Sophie Mirabella is an Australian lawyer and former politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the Fair Work Commission since 24 May 2021. She was previously a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,representing the Division of Indi,Victoria.
David McLean Davis is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since March 1996,representing East Yarra Province from 1996 until 2006 when it was abolished and the Southern Metropolitan Region from 2006 onwards. He was state Minister for Health from 2010 to 2014 under Premiers Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine.
Edward Norman Baillieu is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014,representing the electorate of Hawthorn. He was elected leader of the Liberal Party in opposition in 2006,and served as Premier from 2010 until 2013 after winning the 2010 state election. He resigned as Premier on 6 March 2013,and was succeeded by Denis Napthine.
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.
Timothy Hugh Pallas is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Tarneit until 2014 and Werribee thereafter. He has served as Treasurer of Victoria in the all three of the Andrew Ministries since December 2014. and is currently still serving as treasurer in the Allan Ministry in 2023. Pallas previously served as Minister for Roads and Ports and Minister for Major Projects in the Brumby Ministry until 2010.
Matthew Jason Guy is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006,representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) and Bulleen in the Legislative Assembly (2014–present). He was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2018,when he resigned the leadership after the Liberal Party's landslide defeat in the 2018 Victorian election. From 7 September 2021,Guy again served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria,but he again resigned after another heavy defeat in the 2022 state election.
Sarah Moya Henderson is an Australian politician,lawyer and former journalist. She has been a Senator for Victoria since September 2019,representing the Liberal Party. She previously held the Division of Corangamite in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
John Pesutto is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria,holding office as the leader of the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the inner-city division of Hawthorn since 2022,and previously from 2014 to 2018.
Timothy Colin Smith is an Australian former politician,who served as the member for Kew from 2014 to 2022 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Liberal Party.
Stephanie Maureen Ryan is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2022,representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Euroa. Ryan retired from politics at the 2022 Victorian state election,citing family reasons. Making the announcement while pregnant with her second child,Ryan expressed a desire to seek more flexible employment.
Dustin Raffaele Halse is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 2018 to November 2022,representing the seat of Ringwood. On 24 November 2021,Halse shared publicly that he would not be recontesting his seat in the 2022 Victorian state election.
Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2018 to 2022,representing the Western Metropolitan Region. She is the first Indian-born member of the Victorian Parliament since colonial times,and is a Hindu. Before her preselection in 2018,she briefly worked as a part-time adviser to then-State Minister for Multicultural Affairs,Robin Scott.
Beverley McArthur is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018,representing Western Victoria Region.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
Matthew Donald Andrew Bach is an Australian teacher,historian,and former politician. He served as a Liberal Member of the Victorian Parliament from 2020 to 2023,representing the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council. Bach also served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council,and as a frontbencher in the Shadow Cabinets of Michael O'Brien,Matthew Guy,and John Pesutto.
The Shadow Ministry of Matthew Guy was the Coalition opposition,opposing the Andrews government in the Parliament of Victoria,Australia. Matthew Guy held the position of opposition leader twice,first from 4 December 2014 until 6 December 2018,following his loss in the 2018 Victorian state election,and then again from 7 September 2021 until 8 December 2022 when he defeated his successor,Michael O'Brien in a leadership spill. The shadow cabinet was made up of the caucuses from the Liberal Party and Nationals.
The 2021 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills were two spill motions on 16 March and 7 September 2021 against the leader of the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Michael O'Brien,who had held these roles since December 2018. The September spill motion was successful and resulted in a ballot to elect the new party leader and deputy party leader on the same day. Former leader,Matthew Guy,was elected unopposed as the party leader and Leader of the Opposition. Caulfield MP David Southwick defeated Louise Staley in the Deputy Leadership contest and was elected Deputy Leader,replacing Cindy McLeish who had been elected alongside O'Brien in 2018.
Moira Deeming is an Australian politician. She is a former member of the parliamentary Liberal Party and is currently an Independent Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the Western Metropolitan Region since November 2022. She was previously a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward.
Jessica Kate Wilson is a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Kew. Prior to her candidacy,Wilson was the executive director of the Business Council of Australia.
Renee Heath is an Australian politician who is a current member for Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was preselected for the 2022 state election,defeating Cathrine Burnett-Wake as the first person on the Liberal Party's group voting ticket for the Eastern Victoria Region.
