Timothy Carson Crakanthorp is an Australian politician. He has been a
Labor
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member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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since 25 October 2014, when he was elected in a
by-election
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to the seat of
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.
When he was elected he was a serving member of
Newcastle City Council
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.
Crakanthorp is currently the
Shadow Minister for Skills and TAFE, and the
Shadow Minister for Tertiary Education in the NSW
Shadow Cabinet.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Labor Left politicians
Living people
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales local councillors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
21st-century Australian politicians
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