Editing Geoff Gallop (section)

===In government (2001–2006)===
At the [[2001 Western Australian state election|February 2001 state election]], Gallop led the Labor Party to victory,<ref>{{cite news
 | author = Staff writer
 | title = Labor claims state election victory
 | work = Associated Press Newswires
 | publisher = Associated Press
 | date = 11 February 2001
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</ref> taking 13 seats from the Liberals on a seven-percent swing—the largest swing against a sitting government in the state since 1911.<ref>{{Cite journal|last= Black |first= David |date=December 2001 |title= The Western Australian election of 10 February 2001: Coalition demolition |journal= Australian Journal of Political Science |volume= 36 |issue= 2 |pages= 355–362 |issn=1036-1146 |doi=10.1080/10361140120078871|s2cid= 153571399 }}</ref>

Gallop became Premier and Minister for Public Sector Management, Federal Affairs, Science, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests.<ref>{{cite news
 | first = Wendy
 | last = Pryer
 | title = The new cabinet
 | work = [[The West Australian]]
 | publisher = West Australian Newspapers Limited
 | page = 4
 | date = 16 February 2001
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</ref>
Gallop went on to win a second term at the 26 February 2005 state election.<ref>{{cite news

 | author = Staff writer
 | title = Gallop wins second term in close-fought contest
 | work = [[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]]
 | publisher = News Limited
 | location = [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
 | page = 1
 | date = 27 February 2005
 }}</ref>
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As premier, Dr Gallop oversaw a range of political and social reforms (electoral reform, gay and lesbian equality and a state Administrative Tribunal), changed the State's industrial and labour laws, brought a spirit of reconciliation to the resolution of native Title and developed partnership models for the State's indigenous communities, changed the law to require all 16- and 17-year-olds to be in education or training, was the first Premier to commit his government to a major desalination plant, stopped the logging of all of the State's Old Growth Forests, creating a record number of new national parks, restructured the State's electricity and racing industries, and started construction of the [[Mandurah railway line|Perth to Mandurah Railway]] and the associated City Rail Tunnel.

As Minister for Science he established the Science Council, committed significant funding to Research and Development in the State, and established the Premier's Research Fellowship Program to attract leading researchers from overseas and interstate.