Katy Gallagher Politician

Katherine Ruth "Katy" Gallagher (born 17 March 1970) is an Australian politician, the former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2014, representing the electorate of Molonglo for the Australian Labor Party. She is also Minister for Health, Minister for Higher Education and Minister for Regional Development.On 5 December 2014 Gallagher announced she would resign from the territory parliament, and run to replace Kate Lundy in the Australian Senate. On 11 December 2014 she resigned as Chief Minister and Andrew Barr was elected as her replacement.

Personal facts

Katy Gallagher
Alias (AKA)Gallagher Katherine Ruth (full name)
Birth dateMarch 17, 1970
Birth nameKatherine Ruth Gallagher
Birth place
Canberra , Weston Creek
Nationality
Australia
Education
Australian National University
Profession
Social work , Union organizer

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Member of parliament

region
Molonglo electorate
successor

Politician

deputy
officeChief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
party
Australian Labor Party

Katy Gallagher on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.katygallagher.net