Kate Carnell
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Kate Carnell AO |
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| 3rd Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 1995, 1998 |
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In office 2 March 1995 – 18 October 2000 |
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| Deputy | Gary Humphries |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Follett |
| Succeeded by | Gary Humphries |
| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 15 February 1992 – 17 October 2000 |
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| Succeeded by | Jacqui Burke |
| Constituency | Molonglo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Anne Katherine Frazer 30 May 1955 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) |
Ian Carnell (m. 1977–97) Ray Kiley (m. 2007) |
| Profession | Pharmacist |
Anne Katherine "Kate" Carnell AO (née Knowlman; born 30 May 1955) is an Australian businesswoman and former Liberal Party politician, who served as the third Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1995 to 2000.
Carnell was born on 30 May 1955, in Brisbane, Queensland. Her parents owned a small accounting business.
As a teenager she struggled with anorexia and was sent away to recover at Sydney Hospital. She battled the illness for four years.
Heading back to Brisbane after her hospitalisation, Carnell returned to her studies and graduated from the University of Queensland in 1976 with a pharmacy degree. She married husband Ian Carnell in July 1977 and together they moved to Canberra, arriving August 1977. She bought her own pharmacy business in Red Hill in 1981. She owned and managed the pharmacy until 2000.
She was the inaugural chair of the ACT Branch of the Australian Pharmacy Guild, serving in the position between 1988 and 1994. as well as National Vice-President of the guild between 1990 and 1994.
Among other positions she was: Chairman of the Canberra and Southern District Pharmacists Company Ltd (1982–1992), Vice-President of the Retail Industry and Training Council, ACT (1987–1991), Councillor at the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management (1990–1991), Member of the ACT Board of Health (1990–1991), and a Member of the Pharmacy Restructuring Authority (1990–1991).
Carnell joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1991 and was elected to the second ACT Legislative Assembly in 1992. She became Leader of the Opposition in 1993, succeeding Trevor Kaine.
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