Government of the Australian Capital Territory beginning 6 November 2012 - period in office of Premier Gallagher, Katy ending on 10 December 2014
Period in office of premier (see Glossary entry for 'period in office' and related terms)
Parliamentary support during period
Coalition partner 1
Number of ministers at beginning of period (this may vary during the period)
Assembly elections contested as premier or after which became premier (see Glossary entry for 'after election')
| Election | Premier at election | Premier's party | Premier after election | Premier's party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT 20 October 2012 | Katy Gallagher | Australian Labor Party | Katy Gallagher | Australian Labor Party |
Previous period in this series for ACT | Next period in this series for ACT
Notes
Change of partisan support for Premier: Beginning of Gallagher's second period in office as Chief Minister; At the election for the ACT Legislative Assembly on 20 October 2012, both the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party won eight seats in the 17 seat Assembly. The ACT Greens, who had supported the previous Australian Labor Party minority government under Chief Minister Gallagher, lost three of their four seats with Shane Rattenbury as their sole representative. After a period of negotiation betwee the ACT Greens and both the Labor and Liberal parties, the ACT Greens agreed to join the Labor Party in a coalition government, a commitment the ACT Greens had not previously been willing to make.
A formal agreement was made between the Labor Party and the ACT Greens on 2 November 2012 covering a range of policy commitments for the new government and Rattenbury joined the Gallagher ministry as a minister in an Australian Labor Party and ACT Greens coalition government. Gallagher was elected as Chief Minister in the Legislative Assembly on 6 November and a list of ministers and their responsibilities was issued on 9 November 2012.
Change of party leader: On 6 December 2014, Katy Gallagher was replaced as leader of the Australian Labor Party in the ACT Legislative Assembly and Chief Minister of a Labor Party and ACT Greens coalition government, by Andrew Barr. Gallagher had resigned her seat in the Legislative Assembly to take up a vacancy created by the resignation of the Australian Labor Party senator for the ACT.
Sources
'Parliamentary Agreement for the 8th Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory' Posted 5 November 2012 by Katy Gallagher:
http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/383476/parliamentaryagreement.pdf [accessed 12 December 2014]
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2012 (No 2), Notifiable Instrument NI2012-, signed by Katy Gallagher, Chief Minister, 9 November 2012:
http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/366701/Appointment_of_Ministers_and_Administrative_Arrangements.pdf [accessed 12 December 2014]