Joe Helper

The Honourable
Joe Helper
The Honourable Joe Helper
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly; for Ripon
	In office; 18 September 1999 – 29 November 2014
Preceded by	Steve Elder
Succeeded by	Louise Staley
Personal details
Born	29 September 1959 (age 65); Germany
Political party	Labor Party

Jochen "Joe" Helper (born 29 September 1959) is an Australian politician who represented Ripon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the Labor Party.

Helper was first elected in the 1999 election on the back of the anti-Kennett rural swing and has held this normally Liberal seat until his resignation in 2014. After the 2006 election Helper was appointed to the cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. He gained the small business portfolio in a reshuffle in August 2007 following the accession of John Brumby to the premiership.^[1]

References

^ "Joe Helper". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by Steve Elder	Member for Ripon 1999–2014	Succeeded by Louise Staley
Political offices
Preceded by Keith Hamilton	Minister for Agriculture 2006–2010	Succeeded by Peter Walsh
Preceded by Theo Theophanous	Minister for Small Business 2007–2010	Succeeded by Louise Asher

[1] "Joe Helper". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

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