Geoff Gallop | |
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.jpg) Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops in 2002 | |
| 27th Premier of Western Australia | |
| In office 10 February 2001 – 16 January 2006 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | John Sanderson |
| Deputy | Eric Ripper |
| Preceded by | Richard Court |
| Succeeded by | Alan Carpenter |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 8 October 1996 – 10 February 2001 | |
| Premier | Richard Court |
| Deputy | Jim McGinty Eric Ripper |
| Preceded by | Jim McGinty |
| Succeeded by | Richard Court |
| Leader of the Western Australian Labor Party | |
| In office 8 October 1996 – 25 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jim McGinty |
| Succeeded by | Alan Carpenter |
| Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Victoria Park | |
| In office 7 June 1986 – 25 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Davies |
| Succeeded by | Ben Wyatt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Geoffrey Ian Gallop 27 September 1951 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Beverly Diane Jones
(m. 1975; died 2009)Ingrid van Beek (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford University of Western Australia |
| Profession | Academic |
Geoffrey Ian Gallop AC FASSA (born 27 September 1951) is an Australian academic and former politician who served as the 27th premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He is currently a professor and director of the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney and former chairman of the Australian Republican Movement.
Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, Gallop studied at the University of Western Australia, and later progressed to St John's College at the University of Oxford after winning a Rhodes Scholarship. Having joined the Labor Party in 1971, he served as a councillor for the City of Fremantle between 1983 and 1986, and was elected to the seat of Victoria Park in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 1986 state election. Having held several portfolios in the preceding Lawrence Ministry (including Minister for Education), Gallop replaced Jim McGinty as Leader of the Opposition in 1996 following McGinty's resignation.
At the 1996 election, Labor was defeated by the incumbent Liberal Party led by Richard Court despite a rise in Labor's share of the vote, but he remained as the party's leader, and at the 2001 election Labor was elected to government, with Gallop becoming premier. Having successfully contested the 2005 election, Gallop resigned as Premier, Labor leader and from parliament in early 2006 to aid his recovery from depression, and was replaced by Alan Carpenter.