Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election

This is a list of the candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election.

Retiring MPs

The following members announced that they will not be contesting the 2026 election:

Labor

Liberal

National

Greens

Legalise Cannabis

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Coalition candidates are denoted with (L) for Liberal Party and (N) for National Party.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Greens candidate One Nation candidate Socialists candidate Other candidates
Albert Park Labor Nina Taylor[21] Sonya Semmens[22] Colleen Bolger[23]
Ashwood Labor Matt Fregon[21] Theo Zographos (L)[24] Tim Randall[25] Jacob van der Eynden[26]
Bass Labor Chris Buckingham[27] Rochelle Halstead (L)[28] Sophie Thorn[29] Chris Jobe[30]
Bayswater Labor Julie Buxton[31] David Kitchen (L)[32] Jess Kennedy[33] Alec Ferguson[34] Gary Coombs (FF)[35]
Bellarine Labor Alison Marchant[21] Callum Whitehead (L)[36] Mitch Pope[37] Dom Williams (SA)[38]
Benambra Liberal Steve Martin (L)[39] Graham Parton[40] Alex Vangalen[41] Mike Fruery (AJP)[42]
Bendigo East Labor Andrew Lethlean (N)[43] Michael Tolhurst[44] Denali Norsen[45]
Bendigo West Labor Liza Shaw[46] Tayne Shalevski[47]
Bentleigh Labor Nick Staikos[21] Tynan Putt (L)[48] Liam Kruger[49]
Berwick Liberal Rana Khan[50] Brad Battin (L) Roshan De Silva[51] Michael Piastrino[52] Nalinda Amarasiri Gunawardana[53] Vincenzo De Paolis (FF)[54]
Box Hill Labor Paul Hamer[21] Sally Houguet (L)[55] Aaron Qin[56] Saravina Afaj[57] Heena Sinha Cheung (Ind)[58][59]
Peter Fagg (FF)[35]
Brighton Liberal Bridget Mullahy[60] James Newbury (L) Ebony Bain[61] Jessica Smith[62]
Broadmeadows Labor Kathleen Matthews-Ward[21] Maryam Nasim[63] Mutullah Can Yolbulan[64] Sue Bolton (SA)[65]
Candace Feild (AJP)[66]
Brunswick Greens Gabriel Steger[67] Adam Pulford[68] Naomi Farmer[69]
Bulleen Liberal Matthew Guy (L) Tomas Lightbody[70] Dimitrios Tafidis[71]
Bundoora Labor Colin Brooks[21] Chris Parr (L)[72] Nina Laitala[73] Sagar Sanyal[74] Melissa Murphy-Webster (Ind)[75]
Carrum Labor Sonya Kilkenny[21] Jeff Shelley (L)[76]
Caulfield Liberal Mikaela Stafrace[77] David Southwick (L) Angel Dolejsí[78] Malak Ababneh[79] Geneviève Gilbert (FF)[35]
Clarinda Labor Meng Heang Tak[21] Conor Boyd-Eedle[80] Kit Message[81]
Cranbourne Labor Pauline Richards[21] Annalise Mercer[82] Reem Yunis[83] Shane Foreman (FF)[35]
Croydon Liberal Richard Farr[84] Grant Hutchinson (L)[85] Lini Fernando[86] Beth Grimshaw[87] David Vanderwolf (Ind)[88]
Dandenong Labor Gabrielle Williams[21] Catherine D'Arcy[89] Jack McMahon[90]
Eildon Liberal Cindy McLeish (L) Talia Gulpilil[91] Chloe Bond (AJP)[92]
Eltham Labor Vicki Ward[21] Paul Byrnes (L)[93] Rachel Busbridge[94] Jessie Weatherly[52] Maeve Riches[95]
Essendon Labor Katerine Theodosis[96] Tommy Le Deux (L)[97] James Williams[98] John Barnes[52] Michal Kedem[99] Oscar Yildiz (Ind)[100]
Eureka Labor Michaela Settle[21] Emma Muir (L)[101] Sam McColl[102] Andy Raven[103] Wendy Morrison (AJP)[104]
Ian Harkness (FF)[35]
Euroa National Annabelle Cleeland (N) Alysia Regan[105]
Evelyn Liberal Analise Sherlock[106] Bridget Vallence (L) Andrew Henley[107] Jan Heald (AJP)[108]
Footscray Labor Katie Hall[21] Elena Pereyra[109] Jasmine Duff[110] Minh Quan Nguyen (West)[111]
Jess Marsh (Ind)[112][113]
Frankston Labor Paul Edbrooke[21] Bree Ambry Katie Goulas[114] Andrew Cheeseman[115] Chrysten Abraham (Ind)[116]
Julie Harman (AJP)[117]
Geelong Labor Christine Couzens[21] Andy Pobjoy (L)[36] Emilie Flynn[118] Bree Vanderpol[119] Brenden Grull (SA)[38]
Gippsland East National Sonny Stephens[120] Gemma Rendell (N)[121] Ash Munro[122]
Gippsland South National Danny O'Brien (N) Zave Evans[123]
Glen Waverley Labor John Mullahy[21] Jacky Sun (L)[124] Toyo White[125] Nicholas Siow[126]
Greenvale Labor Iwan Walters[21] Jim Overend (L)[127] Kirill Smelov[128]
Hastings Labor Paul Mercurio[21] Frank Schiefler (L)[129] Isaac Willoughby[130] Chloe Coulson (AJP)[131]
Hawthorn Liberal Clive Crosby[132] John Pesutto (L) Kylie Rocha[133] Tess McEnearney[134] Shima Ibuki (Ind)[135]
Ivanhoe Labor Anthony Carbines[21] Oscar Lopez (L)[136] Nina Crawley[137] Ben Milne[138]
Kalkallo Labor Ros Spence[21] Courtney Millett[139]
Kew Liberal David Sun[140] Jess Wilson (L) Jackie Carter[141] Samantha Lincolne[142] Sophie Torney (Ind)[143]
Ann Seeley (FF)[35]
Kororoit Labor Luba Grigorovitch[21] Joyce McDonald[144] Rayan Hassan[145]
Lara Labor Ella George[21] Theresa Slater[146] Oliver Randall[147] Sarah Hathway (SA)[38]
Laverton Labor Sarah Connolly[21] Lucy Nguyen[148] Van Thanh Rudd[149]
Lowan National Emma Kealy (N) Lee Ann Elms (FF)[35]
Macedon Labor Annette Death[150] Kate Kendall (L)[151] Marley McRae McLeod[152] Catherine Wilson[153] Natalie Korinfsky (AJP)[154]
Malvern Liberal Amelia Hamer (L)[155] Georgia Katsikis[156] Gavin Leonard[157]
Melbourne Greens Davydd Griffiths[158] Ellen Sandell[159] Jordan van den Lamb[160][161] Naomi Jones (AJP)[162]
Melton Labor Broden Borg[163] Jarrod Bingham (L)[164] Veronika Levchenkova[165] Matthew Katselis[52] Fiona Adin-Jones (AJP)[166]
Marlene West (FF)[35]
Mildura National Jade Benham (N) Katie Clements[167] Renee Nayef[168] Ali Cupper (Ind)[169]
Mill Park Labor Elizabeth Nealy[170] Joel Drysdale (L)[171] Jesse Lambourn[172]
Monbulk Labor Daniela De Martino[21] Clare Fitzmaurice (L)[173] Merran Blair[174] Alyssa Wormald (AJP)[175]
Craig Manners (FF)[35]
Mordialloc Labor Tim Richardson[21] Paul O'Halloran (L)[176] Alex Breskin[177] Mahee Hossain[178]
Mornington Liberal Chris Crewther (L)
Morwell National Tracie Lund[179] Martin Cameron (N) Rochelle Hine[180]
Mulgrave Labor Eden Foster[21] Charles Tran (L)[181] Paul Schofield[182] Connor Buchanan[183]
Murray Plains National Brett Hosking (N)[184] Zoe Cook[185] Garner Smith[52]
Narracan Liberal Jannette Langley[186] Wayne Farnham (L) Alyssa Weaver[187] Ben Lucas[52] Moss Page[188] Geoff Dethlefs (FF)[35]
Narre Warren North Labor Belinda Wilson[21] Hayley Perry[189]
Narre Warren South Labor Stefan Koomen[190] Norliah Peterson (L)[191] Jill Nambu[192] Trevor Hammond[52] Bailey McCracken[193] Scott Watson (Ind)[194]
Nepean Liberal Anthony Marsh (L)[195] Sianan Healy[196] Darren Hercus[197]
Niddrie Labor Ben Carroll[21] Samantha Byrne (L)[198] Brendan Laws[199] Elisabetta Celata (West)[200]
Northcote Labor Kat Theophanous[21] Lynda Awad (L)[201] Campbell Gome[202] Kath Larkin[203] Jim Penman (LBT)[204]
Oakleigh Labor Steve Dimopoulos[21] Martin Jung (L)[205] Hsiang Han-Hsieh[206] Rowdy Bugter[207]
Ovens Valley National Tim McCurdy (N) Steve Manning (Ind)[208]
Pakenham Labor Alessandra Soliven[209] Radmila Dyson Nasser Yawari[210] Warren Pickering[211] Stephanie Grigg[212] Raymond French (Ind)[213]
Pascoe Vale Labor Anthony Cianflone[21] Angelica Panopoulos[214] Yasemin Shamsili[215] Jacob Andrewartha (SA)[216]
Kathrine Ashton (FF)[35]
Point Cook Labor Mathew Hilakari[21] Ponraj Krishna Pandi[217] Taylor Laine[218]
Polwarth Liberal Hutch Hussein[219] Richard Riordan (L) Jesse Holden[220]
Prahran Liberal Meghan Hopper[221] Rachel Westaway (L) Angelica Di Camillo[222] Clayton Doueihi[223]
Preston Labor Nathan Lambert[21] Loki Sangarya[224] Serena Ashmore[225] Rachel Unicomb (AJP)[226]
Richmond Greens Sarah McKenzie[227] Gabrielle de Vietri[159] Chris Dite[228]
Ringwood Independent Rachel Halse[229] Nick McGowan (L)[230] Amy Mills[231] Jack Gardner[232] Prue Cutts (Ind)[88]
Ripon Labor Martha Haylett[21] Jo Armstrong (N)[233]
Megan Read (L)[234]		 Tim Drylie[235] Taylah Brennan-Jones[236]
Rowville Liberal Muhammad Shahbaz[237] Max Williams (L)[238] Lars Hiemstra[239]
Sandringham Liberal Anastasia Sagris-Desmond[240] Brad Rowswell (L) Timon Fotakis[241] Lauren Stevenson[242]
Shepparton National Cayla Fin[243] Grace Verney[244]
South Barwon Independent Rebecca Thistleton[245] Libby Pettit (L)[36] Izzy Scherrer[246] Madilyn Gorman[247] Freya Hedley (SA)[38]
South-West Coast Liberal Andrew Govanstone[248] Roma Britnell (L) Silver Rose[249] Hera Sheppard[250]
St Albans Labor Natalie Suleyman[21] Bao Huynh[251] Leanna Nguyen[252] Luận Walker (West)[253]
Sunbury Labor Josh Bull[21] Simmone Cottom (L)[254] Elita Dabrowski[52] Adam Bremner[255] Bruce Lancashire (West)[111]
Sydenham Labor Uros Rasic[256] Nathalie Moussi (L)[257] Maggie Jane[258] Shania Khan[259]
Tarneit Labor Dylan Wight[21] Rifai Raheem[260] Leah Van Koulen[261] Andrew Elsbury (West)[262]
Thomastown Labor Bronwyn Halfpenny[21] Priya Reddy[263]
Warrandyte Liberal Nicole Werner (L) John Stanley[264]
Wendouree Labor Juliana Addison[21] Ellen Burns[265] Chris Meagher[266] Melissa Collins (AJP)[267]
Werribee Labor John Lister[21] Reece Clark (L)[268] Tushar Kumar[269] Sue Munro[270] Paul Hopper (West)[271]
Williamstown Labor Melissa Horne[21] Paul Lindemann (L)[272] Ben Hocking[273] Oskar Martin[274] Gil Gannon (West)[275]
Tony Briffa (Ind)[276]
Yan Yean Labor Lauren Kathage[21] Amanda Dow (L)[277] Gufran Mohammed[278] Jeremy Johnson[52] Andrew Bell[279]

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Eastern Victoria

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition is defending two seats. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party are defending one seat.

Labor
candidates		 Coalition
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 One Nation
candidates
  1. Renee Heath[280]
  2. Melina Bath[281]
  3. Matt Green[280]
  1. Mat Morgan[282]
  1. Greg Hansford[283]
SFF
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 Family First
candidates		 Socialists
candidates
  1. Helen Jaeges[284]
  1. Michael Brown[285]
  1. Max Forward[286]
EMI - Reform
candidates		 Sustainable
candidates		 Independent
candidates
  1. Reade Smith[287]
  1. Antoinette Pitt[288]

North Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending two seats. The Victorian Greens are defending one seat.

Labor
candidates		 Liberal
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates
  1. Richard Welch[230]
  2. Deirdre Diamante[230]
  3. John Pyrros[230]
  1. Aiv Puglielli[159]
Family First
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 One Nation
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 SFF
candidates		 Socialists
candidates
  1. Chloe Nicolosi[289]
  1. Natalie Adams[290]
  1. Lucas Deviesseux[291]
  2. Heather Maltby[292]
Sustainable
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates
  1. Jack Corcoran[293]
  2. William Clow[293]

Northern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The Liberal Party are defending one seat. The Greens are defending one seat. The Democratic Labour Party are nominally defending one seat, but incumbent MP Adem Somyurek has left the party to become an independent.

Labor
candidates		 Liberal
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 Socialists
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates
  1. Evan Mulholland[230]
  2. Bernadette Khoury[230]
  1. Anasina Gray-Barberio[159]
  1. Omar Hassan[294]
  2. Louisa Bassini[295]
Family First
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 One Nation
candidates		 SFF
candidates
  1. Imad Hirmiz[296]
  1. Peita Collard[297]
  1. Mark Nicholson[290]
EMI - Reform
candidates		 Sustainable
candidates		 Socialist Alliance
candidates
  1. Bert Jessup[298]
  2. Daryl Budgeon[298]
  1. Meredith Lawrence[299]
  2. Chloe Beaton[299]
  3. Darren Saffin[299]

Northern Victoria

The Labor Party are defending one seat. The Liberal/National Coalition is defending two seats. One Nation are defending one seat. The Animal Justice Party are defending one seat.

Coalition
candidates		 Labor
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 SFF
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 One Nation
candidates
  1. Steve Brooks[230]
  2. Gaelle Broad
  3. Amanda Millar[230]
  1. Cate Sinclair[300]
  1. Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell[290]
Libertarian
candidates		 Family First
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates
  1. Michael White[301]
  1. Georgie Purcell[302]
Socialists
candidates		 Sustainable
candidates

South Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The Liberal Party are defending one seat. Legalise Cannabis are defending one seat. The Libertarian Party are defending one seat.

Labor
candidates		 Liberal
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 DLP
candidates
  1. Phillip Pease[303]
  2. Ann-Marie Hermans[303]
  1. Matthew Kirwan[304]
Family First
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 One Nation
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 SFF
candidates		 Socialists
candidates
  1. Jane Foreman[305]
  1. Colleen Harkin[290]
  1. Tamara Champion[306]
  1. Kelly Cvetkova[307]
Sustainable
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates
  1. Brandon Hoult[308]

Southern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The Liberal Party are defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat.

Liberal
candidates		 Labor
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 DLP
candidates
  1. David Davis[230]
  2. Georgie Crozier[230]
  3. Xavier Boffa[230]
  1. Katherine Copsey[159]
AJP
candidates		 Sustainable
candidates		 Family First
candidates		 One Nation
candidates		 Freedom
candidates		 Socialists
candidates
  1. Daniel O'Neill[309]
  1. Bettina Terry[310]
  1. Aaron Sanford[290]
  1. Catherine Holder[311]
SFF
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates

Western Metropolitan

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending two seats. Legalise Cannabis are defending one seat.

Labor
candidates		 Liberal
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 Socialists
candidates
  1. Roshena Campbell[312]
  2. Trung Luu[313]
  1. Brittney Henderson[314]
  1. Anneke Demanuele[315]
  2. Jorge Jorquera[316]
Family First
candidates		 One Nation
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates		 SFF
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 Freedom
candidates
  1. Matthew Emerson[317]
  1. Fiona Lopez[290]
  1. Shohre Mansouri[318]
Sustainable
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates		 West
candidates
  1. Dennis Bilic[319]
  1. Joe Garra[320]
  2. Sahana Ramesh[320]
  3. Brett Patrikeos[111]

Western Victoria

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat.

Labor
candidates		 Coalition
candidates		 Greens
candidates		 Legalise Cannabis
candidates		 SFF
candidates		 Libertarian
candidates
  1. Bev McArthur[321]
  2. Graham Watt[321]
  1. Sarah Mansfield[159]
One Nation
candidates		 DLP
candidates		 Family First
candidates		 AJP
candidates		 Socialists
candidates		 EMI - Reform
candidates
  1. Chris Burson[290]
  1. Dianne Colbert[322]
Freedom
candidates		 Sustainable
candidates		 Independent
candidate
  1. Madeleine Wearne[323]
  2. Ian Chivers[323]
  1. Aleta Moriarty[324]

Resignations and disendorsements

DatePartyCandidateSeatDetails
December 2025 Liberal Andrew Kilmartin Ripon Withdrew due to Huntington's disease diagnosis[325][326]
3 January 2026 Family First Bernie Finn Western Metropolitan Withdrew due to disagreements with party leadership[327][328]
29 January 2026 Greens Tim Read Brunswick Withdrew due to metastatic cancer diagnosis[214][329]
20 March 2026 Liberal Dinesh Gourisetty Western Metropolitan Withdrew due to controversy over providing a character reference for a child sex offender[330]
16 July 2026 Socialist Owen Cosgriff Bendigo East Withdrew due to a family illness[331]
17 July 2026 Liberal Moira Deeming Western Metropolitan Disendorsed after making unsubstantiated claims of assault against fellow MP Matthew Guy[332]
25 August 2026 Labor Indah Johannes Evelyn Withdrew due to Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis[106]

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