Simon Corbell

Simon Corbell
Corbell at the Make It Count event in 2008
12th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Yvette Berry
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch)
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Yvette Berry
Attorney-General
In office 20 April 2006 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Jon Stanhope Katy Gallagher Andrew Barr
Preceded by	Jon Stanhope
Succeeded by	Gordon Ramsay
Minister for Health
In office 20 January 2015 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Minister for the Environment
In office 16 May 2011 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Katy Gallagher Andrew Barr
Succeeded by	Mick Gentleman
Minister for Capital Metro
In office 11 December 2014 – 31 October 2016
Leader	Andrew Barr
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Molonglo
In office 9 January 1997 – 11 August 2016
Personal details
Born	21 November 1970
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	University of Canberra
Profession	Political advisor[1]

Simon Corbell (born 21 November 1970) is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. He is also Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Capital Metro.^[2]

Corbell was first elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1997 as a member for the electorate of Molonglo in a countbank following the resignation of former Chief Minister Rosemary Follett. He has been a minister in the Stanhope, Gallagher and Barr governments.

Early life

Corbell grew up in Weston Creek. He attended the local primary and high school before studying at the University of Canberra where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.^[3]

Before his election to the Assembly, Corbell worked for John Langmore, the Member for Fraser in the Australian House of Representatives, until Langmore's departure from parliament.^[1]

Political career

As attorney-general, he has been involved in the establishment of the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) and the Human Rights Commission, and legislating for gay marriage in the ACT after legislation called the Civil Union Act 2006 (of the Australian Capital Territory) was overturned by federal intervention. In 2013, he introduced the bill for the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT), which the Legislative Assembly passed by a single vote but which was soon overturned in the High Court.^[4]

List of ministerial positions held in ACT government

• Deputy Chief Minister (December 2014 – present)
• Attorney-General (20 April 2006 – present)
• Minister for Health (20 January 2015 – present), (23 December 2002 – 20 April 2006)
• Minister for the Environment (May 2011 – present)
• Minister for Capital Metro (December 2014 – present)
• Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services (13 November 2001 – 23 December 2002)
• Minister for Energy (10 November 2008 – 16 May 2011)
• Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water (10 November 2008 – 16 May 2011)
• Minister for Industrial Relations (13 November 2001 – 23 December 2002)
• Minister for Planning (13 November 2001 – 17 April 2007)
• Minister for Police and Emergency Services (20 April 2006 – December 2014)
• Minister for Sustainable Development (16 May 2011 – December 2014)
• Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations (9 November 2012 – July 2014)

See also

• Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT)

References

1. "Simon Corbell". Member profile. Legislative Assembly for the ACT. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. "Simon Corbell". ACT Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
3. "About Simon Corbell". Simon Corbell MLA. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
4. "Simon Corbell". ACT Labor. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

External links

• Corbell, Simon (27 August 2004). "Simon Corbell". Stateline (Interview). Interview with Kathleen Hyland. Canberra: ABC TV.
• "Candidate profile: Simon Codbell". Canberra Times. 2010.