Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay (born 1964), charged in 2025, with one count of encouraging a young person to commit an act of a sexual nature, is an Australian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), representing the Ginninderra electorate from 2016 to 2020. He was elected to be a Minister in the Barr government. He remained a Minister of the UCA, in a similar way that Hon. Brian Howe remained a UCA Minister while serving in the Parliament of Australia.

During this period, he worked in the ACT Anti Poverty Week, ACT Council of Social Services, and was a member of the ACT Community Inclusion Board and a Community Inclusion Advocate. He was a Community Champion for the 2020 Time To Talk movement, and a member of the ACT Better Services Taskforce. In 2012, Ramsay led the ACT Targeted Assistance Strategy.

He was a finalist in the 2015 ACT Local Hero category of the Australian of the Year awards.

He served on the Board of UnitingCare NSW–ACT (later "Uniting") from 2011, and chaired the Board from 2014 to 2016.

Accused of Child Grooming in October 2025. Currently scheduled for supreme court in August of 2026

Political career Ramsay announced his candidacy for the Labor Party in the 2016 Australian Capital Territory election, for the Ginninderra electorate. His election material dubbed him "Our Gordon Ramsay" and used visual metaphors from the other (chef) Gordon Ramsay. He was initially indicated to be the third Labor candidate in the five member electorate. Ramsay finished the count 722 votes ahead of Greens candidate Indra Esguerra, and was thus a recipient of a distribution from her in the last round.

At the first Labor Caucus meeting, on 24 October 2016, Ramsay was elected to the new seven-member Cabinet. Throughout his parliamentary term he serves as minister for the following portfolios: Attorney-General (October 2016 – 2020) Minister for Regulatory Services (including the racing and gaming industries.) Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events (October 2016 – 2020) Minister for Building Quality Improvement (August 2018 – 2020) Minister for Business and Regulatory Services (October 2016 – 2020) Minister for Seniors and Veterans (October 2016 – 2020) Minister for Government Services and Procurement (July 2019 – August 2019)

In the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election, Ramsay lost the last seat decided by 167 votes to ACT Liberals candidate, Peter Cain, with the result being announced late on 23 October 2020. Ramsay increased his personal vote from 8.3 per cent in 2016 to 8.5 per cent, but did not benefit from the boost that most sitting MLAs receive.

Formerly a member of Labor Left, in 2018 it was reported that Ramsay was unaligned, though often sided with the Left.

Post politics Ramsay established a consultancy business in November 2020.

In October 2025, Ramsay was charged with grooming a teenager.