10 Facts About Steve Herbert

Steven Ralph Herbert was born on 30 April 1954 and is a former Australian politician.

Steve Herbert was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2017: in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as member for Eltham from 2002 to 2014, and in the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2017.

Until he resigned in October 2016 for using taxpayer money to chauffeur his dogs on several occasions, Steve Herbert was the Victorian Minister for Training and Skills.

Steve Herbert was a state organiser for the Labor Party and a senior electorate officer to Senator Kim Carr.

Steve Herbert was preselected as the Labor candidate for the Liberal-held seat of Eltham prior to the 2002 state election, and defeated sitting member Wayne Phillips in Labor's landslide election victory.

Steve Herbert was re-elected in 2006, achieving a swing to him and increasing his margin to 6.4 percent.

Steve Herbert was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, assisting the then Deputy Premier John Thwaites.

Steve Herbert narrowly retained his seat of Eltham on a margin of 0.8 percent in the 2010 Victorian election.

In December 2013, Steve Herbert announced he would retire from his seat of Eltham at the 2014 Victorian election and instead seek election to the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Victoria Region.

Steve Herbert announced his resignation from parliament on 23 March 2017, saying that he "no longer [had] 100 per cent to give".