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===Resignation=== On 16 January 2006 Gallop announced he was resigning as premier and retiring from politics to aid his recovery from depression.<ref name="RipperStepsIn"/> He addressed a news conference stating that "in the interests of my health and my family I have decided to rethink my career".<ref name="RipperStepsIn"/> Deputy Premier and Treasurer [[Eric Ripper]] took over from Gallop as Acting Premier, pending a leadership vote at the State Labor Caucus.<ref name="RipperStepsIn">{{cite news | author = Staff writer | title = Ripper steps in as acting WA Premier | work = AAP Bulletins | publisher = Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd | date = 16 January 2006 }} </ref> [[Alan Carpenter]] was elected unopposed<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff writer | title = WA Premier is chosen | work = [[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)]] | publisher = News Limited | page = 19 | date = 22 January 2006}} </ref> and was sworn in on 25 January 2006.
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