Margaret Anderson Kelliher | |
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| Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works | |
| Assumed office March 2, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Jacob Frey |
| Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Transportation | |
| In office January 7, 2019 – March 1, 2022 | |
| Governor | Tim Walz |
| Preceded by | Charles Zelle |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Daubenberger (Acting) |
| 57th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office January 3, 2007 – January 4, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Sviggum |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Zellers |
| Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office June 20, 2006 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Entenza |
| Succeeded by | Marty Seifert |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 60A district | |
| In office January 5, 1999 – January 4, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Dee Long |
| Succeeded by | Marion Greene |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 11, 1968 Mankato, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | David Kelliher |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Gustavus Adolphus College (BA) Harvard University (MPA) |
Margaret Anderson Kelliher (born March 11, 1968) is an American politician, Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, former Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 60A, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. First elected in 1999, she served until 2011, also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She is the second woman (after Dee Long) to hold the position of House speaker. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2010 gubernatorial election, losing to former Senator Mark Dayton. Anderson left the Minnesota House of Representatives at the conclusion of her term in 2011 and re-entered politics when she ran for the DFL nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2018, losing to Ilhan Omar. Since 2019 Kelliher, has worked in transportation management roles for the government, first as Commissioner of MnDOT, and later as Director of Public Works for the city of Minneapolis.