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
[edit]# | Name | Title | Party | Term start | Term end | Timespan |
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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 | 5 years, 56 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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