Kay Hallahan

Kay Hallahan
Constituency	Council: South-East Metropolitan, East Metropolitan Assembly: Armadale
Personal details
Born	4 November 1941 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Profession	Policewoman, social worker.

Elsie Kay Hallahan (born 4 November 1941), commonly known as Kay Hallahan, is a former deputy leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party.

As a member of the Labor Party, she also served as a minister in the Burke, Dowding and Lawrence ministries in Western Australia, and was the first woman ever to sit in both the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Western Australian Legislative Council.

She joined the Western Australian Police in 1969 before moving into social work in 1981. At the 1983 election, she won one of the South-East Metropolitan Province seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council. Following the 1986 election, she became a minister in the Burke Ministry, with the portfolios of Community Services, the Family, Youth, the Aged and Women's Interests, and served in similar roles in the Dowding Ministry.

At the 1989 election, with the transition of the Legislative Council to a proportional system of election, she transferred to the East Metropolitan Region. With Carmen Lawrence's rise to premier in February 1990, a significant reshuffle saw Hallahan become Minister for Planning, Lands, Heritage and the Arts. On 5 February 1991 she became Minister for Education.

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