Katy Gallagher
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Senator Katy Gallagher |
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| Senator for the Australian Capital Territory | |
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Assumed office 25 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Kate Lundy |
| 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2012 |
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In office 16 May 2011 – 11 December 2014 |
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| Deputy | Andrew Barr |
| Preceded by | Jon Stanhope |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Barr |
| 10th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 20 April 2006 – 16 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Quinlan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Barr |
| 7th Treasurer of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 11 November 2008 – 30 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jon Stanhope |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Barr |
| 9th Minister for Health | |
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In office 20 April 2006 – 11 December 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Corbell |
| Succeeded by | Simon Corbell |
| Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly for Molonglo | |
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In office 20 October 2001 – 23 December 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jacqui Burke |
| Succeeded by | Meegan Fitzharris |
| Personal details | |
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Katherine Ruth Gallagher 18 March 1970 Weston Creek, Canberra, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Profession | Social worker, union organiser |
| Website | Katy Gallagher |
Katherine Ruth "Katy" Gallagher (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician, a current member of the Australian Senate, and the former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2014, representing the electorate of Molonglo for the Australian Labor Party. She was 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. She was appointed to the Senate by the ACT Legislative Assembly on 25 March 2015, a day after Lundy's formal resignation, and was formally sworn in on the 26th.
Gallagher was born and raised in the Weston Creek district of Canberra. She was educated in Duffy, and at Melrose High School and Canberra College (previously known as Stirling College), before completing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology at the Australian National University in 1990.
She was initially employed as a social worker, assisting with a community life skills project and working with children with disabilities. From 1994 to 1997, she worked as an advocate for People First ACT, a support and advocacy organisation for the intellectually disabled. Around this time, Gallagher became involved in the labour movement, and took on a position with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), first working as a case manager and then a national organiser.
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