Katy Gallagher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Katy Gallagher

6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1970

Place of Birth: Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Profession: politician, social worker, trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Katy Gallagher

  • Katherine Ruth Gallagher (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
  • She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018, and was Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. Gallagher grew up in Canberra and was a union organiser with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) before entering politics.
  • She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 2001, representing the electorate of Molonglo.
  • She was made a minister under Jon Stanhope in 2002, and appointed Deputy Chief Minister in 2006.
  • Gallagher became Chief Minister in 2011 after Stanhope's retirement, and led her party to a fourth consecutive term at the 2012 general election.
  • She resigned in 2014 to seek preselection to the Senate.In March 2015, Gallagher was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Kate Lundy.
  • She was appointed to Bill Shorten's shadow ministry later in the year, and elected to the Senate in her own right at the 2016 federal election.
  • She was subsequently elected Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.
  • In December 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, Gallagher was referred to the High Court.
  • The court ruled in May 2018 that she was disqualified from sitting in the Senate for failing to renounce her British citizenship before nomination for election in 2016.
  • She returned to her previous Senate seat at the 2019 federal election.

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