Alan Carpenter

Alan Carpenter
Carpenter delivering a speech at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Baton Relay, Kings Park
28th Premier of Western Australia
In office
25 January 2006 – 23 September 2008
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorKen Michael
DeputyEric Ripper
Preceded byGeoff Gallop
Succeeded byColin Barnett
Leader of the Western Australian
Labor Party
In office
24 January 2006 – 16 September 2008
Preceded byGeoff Gallop
Succeeded byEric Ripper
Minister for Energy and State Development
In office
10 March 2005 – 3 February 2006
Preceded byEric Ripper
Succeeded byFran Logan
Minister for Education and Training
In office
16 February 2001 – 10 March 2005
Preceded byColin Barnett
Succeeded byLjiljanna Ravlich
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Willagee
In office
14 December 1996 – 2 October 2009
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byPeter Tinley
Personal details
Born
Alan John Carpenter

(1957-01-04) 4 January 1957 (age 67)
Albany, Western Australia
Political partyLabor Party
ProfessionJournalist

Alan John Carpenter (born 4 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Western Australia, from 2006 to 2008. From Albany, Carpenter graduated from the University of Western Australia, and worked as a journalist before entering politics. A member of the Labor Party, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1996 state election, representing the seat of Willagee. In the Gallop ministry, which took office following the 2001 election, Carpenter was Minister for Education (later Education and Training), as well as holding several other portfolios. He replaced Geoff Gallop as premier in January 2006, following Gallop's resignation, but Labor lost office following a hung parliament at the 2008 election, with Colin Barnett becoming premier as the leader of a minority Liberal Party government. Carpenter resigned from parliament in 2009, and until 2018 held a senior management position with Wesfarmers.