The First Barr Ministry was the 13th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 15 December 2014 following the resignation of Katy Gallagher as Chief Minister and the subsequent election of Andrew Barr as her replacement by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.^[1] Green's Shane Rattenbury continued to serve as a minister for the remainder of the parliamentary term, as part of the Labor-Greens parliamentary agreement signed in 2012 at the start of the term.^[2]

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First Barr Ministry
13th Ministry of the Australian Capital Territory
Date formed	15 December 2014
Date dissolved	1 November 2016
People and organisations
Chief Minister	Andrew Barr
Deputy Chief Minister	Yvette Berry
No. of ministers	7
Member parties	Labor-Greens coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government 9 / 17
Opposition party	Liberal
Opposition leader	Jeremy Hanson
History
Legislature term(s)	8th
Predecessor	Second Gallagher ministry
Successor	Second Barr Ministry

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The ministry was replaced by the Second Barr Ministry in November 2016 after the Labor government's re-election at the 2016 election.

Following Barr's election as Chief Minister, a new ministry was appointed on 15 December 2014 and lasted for one month until 20 January 2015.^[1]

On 20 January 2015, Yvette Berry was appointed to the Ministry, increasing the Ministry size to 6.^[3]

Following Joy Burch's resignation as police minister, she resigned from all other ministerial positions a month later in January 2016.^[5] A new arrangement was formed, took effect on 22 January 2016 and lasted until the 2016 election in October, with the exception of two ministerial roles. In this arrangement, Meegan Fitzharris and former minister Chris Bourke were appointed to the Ministry, increasing the Ministry size to 7.^[7]