Kay Christine Lesley Patterson is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 2008,representing the state of Victoria.
Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician currently serving as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly since 1994. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2001 and 2008. In November 2015,Roberts became the longest-serving female parliamentarian in Western Australia's history,breaking the record set by Liz Constable. She was a high school teacher,civil servant and local government councillor before entering politics.
Timothy James Holding is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2013. He served as minister for water;minister for finance,WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission;and minister for tourism and major events in the Brumby Ministry.
Amanda Louise Rishworth is an Australian politician who has served as the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kingston in South Australia since the 2007 election. Rishworth was appointed Minister for Social Services in the Albanese ministry.
The electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge,Plenty,Whittlesea and Yan Yean.
Andre Haermeyer is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor Party member for Kororoit in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002,prior to that representing the Yan Yean electorate in Melbourne's north from 1992.
The electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale,Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Jacinta Marie Allan is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. She previously served as the 29th deputy premier of Victoria from 2022 to 2023. Allan is the longest-serving female minister in Victorian state history and currently the most senior sitting member of the Assembly.
Lisa Mary Neville is a former Australian politician,formerly serving as the member for Bellarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She represented the Labor Party. Between 2014 and 2022,she was the Minister for Police and the Minister for Water. She also held other portfolios such as environment,climate change and emergency services at different times during this period.
Maxine Veronica Morand is an Australian academic,advocate for cancer patients,and former politician. Morand has a current academic appointment at Monash University where she is a professorial fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. In addition she is a board director at Inner East Community Health and is the chair of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 to 2013.
Fiona Catherine Alison Richardson was an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until her death in 2017,representing the electorate of Northcote. She was Minister for Women and Minister for Prevention of Family Violence in the First Andrews Ministry from December 2014 until her death.
Jaala Pulford is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2022,representing the Western Victoria Region.
Martin Peter Foley is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2007 and 2022,representing Albert Park. He was the Minister for Equality in the First and Second Andrews Ministry between December 2014 and June 2022 and the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services between September 2020 and June 2022. He was previously the Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Creative Industries prior to September 2020.
Steven Ralph Herbert is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2017:in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as member for Eltham from 2002 to 2014,and in the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2017.
Natalie Maree Hutchins,also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins,is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010,representing the electorates of Keilor (2010–2014) and Sydenham (2014–present).
Jane Furneaux Garrett was an Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member for Brunswick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 until 2018,when she transferred to the Victorian Legislative Council representing Eastern Victoria.
Gabrielle Leigh Williams is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the seat of Dandenong.
Sonya Kilkenny is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the Electoral district of Carrum.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
