[1] A high school social studies teacher by profession, Bracko first ran for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1989 in the riding of St. Albert, under the banner of the Liberal Party.
In the 1993 provincial election, Bracko defeated Fowler, then the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, by 1,500 votes.
As a member of the Liberal official opposition caucus, he served as Municipal Affairs critic.
Bracko and his wife, Barb, were active with Habitat for Humanity and travelled to Nepal in 2002 to help build houses.
He was an honorary chief of the Maasai tribe, an honour that was bestowed on him in 2004 when he travelled to Mozambique on behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities business.