The ACT Chief Minister ( currently Katy Gallagher, Australian Labor Party ) is elected by members of the ACT Assembly.

:" That this Assembly no longer has confidence in the Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, for her continued neglect of the Health portfolio, most particularly ...... management failure, staff bullying, over working, and poor processes ;.... complete failure in the Calvary Hospital purchase ;.... and many instances of attacking those who made complaints, ignoring those who gave advice, and dealing with the problems through denial and neglect ;.... and the ongoing poor performance of the ACT health system ...."

The support provided to Gallagher by the Labor Party and union movement inspired her to run for pre-selection as one of the Labor candidates for the electorate of Molonglo for the 2001 ACT general election.

At the 2004 ACT general election, Gallagher polled strongly, generating 11. 59 % of the first preference vote and was the first candidate elected to represent Molonglo in the Assembly, ahead of both Labor colleagues, Quinlan and Corbell.

At the 2008 ACT general election, Gallagher again polled strongly, generating 15. 78 % of the first preference vote and was the second candidate elected to represent Molonglo in the Assembly, behind Liberal leader, Seselja.

A number of months earlier, Gallagher faced pressure from the Catholic Church, following an agreement that the ACT Government would purchase Calvary Hospital ( in Bruce ) from the Little Company of Mary Health Care ( LCMHC )-an independent arm of the Church-for $ 77m.

* Katy Gallagher, Australian politician

Katy Gallagher ( born 17 March 1970 ), 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.

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