Mike Gallacher

Mike Gallacher
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
In office
3 April 2011 – 2 May 2014
PremierBarry O'Farrell
Mike Baird
Preceded byMichael Daley (as Minister for Police)
Steve Whan (as Minister for Emergency Services)
Succeeded byStuart Ayres
Minister for the Central Coast
In office
9 December 2013 – 2 May 2014
PremierBarry O'Farrell
Mike Baird
Preceded byChris Hartcher
Succeeded byRob Stokes
Minister for Industrial Relations
In office
23 April 2014 – 2 May 2014
PremierMike Baird
Preceded byMike Baird
Succeeded byAndrew Constance
Minister for the Hunter
In office
3 April 2011 – 18 December 2013
PremierBarry O'Farrell
Preceded byChris Hartcher
Succeeded byRob Stokes
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
17 April 1996 – 6 April 2017
Preceded byStephen Mutch
Personal details
Born (1961-09-27) 27 September 1961 (age 63)
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Political partyIndependent (from 2014)
Liberal (to 2014)
SpouseJudy Gallacher
Alma materUniversity of New England

Michael Joseph Gallacher (born 27 September 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is an Australian former politician. He was the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Vice-president of the Executive Council in the O'Farrell government and Baird government from 2011 to 2014; the Minister for the Central Coast from December 2013 to May 2014; and the Minister for Industrial Relations in the Baird government from April to May 2014.[1] Gallacher has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1996.[2] He was the Minister for the Hunter between 2011 and 2014.

In May 2014, Gallacher resigned as Minister after being named in the Independent Commission Against Corruption for alleged involvement in a corrupt scheme to receive illegal political donations.[3] He resigned from parliament in April 2017.[4]

  1. ^ Nicholls, Sean (22 April 2014). "Mike Baird's cabinet reshuffle a preparation for next election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Hon. Michael Joseph Gallacher, BProf St (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ Howden, Saffron (2 May 2014). "Mike Gallacher had to resign over ICAC claim, Mike Baird says". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  4. ^ Nicholls, Sean; Mitchell, Georgina (6 April 2017). "Former NSW police minister Mike Gallacher resigns from parliament". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.