Minister for Health (Australian Capital Territory)

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The Minister for Health of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of the ACT Health Directorate and appointed by the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

The current Minister for Health is Rachel Stephen-Smith.

List of Ministers for Health[]

# Name Title Party Term Start Term End Timespan
1 Wayne Berry Minister for Community Services and Health Labor 16 May 1989 5 December 1989 203 days
2 Trevor Kaine Minister for Community Services and Health Liberal 5 December 1989 13 December 1989 8 days
3 Gary Humphries Minister for Health, Education and the Arts Liberal 13 December 1989 6 June 1991 1 year, 175 days
(1) Wayne Berry Minister for Health Labor 6 June 1991 13 April 1994 2 years, 311 days
4 Terry Connolly Minister for Health Labor 13 April 1994 15 March 1995 336 days
5 Kate Carnell Minister for Health and Community Care Liberal 15 March 1995 31 March 1998 3 years, 16 days
(3) Gary Humphries Minister for Health and Community Care Liberal 31 March 1998 27 April 1998 27 days
6 Michael Moore Minister for Health and Community Care1 Independent2 27 April 1998 13 November 2001 3 years, 200 days
7 Jon Stanhope Minister for Health Labor 13 November 2001 23 December 2002 1 year, 40 days
8 Simon Corbell Minister for Health Labor 23 December 2002 20 April 2006 3 years, 118 days
9 Katy Gallagher Minister for Health Labor 20 April 2006 11 September 2014 8 years, 144 days
(8) Simon Corbell Minister for Health Labor 11 September 2014 1 November 2016 2 years, 51 days
10 Meegan Fitzharris Minister for Health Labor 1 November 2016 1 July 2017 2 years, 242 days
Minister for Health and Wellbeing 1 July 2017 1 July 2019
11 Rachel Stephen-Smith Minister for Health Labor 1 July 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 212 days
1 Ministerial role expanded on 19 October 2000 to include Housing, as well as Health and Community Care. Ministerial role expanded again on 15 December 2000 to include Health, Housing and Community Services.
2 Moore sat as an independent member in the Carnell and Humphries led Liberal governments.

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