Simon Corbell

Simon Corbell
Corbell at the Make It Count event in 2008
12th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Yvette Berry
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch)
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Yvette Berry
Attorney-General
In office 20 April 2006 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Jon Stanhope Katy Gallagher Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Jon Stanhope
Succeeded by	Gordon Ramsay
Minister for Health
In office 20 January 2015 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Minister for the Environment
In office 16 May 2011 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Katy Gallagher Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Mick Gentleman
Minister for Capital Metro
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Molonglo
In office 9 January 1997 – 11 August 2016
Personal details
Born	21 November 1970
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	University of Canberra
Profession	Political advisor

Simon Corbell (born 21 November 1970) is a former Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. He was also Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Capital Metro.

Corbell was first elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1997 as a member for the electorate of Molonglo in a countbank following the resignation of former Chief Minister Rosemary Follett. He has been a minister in the Stanhope, Gallagher and Barr governments.

On 14 August 2015, Simon Corbell announced his decision to retire from politics at the Australian Capital Territory general election, 2016

Corbell grew up in Weston Creek. He attended the local primary and high school before studying at the University of Canberra where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

Before his election to the Assembly, Corbell worked for John Langmore, the Member for Fraser in the Australian House of Representatives, until Langmore's departure from parliament.

As attorney-general, he has been involved in the establishment of the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) and the Human Rights Commission, and legislating for gay marriage in the ACT after legislation called the Civil Union Act 2006 (of the Australian Capital Territory) was overturned by federal intervention. In 2013, he introduced the bill for the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT), which the Legislative Assembly passed by a single vote but which was soon overturned in the High Court.