Joan Margaret Taggart (2 April 1917 – 3 January 2003) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly from 1982 to 1986.
She is notable for having been the first woman to hold a national office in the Australian Labor Party.
She worked in administration at the Australian National University and as an executive assistant for the Pipeline Authority.
[2] In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a national office bearer post in the Labor Party.
[3] She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly for the electorate of Canberra in 1982, and was Deputy Speaker in her term of office.