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Mike Gallacher | |
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Minister for Police and Emergency Services | |
In office 3 April 2011 – 2 May 2014 | |
Premier | Barry O'Farrell; Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Michael Daley (as Minister for Police) Steve Whan (as Minister for Emergency Services) |
Succeeded by | Stuart Ayres |
Minister for the Central Coast | |
In office 9 December 2013 – 2 May 2014 | |
Premier | Barry O'Farrell; Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Chris Hartcher |
Succeeded by | Rob Stokes |
Minister for Industrial Relations | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 2 May 2014 | |
Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | vacant |
Succeeded by | Andrew Constance |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
In office 17 April 1996 – 6 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Mutch |
Personal details | |
Born | Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom | 27 September 1961
Political party | Independent (from 2014) Liberal (to 2014) |
Spouse | Judy Gallacher |
Alma mater | University 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]