 August 1974) is an Australian politician currently the Member for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

Working at Launceston College she created programme at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre to help break the cycle of reoffending.

When Finlay was elected to that position in February 2002, at age 27, she was the youngest female mayor to serve in Australia.

[3] She lost her mayoral position in the October 2005 elections to Ivan Dean by a slim majority after the distribution of preferences.

[7][8] As part of the opposition front bench, Finlay's portfolio included Primary Industries and Small Business.