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Bracks ministry


FieldValue
cabinet_nameBracks Ministry
cabinet_number65th
jurisdictionVictoria, Australia
date_formed20 October 1999
date_dissolved3 August 2007
state_head_titleMonarch
government_head_titlePremier
deputy_government_head_titleDeputy premier
government_headSteve Bracks
deputy_government_headJohn Thwaites
state_headQueen Elizabeth II
governorSir James Gobbo (until 31 December 2000)John Landy (1 January 2001 to 7 April 2006)David de Kretser (since 7 April 2006)
current_number20
political_partyLabor
legislature_statusMinority government (until 2002 state election)
Majority government (since 2002 state election)
opposition_partyLiberal–National Coalition
opposition_leaderDenis Napthine (until 20 August 2002)Robert Doyle (20 August 2002 to 8 May 2006)Ted Baillieu (since 8 May 2006)
election1999 state election
2002 state election
2006 state election
previousKennett ministry
successorBrumby ministry
flagFile:Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia).svgflag_border=true
cabinet_typeministry

Majority government (since 2002 state election) 2002 state election 2006 state election The Bracks Ministry was the 65th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, and Deputy Premier, John Thwaites. It succeeded the Kennett Ministry on 20 October 1999, following the defeat of Jeff Kennett's Liberal government in the 1999 state election. The ministry dissolved as a result of the retirement of Bracks and Thwaites and was replaced by the Brumby ministry led by new Labor leader John Brumby.

There were three reshuffles within the Bracks Ministry. The first took place on 12 February 2002.

Cabinet

MinisterPortfolios
Steve Bracks, MLA/MP
John Thwaites, MLA/MP
Monica Gould, MLC
Jacinta Allan, MLA/MP
Peter Batchelor, MLA/MP
Candy Broad, MLC
John Brumby, MLA/MP
Bob Cameron, MLA/MP
Christine Campbell, MLA/MP
Mary Delahunty, MLA/MP
Sherryl Garbutt, MLA/MP
Andre Haermeyer, MLA/MP
Keith Hamilton, MLA/MP
Rob Hulls, MLA/MP
Lynne Kosky, MLA/MP
John Lenders, MLA/MP
Justin Madden, MLC
John Pandazopoulos, MLA/MP
Bronwyn Pike, MLA/MP
Marsha Thomson, MLC
Tim Holding, MLA/MP
Daniel Andrews, MLA/MP
Joe Helper, MLP/MP
Gavin Jennings, MLA/MP
James Merlino, MLA/MP
Lisa Neville, MLA/MP
Tim Pallas, MLA/MP
Theo Theophanous, MLA/MP
Richard Wynne, MLA/MP

References

title=Bracks Ministry| before=Kennett Ministry| after=Brumby Ministry| years=1999–2007

References

  1. [http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes1999/GG1999S155.pdf Victoria Government Gazette No. S 155], Government of Victoria, 20 October 1999.
  2. [http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2002/GG2002S028.pdf Victoria Government Gazette No. S 28] {{webarchive. link. (6 July 2011 , Government of Victoria, 12 February 2002.)
  3. Doye, Helen. (5 December 2002). "Ministers of the Crown".
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