Mr Joe McCracken

Western Victoria Legislative Council Liberal Party
Joe McCracken

Meet Joe

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Prior to entering Parliament, Joe worked in the family run pub. While he studied at University and afterwards he worked as a tax accountant, focussing on small businesses and farmers. Joe retrained as a teacher and worked in that field for 10 years. He was head of the Humanities department, careers coordinator and mentor induction coordinator.  He also served as a councillor for Colac-Otway shire between 2016-2022, serving as Mayor in 2017-18, and Deputy Mayor 2018-2020.

He was born, educated, and has worked his entire adult life in Western Victoria. His motivation is to represent his community and make it better for current and future generations, particularly for our young people. This is what prompted him to run for Parliament.

Joe’s priority as a Member of Parliament is to fairly and fiercely represent his community. His grandmother had always said “you were given two ears and one mouth - use them in those proportions”, so he sees a big part of his role as listening, learning and supporting his community as best he can.

He is particularly interested in:

  • Local Government
  • Education
  • Economic Development
  • Roads
  • Population
  • Regulatory reform

Positions

  • Opposition Whip in Legislative Council since October 2023

  • Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Economic Development since December 2022

Committee memberships

Electorate

Western Victoria

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Allowances, budget and international travel reports

In accordance with section 9I of the Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968 the relevant Officer must publish the prescribed details in respect of claims for work-related parliamentary allowances or under the Budget and expense allowances (if any) and electorate allowances and the motor vehicle allowance (if claimed) made to the relevant Officer during each period of 3 months ending 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December as soon as practicable after the end of each period.

Historical information

  • First elected
    26 November 2022
  • 739 days of parliamentary service
    2022 - current

Electorate represented

  • Western Victoria since 26 November 2022

Party represented

  • Liberal Party since 26 November 2022

Positions held

  • Opposition Whip in Legislative Council since 3 October 2023

  • Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Economic Development since 18 December 2022

Committee membership history

Electorate office

Contact the electorate office for matters about your community.

Phone

03 5332 2405

Email

joe.mccracken@parliament.vic.gov.au

Address

Ground Floor 17 Lydiard Street Ballarat VIC 3350