Timothy Logan McCurdy (born 16 January 1963) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing Murray Valley until 2014 and Ovens Valley thereafter. He was the Shadow Cabinet for sport, veterans, gaming and liquor control until March 2018, stepping down in light of the decision of Victoria Police to formally charge McCurdy with fraud offences. The charges were dismissed in the Victorian County Court in April 2021 due to lack of evidence. McCurdy returned to the Shadow Cabinet after the 2022 Victorian Election as the Shadow Minister for Water, and Consumer Affairs, and Gaming and Liquor (in 2025).
In October 2014, it was revealed that McCurdy had been accused by a long-serving former Nationals staffer, Jillian McGillivray, of harassment and bullying, with lawyers for McGillivray expecting her case to be listed before the Wangaratta Magistrates Court in November 2014. McCurdy denied any wrongdoing. After the legal entity responsible for employing parliamentary staff, the Department of Parliamentary Services, paid a confidential settlement sum to McGillivray to settle the court proceedings, McCurdy was subsequently threatened with defamation proceedings for falsely telling public meetings that McGillivray's case had been "thrown out of court" and allegedly calling McGillivray a "bitch".
McCurdy was criticised by Liberal MP Tim Smith in 2019 for employing his wife and one of his daughters in his electorate office at taxpayer expense, which Smith described as "totally unacceptable". However, unlike their federal counterparts, state MPs are not prohibited from employing family members in taxpayer-funded roles.
On 21 April 2021, judge George Georgiou dismissed the charges against McCurdy in the County Court, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to obtain a conviction after the main witness of the prosecution admitted that he falsified the document not Mr McCurdy.
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