Geoff Gallop

The Honourable Geoff Gallop AC
Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops in 2002
27th Premier of Western Australia
In office 10 February 2001 – 16 January 2006
Governor	John Sanderson
Deputy	Eric Ripper
Preceded by	Richard Court
Succeeded by	Alan Carpenter
Constituency	Victoria Park
Personal details
Born	Geoffrey Ian Gallop (1951-09-27) 27 September 1951 (age 65) Geraldton, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Beverly Diane Jones (m.1975–2009; her death) Ingrid van Beek (m.2010–present)
Children	Leo Gallop Thomas Gallop
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford University of Western Australia
Profession	Academic

Geoffrey Ian "Geoff" Gallop AC (born 27 September 1951) is Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney and former chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. He was the 27th Premier of Western Australia (2001 – 2006).

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 Australian 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 heavily defeated by the incumbent Liberal Party led by Richard Court, 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.