This is a list of the candidates of the

2022 Victorian state election The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday, 26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Victorian Legislat ...

. A record 742 candidates contested the 88 Legislative Assembly seats at the Victorian election on 26 November 2022, also including the supplementary election in Narracan on 28 January 2023. This overtook the previous record of 543 candidates in 2014 and was well up from 507 candidates in 2018. The 454 candidates for the Legislative Council is the highest number of upper house candidates in a Victorian election, up from 380 in 2018.

Retiring MPs

The following members did not contest the election:

Labor

Luke Donnellan Luke Anthony Donnellan (born 26 March 1966) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2002 and his retirement in 2022, representing Narre Warren North. He was the Minister for ...

MLA (

Narre Warren North Narre Warren North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Narre Warren North recorded a population of 8,033 at the 2 ...

) – lost preselection 13 December 2021 *

Nazih Elasmar Nazih Halim Elasmar (Arabic: نزيه حليم الأسمر; born 16 April 1953), is a Lebanese-Australian former politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Labor Party between 2006 and 2022. In 2006 Victoria ...

MLC ( Northern Metropolitan) *

John Eren John Hamdi Eren (born 15 March 1964) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2022, representing Geelong Province in the Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, and Lara in the L ...

MLA (

Lara Lara may refer to: People * Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages * Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti'' Places *Lara (state), a state in Venezuela * Electoral district ...

) – announced 26 November 2021 * Martin Foley MLA ( Albert Park) – announced 23 June 2022 *

Mark Gepp Mark Gepp is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria since June 2017, when he was appointed to a casual vacancy following Steve Herbert's resignation. He retired at the ...

MLC ( Northern Victoria) – announced 2 December 2021 * Danielle Green MLA ( Yan Yean) – announced 24 November 2021 * Dustin Halse MLA ( Ringwood) – announced 24 November 2021 *

Jill Hennessy Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her roles on the American television series ''Law & Order'', on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and ''Crossin ...

MLA (

Altona Altona may refer to: Places Australia * Altona Beach, in Altona, Victoria, Australia * Altona Meadows, Victoria, Australia * Altona North, Victoria, Australia * Altona, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia ** Altona railway station ** Al ...

) – announced 24 November 2021 *

Marlene Kairouz Marlene Kairouz (born 2 March 1975) is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2008 and 2022, representing the electoral district of Kororoit. She was the Minister for Consumer Affa ...

MLA ( Kororoit) – lost preselection 13 December 2021 *

James Merlino James Anthony Merlino (born 19 August 1972) is a former Australian politician who served as 28th deputy premier of Victoria from 2014 to 2022 under Premier Daniel Andrews. He was the deputy leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Lab ...

MLA (

Monbulk Monbulk is a town in Victoria, Australia, 42 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Monbulk recorded a population of 3,651 at the 2021 census. The town is the h ...

) – announced 23 June 2022 *

Frank McGuire Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1913 – October 11, 1994) was an American basketball coach. At the collegiate level, he was head coach for three major programs: St. John's, North Carolina, and South Carolina, winning over a hundred games at ...

MLA (

Broadmeadows Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District and the council seat of the City of Hume local government area. Broadmeadows recorded a population of 12,524 at the 2021 census. It i ...

) – lost preselection 13 December 2021 *

Lisa Neville Lisa Mary Neville (born 27 May 1964) 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 ...

MLA ( Bellarine) – announced 23 June 2022 *

Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is an Australian former politician. He has been a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2022: in the Victorian Legislative Council, Le ...

MLA (

Keysborough Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, southeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the . Keysborou ...

) – announced 23 June 2022 *

Jaala Pulford Jaala Pulford (born 14 February 1974) 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. Pulford was Minister for Agriculture, ...

MLC ( Western Victoria) – announced 28 October 2022 * Robin Scott MLA ( Preston) – lost preselection 13 December 2021 *

Richard Wynne Richard William Wynne (born 6 October 1955) is a former Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2022, representing the electorate of Elec ...

MLA (

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...

) – announced 25 November 2021

Liberal

Bruce Atkinson Bruce Norman Atkinson (born 15 May 1953) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992, representing Koonung Province from 1992 to 2006 and Eastern Metropolitan Region from ...

MLC ( Eastern Metropolitan) – announced 9 June 2022 * Gary Blackwood MLA (

Narracan The electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was first proclaimed in 1967 and has usually been held by the Liberal Party. The electorate covers the provincial Warragul–Drou ...

) – announced 9 November 2021 *

Neale Burgess Neale Ronald Burgess (born 17 August 1956) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2022, representing the electorate of Hastings. Political career Burgess first ran as the ...

MLA (

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

) – announced 11 November 2021 *

Cathrine Burnett-Wake Cathrine Mary Burnett-Wake is a former Australian politician, who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Eastern Victoria Region representing the Liberal Party between December 2021 and November 2022. Burnett-Wake was appoin ...

MLC ( Eastern Victoria) – lost preselection 31 July 2022 * David Morris MLA ( Mornington) – lost preselection 10 December 2021 * Craig Ondarchie MLC ( Northern Metropolitan) – lost preselection 24 July 2022 *

Gordon Rich-Phillips Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips (born 8 July 1974) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1999 and 2022, representing the Eumemmerring Province (1999–2006) and the South Easte ...

MLC ( South Eastern Metropolitan) – announced 17 June 2022 *

Tim Smith Tim, Timothy or Timmy Smith may refer to: Musicians * T. V. Smith (born 1956), British singer and songwriter *Tim Smith (Cardiacs) (1961–2020), English singer-songwriter and frontman of Cardiacs **"Tim Smith", a 2009 song by the Wildhearts from ...

MLA (

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is ...

) – announced 7 November 2021

National

Steph Ryan Stephanie Maureen Ryan (born 20 June 1986) 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. During her time as memb ...

MLA (

Euroa Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in the north-east of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census in Australia, census, Euroa's population was 3,116. The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal w ...

) – announced 5 July 2022

Independent

Russell Northe Russell John Northe (born 6 February 1966) 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 Morwel ...

MLA (

Morwell Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km (94 mi) east of Melbourne. Morwell has a population of 14,389 people at the . It is both the capital and administra ...

) – announced 26 July 2022

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.

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 are defending two seats. The

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...

National National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. Formation According to ''A G ...

are defending two seats. The

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. It primarily advocates for increased funding and services for rural and regional Australia, protec ...

are defending one seat.

North Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

are defending two seats. The Transport Matters Party are defending one seat.

Northern Metropolitan

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The

are defending one seat. The Greens are defending one seat. The Reason Party are defending one seat.

Northern Victoria

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The

is defending one seat.

Derryn Hinch's Justice Party Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, also known as the Justice Party, was a political party in Australia, registered for federal elections since 14 April 2016. The party was named after its founder, Derryn Hinch, an Australian media personality. The p ...

is defending one seat. The

Liberal Democratic Party Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Liberal Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties have usually followed liberalism as ideology, although they can vary widely from very progr ...

is defending one seat.

South Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party is defending three seats, however MLC

Adem Somyurek Adem Kubilay Somyurek (born 25 September 1967) is an Australian politician. He has served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council currently representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. Somyurek was a member of the Australian Labor P ...

resigned his membership in 2020 and later sat as an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

, before resigning in 2022 after Parliament had finished for the term. He has since joined the DLP for whom he will run for in Northern Metropolitan. The

is defending one seat, however incumbent

is retiring. The

is defending one seat.

Southern Metropolitan

The Labor Party is defending two seats; however incumbent MLC

Nina Taylor Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council b ...

is contesting Albert Park for the party. The

is defending two seats.

Sustainable Australia The Sustainable Australia Party (SAP), officially registered as Sustainable Australia Party – Universal Basic Income, is an Australian political party that was formed in 2010. History The party has been registered federally since 2010. It wa ...

is defending one seat.

Western Metropolitan

The Labor Party is defending three seats, however MLC

Kaushaliya Vaghela 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 Parliamen ...

was disendorsed and later sat as an

. She is contesting this election for the

New Democrats New Democrats may refer to: * New Democratic Party, a social democratic party in Canada * New Democrats (United States), the ideological centrist faction of the Democratic Party ** New Democrat Coalition, the related caucus in the United State ...

. The

is defending one seat, however MLC

Bernie Finn Bernard Thomas Christopher Finn (born 14 April 1961) 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 ...

was expelled from the party in May 2022, and later joined the Democratic Labour Party and is contesting this election for the party.

is defending one seat, however MLC

Catherine Cumming Catherine Rebecca Cumming is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 2018 to November 2022, representing the Western Metropolitan Region. She stood at the 2018 Victorian state election ...

defected from the party prior to taking her seat in the Legislative Council and later sat as an independent. She is contesting this election for the Angry Victorians Party

Western Victoria

The Labor Party is defending two seats, however incumbent Labor MLC

retired close to the election. The

is defending one seat.

is defending one seat. The

Animal Justice Party The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009 by Steve Garlick. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queenslan ...

is defending one seat.

Resignations and disendorsements

Notes

: Shaun Gilchrist, the Nationals candidate for the district of Narracan, died on 20 November 2022. This resulted in the election being declared as "failed" by the

VEC Vec may mean: Mathematics: * vec(''A''), the vectorization of a matrix ''A''. * Vec denotes the category of vector spaces over the reals. Other: * Venetian language (Vèneto), language code. * Vecuronium, a muscle relaxant. * vec, a sentient mor ...

, and a supplementary election was held on 28 January 2023 for which parties and candidates had to re-register. The original candidate list was: Justin Seddon (

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

), Wayne Farnham (

), Shaun Gilchrist (Nationals), Alyssa Weaver ( Greens), Laura Rees (

AJP AJP or ajp may refer to: * ''American Journal of Philology'', published by Johns Hopkins University Press * ''American Journal of Psychiatry'', published by the American Psychiatric Association * ''American Journal of Psychology'', published by th ...

), Hannah Darts ( Family First), Leonie Blackwell (

Freedom Freedom is the power or right to speak, act, and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving oneself one's own laws". In one definition, something is "free" i ...

), Casey Murphy (

PHON The phon is a logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds. Loudness is measured in sones, a linear unit. Human sensitivity to sound is variable across different frequencies; therefore, although two different tones may pres ...

), Tony Wolfe (Independent).

References

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