# Joe Helper

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**Jochen** "**Joe**" **Helper** (born 29 September 1959) is an Australian politician who represented [Ripon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ripon) in the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly) from 1999 to 2014, representing the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)).

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

## References

1. "Joe Helper". Retrieved 18 November 2018.

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