South Australian Labor member for Reynell.
The SA Labor Party had the following biography on its website before the 2006 election:

Gay's commitment to politics was shaped by her childhood experiences as the eldest of seven children in a family where there was unemployment, ill health and never enough money to meet household needs.
To help out, she started part time work at fourteen and worked full time by sixteen
Gay studied part time to finish her schooling and go to university. She has worked as a union official and in many roles advocating for fair treatment of disadvantaged people. Gay has been the Member for Reynell since 1997.

REYNELL

Area: approx. 35.5km2

Location: The district is largely residential and lies to the south west of the outer Adelaide area. The seat, now more compact, underwent considerable amendment at the 1998 redistribution and a minor boundary change in 2003.

History: The district was created in 1991.