Gary John Joseph Humphries is a Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia from 2003 to 2013. He was the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2000 to 2001;and was elected to the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory,in 1989,later representing the Molonglo electorate until 2003.
Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance,Minister for Women,Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022 having formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election,as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.
Kerrie Robyn Tucker is a former Australian politician and activist for the environment and human rights who was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens between 1995 and 2001. Tucker was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) for the Australian Greens at the 1993,2004,and 2007 federal elections.
Andrew James Barr is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been a Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2006,after being elected on a countback to replace former Treasurer Ted Quinlan,who resigned mid-term. Barr was immediately promoted to Cabinet upon his election. On 11 December 2014 he was elected as Chief Minister after his predecessor,Katy Gallagher,resigned and announced her intention to run for the Senate. In addition to being Chief Minister,he holds the portfolios of Treasurer;Climate Action;Trade,Investment and Economic Development;and Tourism.
Louise Clare Pratt is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016,and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party,and served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2007. She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Legislative Council at the time of her election and the second open lesbian to be elected to an Australian parliament.
The Molonglo electorate was one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly between 1995 and 2016. It had seven seats,and was the largest of the three electorates in terms of population.
Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022,and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.
Caroline Le Couteur is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election and defeated at the 2012 election In October 2016,she was re-elected to the assembly representing the new electorate of Murrumbidgee,serving a single term until her retirement in 2020.
Jeremy David Hanson,CSC,MLA is a former Australian Army officer and is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party,elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly as one of seven MLAs for the Molonglo electorate at the 2008 election. He was the Opposition Leader in the ACT,as well as Shadow Minister for Health,Police,Corrections and Indigenous Affairs,between February 2013 and October 2016. In 2016,following a redistricting of the ACT's electorates and an expansion in size of the Legislative Assembly,he was elected as one of five MLAs for the new electorate of Murrumbidgee.
Coombs is a suburb currently under development in the Molonglo Valley district of Canberra,located within the Australian Capital Territory,Australia. It is named in honour of H. C. "Nugget" Coombs,a prominent public servant,economist,and the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Streets and public places in Coombs are named with the theme of persons notable for public service.
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday,15 October 2016.
This is a list of members of the eighth Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly,as elected at and subsequent to the October 2012 election.
The Murrumbidgee electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.
Elizabeth Lee is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Kurrajong. Prior to entering the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2016,Elizabeth was a successful lawyer in the private sector and later a lecturer at the Australian National University and University of Canberra. Having migrated to Australia from Korea at the age of seven,Elizabeth moved to Canberra when she turned 18 to study Law and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.
Candice Burch is an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Candice Burch is not to be confused with nor is biologically related to Joy Burch,who is another member of the ACT Legislative Assembly. Candice Burch was one of three Canberra Liberals who lost their seat in the 2020 ACT Election. Since losing her seat in the Assembly,Candice now works as Public Affairs and Communications Manager for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
Samantha Jane McMahon is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for the Northern Territory between the 2019 federal election and the 2022 federal election. McMahon is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),having joined the party in April 2022,several months after resigning from the Country Liberal Party (CLP). While she was a CLP member,she sat in the Nationals party room in federal parliament. She was a veterinarian in Katherine before entering politics.
Marisa Paterson is an Australian anthropologist,academic and politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 2020,representing the Australian Labor Party for the electorate of Murrumbidgee.
Peter John Cain is an Australian politician,elected to the seat of Ginninderra in Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly on 17 October 2020,representing the Canberra Liberals.
The 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election will be held on or before Saturday 19 October 2024 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.
Ed Cocks is a member of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the Canberra Liberals.
