Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012
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This is a list of members of the seventh Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
, as elected at and subsequent to the 18 October 2008 election.
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...
, as elected at and subsequent to the 18 October 2008 election.
| Name | Party | Electorate Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory The seventeen-member unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is elected from three multi-member electorates.- Current districts :This is a list of electorates for the 2008 ACT general election:-Molonglo:... |
First elected |
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| Andrew Barr Andrew Barr Andrew Barr is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Molonglo in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 5 April 2006, after being elected on a countback to replace... |
ALP Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Molonglo Molonglo electorate The Molonglo electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has seven seats, and is the largest of the electorates in terms of population.-History:... |
2006 |
| Amanda Bresnan Amanda Bresnan Amanda Bresnan is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Bresnan was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Brindabella for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election-Early life and education:Amanda Bresnan was... |
Green ACT Greens The ACT Greens is a green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens.... |
Brindabella Brindabella electorate The Brindabella electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has five seats, and is the largest of the electorates in geographic area.-History:... |
2008 |
| Joy Burch Joy Burch Joy Burch is an Australian politician with the Australian Labor Party, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in the Brindabella electorate at the 2008 election.... |
ALP | Brindabella | 2008 |
| Chris Bourke Chris Bourke Chris Bourke is an Australian politician, currently a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Ginninderra. He is the first Indigenous Australian elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly. He filled the casual vacancy created by the... |
ALP | Ginninderra | 2011 |
| Alistair Coe Alistair Coe Alistair Bruce Coe is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party of Australia, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in the Ginninderra electorate at the 2008 election.His portfolio responsibilities are:... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Ginninderra Ginninderra electorate The Ginninderra electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has five seats, and is the smallest of the electorates in geographic area.-History:... |
2008 |
| Simon Corbell Simon Corbell Simon Corbell is an Australian politician in the Australian Capital Territory, and is one of the seven members of the Legislative Assembly electorate of Molonglo, representing the Australian Labor Party... |
ALP | Molonglo | 1996 |
| Steve Doszpot Steve Doszpot Steve Doszpot is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party of Australia, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in the Brindabella electorate at the 2008 election.... |
Liberal | Brindabella | 2008 |
| Vicki Dunne Vicki Dunne Vicki Ann Dunne , an Australian politician, is a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, since 2001, representing the electoral district of Ginninderra for the Liberal Party.... |
Liberal | Ginninderra | 2001 |
| Katy Gallagher Katy Gallagher Katy Gallagher , an Australian politician, is the sixth and current Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2001, representing the electorate of Molonglo for the Australian Labor Party... |
ALP | Molonglo | 2001 |
| Jeremy Hanson Jeremy Hanson Jeremy Hanson is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party of Australia, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in the Molonglo electorate at the 2008 election... |
Liberal | Molonglo | 2008 |
| John Hargreaves John Hargreaves (politician) John Leo Hargreaves is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 1998... |
ALP | Brindabella | 1998 |
| Meredith Hunter Meredith Hunter (Australian politician) Meredith Hunter , Australian politician, is a member of the multi-member unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Ginninderra for the ACT Greens since 2008... |
Green | Ginninderra | 2008 |
| Caroline Le Couteur Caroline Le Couteur Caroline Le Couteur , an Australian politician, was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election- Life before election :... |
Green | Molonglo | 2008 |
| Mary Porter Mary Porter (politician) Mary Edith Porter AM is a Labor member of the ACT Assembly. She was first elected to the Assembly in October 2004. Prior to that, she was CEO of the Volunteering Association from 1993 until October 2004... |
ALP | Ginninderra | 2004 |
| Shane Rattenbury Shane Rattenbury Shane Rattenbury , Australian politician and Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, is a member of the multi-member unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens since 2008... |
Green | Molonglo | 2008 |
| Zed Seselja Zed Seselja Zed Seselja is a Liberal Party Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2004. He has been the territory's 12th Opposition Leader since December 2007, when he was appointed to the position following the resignation of Bill Stefaniak... |
Liberal | Molonglo | 2004 |
| Brendan Smyth Brendan Smyth (politician) Brendan Michael Smyth is a Liberal Party of Australia politician. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory. He retains his shadow previous portfolios of Health, Ageing, Business and Tourism at present. He represents the electorate of... |
Liberal | Brindabella | 1998 |
| Jon Stanhope Jon Stanhope Jonathan Ronald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He resigned as Chief Minister on 12 May 2011 and as... |
ALP | Ginninderra | 1998 (retired 2011) |