Tim Crakanthorp

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| office = Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education

| term_start = 5 April 2023

| term_end = 3 August 2023

| premier = Chris Minns

| preceded = Alister Henskens (as Minister for Skills and Training)

| succeeded = Prue Car

| office1 = Minister for the Hunter

| term_start1 = 5 April 2023

| term_end1 = 3 August 2023

| premier1 = Chris Minns

| succeeded1 = Yasmin Catley

| constituency_AM2 = Newcastle

| assembly2 = New South Wales Legislative

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| term_start2 = 25 October 2014

| predecessor2 = Tim Owen

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| birth_date = 3 June{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-110565|title=Member for Newcastle|work=Hansard|date=3 June 2020}}

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| nationality = Australian

| party = Labor

| residence = Hamilton South{{cite web |title=Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Newcastle |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-government-elections/2023-state-general-election/candidates/newcastle |website=elections.nsw.gov.au |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=27 March 2023}}

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| occupation = Politician

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| website = {{URL|https://www.timcrakanthorp.com/}}

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Timothy Carson Crakanthorp is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 25 October 2014, when he was elected in a by-election to the seat of Newcastle.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=103 |name=Mr (Tim) Timothy Carson CRAKANTHORP, MP |former= |access-date=6 April 2019}} Mr Crakanthorp was an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 8 years. When he was elected to the Legislative Assembly he was still a serving Councillor on Newcastle City Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2014/charlestown_newcastle/newcastle_guide.htm|title=2014 Newcastle by-election|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

Crakanthorp was the Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, and the Minister for the Hunter in the NSW Minns ministry{{cite web |title=NSW Shadow Ministry |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/shadow-ministry.aspx |website=Parliament of NSW |access-date=10 October 2021}} before stepping down amid allegations of breaching the Ministerial Code of Conduct due to failing to disclose his pecuniary interests of land holdings in an urban redevelopment project within his portfolio.

On 10 April 2024, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced that it was terminating its preliminary investigation because it was "satisfied that there are no reasonable prospects of finding Mr Crakanthorp’s conduct is sufficiently serious to justify a finding of corrupt conduct".{{Cite web |title=Statement regarding Mr Timothy Crakanthorp MP - Independent Commission Against Corruption |url=https://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2024-media-releases/statement-regarding-mr-timothy-crakanthorp-mp |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=www.icac.nsw.gov.au}}

In June 2024, a teenager was charged with terrorism offences after entering Crakanthorp's office with weapons.{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Tamsin |date=2024-06-27 |title=Teenager charged with planning terrorist attack after allegedly entering NSW MP’s office with knives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/27/tim-crakanthorp-nsw-mp-office-teenager-charged-planning-terror-attack-ntwnfb |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The teen had filmed the minister and had made threats.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-27/teen-charged-over-terror-plot-against-newcastle-mp/104033084 |title=VIDEO: Teen charged over terror plot against Newcastle MP |website=abc.net.au |date=2024-06-27 |access-date=2024-07-14}}