Second Gallagher ministry

Second Gallagher Ministry

12th Ministry of the Australian Capital Territory
Date formed7 November 2012
Date dissolved15 December 2014
People and organisations
Chief MinisterKaty Gallagher
Deputy Chief MinisterAndrew Barr
No. of ministers6
Member partiesLabor-Greens coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority government
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Opposition partyLiberal
Opposition leaderJeremy Hanson
History
Legislature term8th
PredecessorFirst Gallagher Ministry
SuccessorFirst Barr Ministry

The Second Gallagher Ministry was the 12th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and her deputy Andrew Barr. It was appointed on 7 November 2012, following the 2012 general election held two weeks earlier.[1]

The previous First Gallagher Ministry contained only members of the ACT Labor Party. In the 2012 general election, neither of the territory's two major parties (Labor and Liberals) had won sufficient number of seats to form government in their own right and would need the support of the sole Greens representative Shane Rattenbury. Rattenburry came to a formal parliamentary agreement with the Labor Party in order to form a coalition government, which meant that he would be appointed to the cabinet, and implement nearly 100 policies and reforms.[2]

First arrangement

Following the 2012 general election, the Greens-Labor agreement allowed Labor to retain government and guaranteed Shane Rattenbury's position in the Ministry. Gallagher appointed herself, her deputy Andrew Barr, Rattenbury and two other incumbent ministers into the Ministry without portfolio on 7 November 2012.[3] Incumbent minister Chris Bourke was not reappointed to the Ministry.

Portfolios were allocated two days later on 9 November 2012.[1] The arrangement lasted until 6 July 2014.

Portfolio Minister Party affiliation
Katy Gallagher MLA   Labor
  • Deputy Chief Minister
  • Treasurer
  • Minister for Economic Development
  • Minister for Sport and Recreation
  • Minister for Tourism and Events
  • Minister for Community Services
 Andrew Barr MLA   Labor
  • Attorney-General
  • Minister for Police and Emergency Services
  • Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations
  • Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
 Simon Corbell MLA   Labor
  • Minister for Education and Training
  • Minister for Disability, Children and Young People
  • Minister for the Arts
  • Minister for Women
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
  • Minister for Racing and Gaming
 Joy Burch MLA   Labor
  • Minister for Territory and Municipal Services
  • Minister for Corrections
  • Minister for Housing
  • Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
  • Minister for Ageing
 Shane Rattenbury MLA   Greens

Second arrangement

On 7 July 2014, Mick Gentleman was appointed to the Ministry, increasing the Ministry size to 6.[4] The arrangement lasted until Gallagher resigned as Chief Minister in December 2014, and her successor Andrew Barr formed the First Barr Ministry on 15 December 2014.

Portfolio Minister Party affiliation
Katy Gallagher MLA   Labor
Andrew Barr MLA   Labor
Simon Corbell MLA   Labor
  • Minister for Education and Training
  • Minister for Disability
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
  • Minister for Racing and Gaming
  • Minister for Women
  • Minister for the Arts
 Joy Burch MLA   Labor
  • Minister for Territory and Municipal Services
  • Minister for Corrective Services
  • Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
  • Minister for Sport and Recreation
 Shane Rattenbury MLA   Greens
  • Minister for Planning
  • Minister for Community Services
  • Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations
  • Minister for Children and Young People
  • Minister for Ageing
 Mick Gentleman MLA   Labor

References

  1. ^ a b "Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2012 (No 2)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Agreement for the 8th Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory" (PDF). Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2012 (No 1)" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2014 (No 1)" (PDF).
Preceded by Second Gallagher Ministry
2012-2014 		Succeeded by