Steve Bracks

The Honourable Steve Bracks AC
Bracks in 2006
44th Premier of Victoria Elections: 1999, 2002, 2006
In office 20 October 1999 – 30 July 2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	James Gobbo John Landy David de Kretser
Deputy	John Thwaites
Preceded by	Jeff Kennett
Succeeded by	John Brumby
Leader of the Labor Party in Victoria
In office 22 March 1999 – 30 July 2007
Deputy	John Thwaites
Preceded by	John Brumby
Succeeded by	John Brumby
Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
In office 22 March 1999 – 20 October 1999
Premier	Jeff Kennett
Deputy	John Thwaites
Preceded by	John Brumby
Succeeded by	Jeff Kennett
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
In office 20 October 1999 – 30 July 2007
Premier	Himself
Preceded by	Jeff Kennett
Succeeded by	John Brumby
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
In office 5 December 2002 – 30 July 2007
Premier	Himself
Preceded by	New position
Succeeded by	John Brumby
Treasurer of Victoria
In office 20 October 1999 – 22 May 2000
Premier	Himself
Preceded by	Denis Napthine
Succeeded by	John Brumby
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Williamstown
In office 13 August 1994 – 6 August 2007
Preceded by	Joan Kirner
Succeeded by	Wade Noonan
Personal details
Born	Stephen Phillip Bracks (1954-10-15) 15 October 1954 (age 70) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Terry Horsfall
Children	3, including Nick Bracks
Alma mater	University of Ballarat
Profession	Teacher
Signature
Website	stevebracks.com.au

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Stephen Phillip Bracks AC (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007.

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.^[1]