He was Guernsey's first Chief Minister and was elected to the post in May 2004.
It was announced on 31 January 2007 that the Chief Minister and the Policy Council were to resign.
The resignation followed a highly critical report, after the Fallagate scandal, regarding why the lowest tender to build a new clinical block at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital was withdrawn.
[4] He was first elected as a Deputy on 29 June 1988, and then went on to serve as a Conseiller until the post was abolished in 2000.
On 5 March 2007, Deputy Mike Torode was elected to succeed Laurie Morgan as Chief Minister.