Craig Ondarchie

Craig Ondarchie
MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Assumed office
27 November 2010
Personal details
Born (1962-06-28) 28 June 1962
Political party Liberal Party
Website Craig Ondarchie

Craig Philip Ondarchie (born 28 June 1962) is an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party in the Victorian Legislative Council. He attended Kingswood College (Box Hill) and has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1997. [1]

Ondarchie worked for over a decade in business development, two years as executive director of the Royal Women's Hospital, and eight years as managing partner of the Melbourne corporate governance organisation, RADNO.[2]

He was elected to the Northern Metropolitan Region at the 2010 Victorian Election,[3] and currently sits on parliamentary committees overseeing environment and planning legislation, public accounts and estimates, and environment and planning references. On 25 April 2013, Ondarchie was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to the Victorian premier.

In April 2018, was involved in controversy surrounding asking to be excused for religious reasons from voting in parliament. The Labor party had agreed to this, and as such one of their MP's was absent in a good faith agreement between the parties known as 'Pairing'. Ondarchie then showed up for the Vote, in the government called an absolute disgrace.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/1722
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Colebatch, Tim (9 December 2010). "All power to Baillieu as upper house win looms". The Age. Retrieved 16 December 2010.


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