The dust has settled on the Victorian state election and one upper house member can officially call Ballarat home.
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Liberal Joe McCracken has moved into Wendouree MP Juliana Addison's old office on Lydiard Street.
Mr McCracken said it was a relief to be in Ballarat after uncertainty of where the Department of Parliamentary Services would place him within the Western Victorian district.
"I'm excited to be back in Ballarat - it's my hometown and I love it here," he said.
"Having an office here means that I can represent the community as best I possibly can."
After the resignation of Jaala Pulford before the state election in November, most of the western upper house representation has shifted to the coast.
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Also representing the western half of the state will be Labor's Gayle Tierney, Liberal's Bev McArthur and the first regional representative for the Greens Party, Sarah Mansfield, who are all based in Geelong.
Labor's second member Jacinta Ermacora is set to be based close to her home in Warrnambool.
Mr McCracken will turn his focus inland. The former teacher said he hoped to focus on young people, education, local government and population policy.
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