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 are retiring at this election:

Labor

• Jackson Taylor MLA (Bayswater) – announced 23 September 2025 ^[1]
• Steve McGhie MLA (Melton) – announced 23 September 2025 ^[1]
• Emma Vulin MLA (Pakenham) – announced 30 September 2025 ^[2]
• Jordan Crugnale MLA (Bass) – announced 2 October 2025 ^[3]
• Natalie Hutchins MLA (Sydenham) – announced 16 October 2025 ^[4]

Liberal

• Bill Tilley MLA (Benambra) – announced 13 March 2024 ^[5]
• David Hodgett MLA (Croydon) – announced 6 August 2025 ^[6]
• Michael O'Brien MLA (Malvern) – announced 9 September 2025 ^[7]
• Kim Wells MLA (Rowville) – announced 14 September 2025 ^[8]

National

• Peter Walsh MLA (Murray Plains) – announced 26 November 2024 ^[9]

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Greens candidate	AJP candidate	Family First candidate	Freedom candidate	Other candidates
Albert Park	Labor	Nina Taylor [10]
Ashwood	Labor	Matt Fregon [10]
Bass	Labor	Chris Buckingham [11]
Bayswater	Labor
Bellarine	Labor	Alison Marchant [10]
Benambra	Liberal
Bendigo East	Labor	Jacinta Allan [10]
Bendigo West	Labor	Maree Edwards [10]		Liza Shaw [12]
Bentleigh	Labor	Nick Staikos [10]
Berwick	Liberal
Box Hill	Labor	Paul Hamer [10]
Brighton	Liberal
Broadmeadows	Labor	Kathleen Matthews-Ward [10]
Brunswick	Greens			Tim Read [13]			–
Bulleen	Liberal
Bundoora	Labor	Colin Brooks [10]
Carrum	Labor	Sonya Kilkenny [10]
Caulfield	Liberal
Clarinda	Labor	Meng Heang Tak [10]
Cranbourne	Labor	Pauline Richards [10]
Croydon	Liberal
Dandenong	Labor	Gabrielle Williams [10]
Eildon	Liberal
Eltham	Labor	Vicki Ward [10]
Essendon	Labor	Danny Pearson [10]		James Williams [14]
Eureka	Labor	Michaela Settle [10]
Euroa	National
Evelyn	Liberal
Footscray	Labor	Katie Hall [10]
Frankston	Labor	Paul Edbrooke [10]
Geelong	Labor	Christine Couzens [10]
Gippsland East	National
Gippsland South	National
Glen Waverley	Labor	John Mullahy [10]
Greenvale	Labor	Iwan Walters [10]
Hastings	Labor	Paul Mercurio [10]
Hawthorn	Liberal
Ivanhoe	Labor	Anthony Carbines [10]		Nina Crawley [15]
Kalkallo	Labor	Ros Spence [10]
Kew	Liberal
Kororoit	Labor	Luba Grigorovitch [10]
Lara	Labor	Ella George [10]
Laverton	Labor	Sarah Connolly [10]
Lowan	National
Macedon	Labor	Mary-Anne Thomas [10]
Malvern	Liberal		Amelia Hamer [16]
Melbourne	Greens
Melton	Labor
Mildura	National
Mill Park	Labor	Lily D'Ambrosio [10]
Monbulk	Labor	Daniela De Martino [10]
Mordialloc	Labor	Tim Richardson [10]
Mornington	Liberal
Morwell	National
Mulgrave	Labor	Eden Foster [10]
Murray Plains	National
Narracan [†]	Liberal
Narre Warren North	Labor	Belinda Wilson [10]
Narre Warren South	Labor	Gary Maas [10]
Nepean	Liberal
Niddrie	Labor	Ben Carroll [10]
Northcote	Labor	Kat Theophanous [10]		Campbell Gome [17]
Oakleigh	Labor	Steve Dimopoulos [10]
Ovens Valley	National
Pakenham	Labor	Alessandra Soliven [18]
Pascoe Vale	Labor	Anthony Cianflone [10]		Angelica Panopoulos [13]
Point Cook	Labor	Mathew Hilakari [10]		Ponraj Krishna Pandi [19]
Polwarth	Liberal			Jesse Holden [20]
Prahran	Liberal			Angelica Di Camillo [21]
Preston	Labor	Nathan Lambert [10]		Loki Sangarya [22]
Richmond	Greens
Ringwood	Labor
Ripon	Labor	Martha Haylett [10]
Rowville	Liberal		Max Williams [23]
Sandringham	Liberal
Shepparton	National
South Barwon	Labor
South-West Coast	Liberal
St Albans	Labor	Natalie Suleyman [10]
Sunbury	Labor	Josh Bull [10]
Sydenham	Labor
Tarneit	Labor	Dylan Wight [10]		Rifai Raheem [24]
Thomastown	Labor	Bronwyn Halfpenny [10]
Warrandyte	Liberal
Wendouree	Labor	Juliana Addison [10]
Werribee	Labor	John Lister [10]
Williamstown	Labor	Melissa Horne [10]
Yan Yean	Labor	Lauren Kathage [10]

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	PHON candidates
		Mat Morgan [25]
SFF candidates	Libertarian candidates	Freedom candidates	AJP candidates	Family First candidates	Socialists candidates
Companions & Pets candidates	Sustainable candidates	New Democrats candidates

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
Family First candidates	AJP candidates	PHON candidates	Freedom candidates	SFF candidates	Socialists candidates
Sustainable candidates	Companions and Pets candidates	New Democrats candidates

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
Family First candidates	AJP candidates	Libertarian candidates	Freedom candidates	PHON candidates	SFF candidates
Companions and Pets candidates	Sustainable candidates	New Democrats candidates

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.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	SFF candidates	Legalise Cannabis candidates	PHON candidates
		Cate Sinclair [26]
Libertarian candidates	Family First candidates	AJP candidates	DLP candidates	Freedom candidates	Companions and Pets candidates
		Georgie Purcell [27]
Socialists candidates	Sustainable candidates	New Democrats candidates

South Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seatsThe 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
		Matthew Kirwan [28]
Family First candidates	Freedom candidates	PHON candidates	AJP candidates	SFF candidates	Socialists candidates
Jane Foreman [29]
Sustainable candidates	Companions and Pets candidates	New Democrats candidates

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
AJP candidates	Sustainable candidates	Family First candidates	PHON candidates	Freedom candidates	Socialists candidates
SFF candidates	Companions and Pets candidates	New Democrats 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
		Brittney Henderson [30]
Family First candidates	PHON candidates	Libertarian candidates	SFF candidates	AJP candidates	Freedom candidates
Bernie Finn [31]
New Democrats candidates	Sustainable candidates	Companions and Pets candidates

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
PHON candidates	DLP candidates	Family First candidates	AJP candidates	Socialists candidates	Companions and Pets candidates
Freedom candidates	Sustainable candidates	New Democrats candidates

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