Meegan Fitzharris

Meegan Fitzharris (born 1972) is a former Australian politician, who was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for the Yerrabi electorate from October 2016 to July 2019, and before that, member for the electorate of Molonglo after she won a countback to fill the Legislative Assembly seat vacated by former Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher, in January 2015.

[2] Chief Minister Katy Gallagher resigned from the Assembly on 23 December 2014 to pursue a seat in the Australian Senate.

[1][2] In January 2016, Fitzharris was appointed to the Barr ministry, taking on the transport, health and higher education portfolios and becoming one of ACT Labor's most senior frontbenchers.

As transport minister, she oversaw the introduction of light rail in Canberra,[6] but also weathered complaints about the rollout of a new bus network in 2019.

[9] She resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 8 July, creating a casual vacancy which was filled by a countback.