Gregory Andrew Hunt is an Australian former politician who was the Minister for Health between January 2017 and May 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between November 2001 and 2022,representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. He has previously served as a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government (2004–2007),Minister for the Environment (2013–2016),Minister for Industry,Innovation and Science (2016–2017),and Minister for Sport (2017).
Denis Vincent Napthine is a former Australian politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002,before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
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.
Damian Kevin Drum is an Australian politician who has represented Murray and Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. Drum served as the Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister in the Second Turnbull Ministry between 20 December 2017 and 5 March 2018.
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election,on 30 November,to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change,Brumby left parliament,with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
Murray Hamilton Ross Thompson is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was the member for Sandringham in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 until his retirement in 2018. He is the son of former Liberal Premier of Victoria Lindsay Thompson.
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.
Bernard Thomas Christopher Finn is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Western Metropolitan Region from the election of November 2006 until he lost in the November 2022 election. He was previously the member for the electoral district of Tullamarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from October 1992 until September 1999.
Russell John Northe is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to winning preselection by The Nationals for the seat of Morwell,he was a local Australian rules footballer. He resigned from The Nationals in August 2017,and served the rest of his time in office as an independent member of parliament. Following Northe's retirement at the 2022 state election,National member Martin Cameron won Northe's previous seat of Morwell.
Robert William Clark is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2018,representing the electorates of Balwyn (1988–1992) and Box Hill (1992–2018). He served as Attorney-General and Minister for Finance in the Baillieu Ministry and Napthine Ministry from 2010 to 2014,and also served as Minister for Industrial Relations under Napthine from 2013 to 2014. He had previously served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer (1992–1996) and Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Multimedia (1996–1999) during the Kennett government.
David Charles Morris is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Mornington for the Liberal Party from 2006 until 2022.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
Geoffrey Page Shaw is an Australian politician who represented Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014. He was initially a member of the Parliamentary Liberal Party until March 2013,before becoming an independent politician. In March 2014,Shaw resigned as a member of the Liberal Party as moves were being made to expel him from the party.
Bradley William Battin is an Australian politician who currently serves as the Liberal Party member for Berwick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2022. He was previously the member for Gembrook from 2010 until the seat was abolished in 2022 following the 2021 Redistribution. He was formerly a police officer and owned a bakery in Wheelers Hill.
David James Southwick is an Australian Liberal politician,and has been the member for Caulfield in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010. Southwick has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Police and Emergency Services and is currently Shadow Minister for Jobs and Employment,Shadow Minister for Events Industry,Shadow Minister for Business Recovery,Shadow Minister for CBD Recovery,Shadow Minister for Small Business and Shadow Minister for Business Precincts. As of 7 September 2021,Southwick is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria.
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.
James Benjamin Kingsley Newbury is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the seat of Brighton. Newbury is the currently the Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change,Equality,and the Manager of Opposition Business.
The 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election was an election to appoint the leader of the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition after the 2022 Victorian state election. Matthew Guy,who had held these roles since September 2021 and previously in 2018 resigned after the Coalition's defeat to the Australian Labor Party at the November election.
The 2023 Warrandyte state by-election was held on 26 August 2023 to elect the next member for Warrandyte in the Victorian Legislative Assembly,following the resignation of Liberal MP Ryan Smith.
