Steve Bracks

Steve Bracks
Bracks in 2006
44th Premier of Victoria
In office
20 October 1999 – 30 July 2007
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorJames Gobbo
John Landy
David de Kretser
DeputyJohn Thwaites
Preceded byJeff Kennett
Succeeded byJohn Brumby
Leader of the Labor Party in Victoria
In office
22 March 1999 – 30 July 2007
DeputyJohn Thwaites
Preceded byJohn Brumby
Succeeded byJohn Brumby
Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
In office
22 March 1999 – 20 October 1999
PremierJeff Kennett
DeputyJohn Thwaites
Preceded byJohn Brumby
Succeeded byJeff Kennett
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
In office
20 October 1999 – 30 July 2007
PremierHimself
Preceded byJeff Kennett
Succeeded byJohn Brumby
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
In office
5 December 2002 – 30 July 2007
PremierHimself
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded byJohn Brumby
Treasurer of Victoria
In office
20 October 1999 – 22 May 2000
PremierHimself
Preceded byDenis Napthine
Succeeded byJohn Brumby
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Williamstown
In office
13 August 1994 – 6 August 2007
Preceded byJoan Kirner
Succeeded byWade Noonan
Personal details
BornStephen Phillip Bracks
(1954-10-15) 15 October 1954
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
PartyLabor
SpouseTerry Horsfall
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Ballarat
ProfessionTeacher
Signature
Websitestevebracks.com.au
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Stephen Phillip Bracks AC (born 15 October 1954) is an Australian former politician who served as the 44th Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party.

Bracks led Labor in Victoria to minority government at the 1999 election, defeating the incumbent Jeff Kennett Liberal and National coalition government. Labor was returned with a majority government after a landslide win at the 2002 election. Labor was elected for a third term at the 2006 election with a substantial but reduced majority. The treasurer, John Brumby, became Labor leader and premier in 2007 when Bracks retired from politics. Bracks is the third-longest-serving Labor premier in Victorian history, surpassed only by John Cain Jr. and Daniel Andrews.

Bracks has served as the 6th Chancellor of Victoria University since 2021.