caption constituency governor predecessor successor birth_name birth_place nationality party profession birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
alan games baton relay , kings park . carpenter delivering a speech at the 2006 commonwealth willagee ken michael geoff gallop colin barnett alan john carpenter albany , western australia australian australian labor party journalist 4 january 1957 28th premier of western australia 25 january 2006 annmarie de costa alan carpenter.jpg alan carpenter
 23 september 2008 alan carpenter
alan carpenter

alan john carpenter -lrb- born 4 january 1957 -rrb- is a former australian politician who served as the 28th premier of western australia , from 2006 to 2008 .
from albany , carpenter graduated from the university of western australia , and worked as a journalist before entering politics .
a member of the labor party , he was first elected to the legislative assembly at the 1996 state election , representing the seat of willagee .
in the gallop ministry , which took office following the 2001 election , carpenter was minister for education -lrb- later education and training -rrb- , as well as holding several other portfolios .
he replaced geoff gallop as premier in january 2006 , following gallop 's resignation , but labor lost office following a hung parliament at the 2008 election , with colin barnett becoming premier as the leader of a minority liberal party government .
carpenter resigned from parliament in 2009 , and currently holds a senior management position with wesfarmers limited .
