Jon Stanhope

Jon Stanhope AO
Stanhope in 2006
Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories
In office 5 October 2012 – 5 October 2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Quentin Bryce Peter Cosgrove
Preceded by	Brian Lacy
Succeeded by	Barry Haase
5th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2001, 2004, 2008
In office 5 November 2001 – 12 May 2011
Deputy	Ted Quinlan (2001–2006) Katy Gallagher (2006–2011)
Preceded by	Gary Humphries
Succeeded by	Katy Gallagher
Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2001
In office 19 March 1998 – 12 November 2001
Preceded by	Wayne Berry
Succeeded by	Gary Humphries
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra
In office 21 February 1998 – 16 May 2011
Preceded by	Roberta McRae
Succeeded by	Chris Bourke
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-29) 29 April 1951 (age 73) Gundagai, New South Wales
Political party	Labor Party
Children	Four children
Alma mater	Australian National University
Profession	Lawyer Political activist

Jonathan Donald Stanhope AO (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011.^[1] He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly.^[2] From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.^[3]