Candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election

This is a list of the candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election.

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.[1]

Retiring MPs

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The following members did not contest the election:

Labor

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Liberal

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National

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Independent

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Legislative Assembly

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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[22][23] Greens candidate[24] AJP candidate[25] Family First candidate Freedom candidate[26] Other candidates[27][28]
Albert Park Labor Nina Taylor[29] Lauren Sherson (Lib) Kim Samiotis Cassandra Westwood Viorel Bradea Elizabeth Antunovic Georgie Dragwidge (Ind)[29]
Lance Smart (LDP)
Ashwood Labor Matt Fregon Asher Judah (Lib) Peter Morgan Milton Griffiths Keith Geyer Norman F. Baker Michael Doyle (Ind)[30]
Lynnette Saloumi (Ind)
Bass Labor Jordan Crugnale Aaron Brown (Lib)
Brett Tessari (Nat)
Callum Bugbird Elly Mousellis Martin Verhagen Marcus Munday Meg Edwards (Ind)
Jeni Jobe (Ind)
Mark O'Neill (DLP)
Bayswater Labor Jackson Taylor Nick Wakeling (Lib) Nadia Sirninger Rankin Alyssa Wormald Gary Coombes Chris Field Thomas Dolan (DLP)
Chloe Mackallah (Ind)
Ashley Heap (LCA)
Bellarine Labor Alison Marchant Donnie Grigau (Lib) Rachel Semmens Adam Cardilini Guy Manuell Kylee Muse Sarah Fenton (Ind)[31]
Brett Anthony Ritchie (DHJP)
Brendan Taylor (AVP)
Benambra Liberal Mark Tait Bill Tilley (Lib) Luke Brady Mike Fuery Janelle Stratton Adrian James O'Brien Jacqui Hawkins (Ind)[31]
Dean Rossiter (LDP)
Bendigo East Labor Jacinta Allan Darin Schade (Lib) Michael Tolhurst Vyonne McLelland-Howe Evelyn Keetelaar James Laurie (Ind)
Ben Mihail (PHON)
Bendigo West Labor Maree Edwards Ken Price (Lib) James Searle Victoria Maxwell Steve Serpell Richard Woolley Matthew Bansemer (Ind)[32]
Marilyn Nuske (Ind)
Wayne Taylor (LCA)
Bentleigh Labor Nick Staikos Debbie Taylor-Haynes (Lib) Alana Galli-McRostie David Harris Paul Ryan Simon Gnieslaw (Ind)[33]
Berwick Liberal Malik Zaveer Brad Battin (Lib) Hayley Perry Katherine Dolheguy Joel van der Horst Kerry Haupt
Box Hill Labor Paul Hamer Nicole Ta-Ei Werner (Lib) Joanne Shan Sebastian Folloni Gary Ong Alicia Riera Paul Dean (DLP)
Cameron Liston (Ind)[34]
Wayne Tseng (Ind)
Brighton Liberal Louise Crawford James Newbury (Lib) Sarah Dekiere Alicia Walker Nick Sciola John Casley (Ind)
Felicity Frederico (Ind)[35]
Sally Gibson (Ind)
Broadmeadows Labor Kathleen Matthews-Ward Baris Duzova (Lib) Joe Aguilus Candace Feild Bienne Tam Mohamed Elmustapha (Ind)
Omar Hassan (VS)
Arie Huybregts (Ind)[36]
Ben Sutter (RP)
Brunswick Greens Mike Williams Minh Quan Nguyen (Lib) Tim Read Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne Lilian Sabry Shaker Shea Evans (RP)
Nahui Jimenez (VS)
Kenneth Taylor (Ind)
Bulleen Liberal Ian Rogers Matthew Guy (Lib) Kellie Stafford Elnaz Jafari Jason Stokes Voula Patrikios Sanjeev Sabhlok (Ind)
Bundoora Labor Colin Brooks Sahil Tomar (Lib) Julie O'Brien Bella Holgate Ethan Jones Andrew Lu Eric Koelmeyer (Ind)
Carrum Labor Sonya Kilkenny Bec Buchanan (Lib) Jayde Lillico Taylor Macgregor Owen Jeremy Cameron Georgia Erevindis Damian Willis (Ind)
Caulfield Liberal Lior Harel David Southwick (Lib) Rachel Iampolski Asher Myerson Lynne Edwell Michael Abelman (LDP)[37]
Nomi Kaltmann (Ind)[31]
Clarinda Labor Meng Heang Tak Anthony Richardson (Lib) Jessamine Moffett Sue Litchfield Karen Hastings Steve Wolfe Hung Vo (Ind)
Caroline White (Ind)[38]
Cranbourne Labor Pauline Richards Jagdeep Singh (Lib) Kiran Vempati Gwynne Brennan Bradley Harvey Gerardine Hansen Chris Norton (DLP)
Peter Bernard Philpott (DHJP)
Croydon Liberal Sorina Grasso David Hodgett (Lib) Brendan Powell Harley McDonald-Eckersall Dan Nebauer Sophia de Wit (DLP)
Dandenong Labor Gabrielle Williams Karen Broadley (Lib) Matthew Kirwan Andrew Klop Audrey Harmse Anthony Levchenko Tham Turner (LDP)
Eildon Liberal Jane Judd Cindy McLeish (Lib) Wil Mikelsons Chloe Bond Tim Lacey Joshua Rusic Kammy Cordner Hunt (Ind)
Robert Thornton (Ind)
Eltham Labor Vicki Ward Jason McClintock (Lib) Alex Grimes Catriona Marshall Hugh Stubley Leila Karimi (DLP)
Essendon Labor Danny Pearson Angelo Baronessa (Lib) Jared Prentis Gayle Williams Margaret Muir David Wright Nicholas Hope (RP)
Daniel Nair Dadich (VS)
Eureka Labor Michaela Settle Paul Tatchell (Lib) Sam McColl Wendy Morrison Adrian Garcia Antony Giampaolo Mark Banwell (Ind)
Michael Ray (Ind)[39]
Nicola Reid (Ind)[40]
Tabitha Rickard (DLP)
Euroa National Angela Tough Annabelle Cleeland* (Nat)
Brad Hearn (Lib)
James Bennett Elaine Haddock Paul Bachelor Raymond Rowbotham
Evelyn Liberal Lorna Dent Bridget Vallence (Lib) Andrew Henley Jan Heald Jeanette Dobson Nat De Francesco (Ind)
Rosalie De Francesco (Ind)
Footscray Labor Katie Hall Emete Joesika (Lib) Elena Pereyra Shohre Mansouri Jajaee Russell Muir Alan Williams (DLP)
Jorge Jorquera (VS)
Frankston Labor Paul Edbrooke Michael O'Reilly (Lib) Emily Green Elizabeth Johnston Richard Brown Dragan Suric Chrysten Abraham (LDP)
Darren Bergwerf (Ind)
Henry Kelsall (Ind)
Geelong Labor Christine Couzens James Bennett-Hullin (Lib) Aleisha Smith Bob Motta Madeleine Parker-Hill Angela Carr (Ind)[36]
Stephen Juhasz (Ind)
Gippsland East National Stephen Richardson Tim Bull (Nat) Nissa Ling Sally Court Carl John Fechner Ed Barnes Ricky Muir (SFF)
Gippsland South National Denise Ryan Danny O'Brien (Nat) Jay Tiziani-Simpson Helen Jeges Paul Furlong Angela Newnham Clay Esler (Ind)
Glen Waverley Liberal John Mullahy Neil Angus (Lib) Steph Partridge Maddy Hance Kristeen Huisman Joyce Harris Scott Marsh (DLP)
Greenvale Labor Iwan Walters Usman Ghani (Lib) Clara Santa-Isabel Rosanna Furina Maria Bengtsson Lauren Styles Mutullah Can Yolbulan (VS)
Fatma Erciyas (Ind)
Hastings Liberal Paul Mercurio Briony Hutton (Lib) Paul Saunders Tyson Jack Tom Sabo Felicity Benson Camille de Wit (DLP)
Robert Whitehill (Ind)
Hawthorn Labor John Kennedy John Pesutto (Lib) Nick Savage Faith Fuhrer Ken Triantafillis Stratton Bell (DLP)
Melissa Lowe (Ind)[41]
Richard Peppard (LDP)[42]
Ivanhoe Labor Anthony Carbines Bernadette Khoury (Lib) Emily Bieber Sonja Ristevski Sarah Hayward Craig Langdon (Ind)
Kalkallo Labor Ros Spence Bikram Singh (Lib) Muhammad Nisar Ul Murtaza Frances Lowe Das Sayer Sergio Monsalve Tobon (VS)
Callum John French (Ind)
Jimmy George Parel (Ind)
Smiley Sandhu (ND)
Kew Liberal Lucy Skelton Jess Wilson (Lib) Jackie Carter Ruby Schofield Ann Seeley Finlay Davis (Ind)
Kym Sullivan (Ind)
Sophie Torney (Ind)
Kororoit Labor Luba Grigorovitch John Fletcher (Lib) Ben Chester Katherine Divita Melanie Milutinovic Joh Bauch (Ind)
Zuzanna Brown (DLP)
Jaz Chandok (ND)
Belle Gibson (VS)
Lara Labor Ella George Ralph Krein (Lib) Courtney Gardner Peter Kelly Steve Rankine Sarah Hathway (Ind)[36]
Maxim Payne (LDP)
Ash Taylor (AVP)
Laverton Labor Sarah Connolly Raja Reddy (Lib) Braishna Durzada Pouya Bagheri David Fry Trent Raymond Rufo Paredes (Ind)
Catherine Robertson (VS)[28]
Gurneet Soni (ND)
Michael Wirth (DLP)
Lowan National Mick Monaghan Emma Kealy (Nat) Richard Lane Tamasin Ramsay Robert Coleman Richard Etherton (AVP)
Amanda Mead (Ind)[43]
Macedon Labor Mary-Anne Thomas Dominic Bonanno (Lib) Marley McRae McLeod Iris Bergmann Chris McCormack Kerryn Sedgman Huntly Barton (Ind)
Amanda Evezard (PHON)
Malvern Liberal Darren Natale Michael O'Brien (Lib) Mitchell Fuller Amelia Natoli Judy Schmidt Steve Stefanopoulos (Ind)
Melbourne Greens Rebecca Thistleton George Palackalody (Lib) Ellen Sandell Rabin Bangaar Michael Janson Steven Smith Laylah Al-Saimary (Ind)
Colleen Bolger (VS)
Nicola Foxworthy (RP)
Melton Labor Steve McGhie Graham Watt (Lib) Praise Morris Fiona Adin-James Richard Brunt Tony Dobran Ashley Alp (DLP)
Jarrod Bingham (Ind)
Ian Birchall (Ind)[44]
Paul Blackborrow (SFF)
Lucienne Ciappara (HAP)
Samantha Donald (DHJP)
Jasleen Kaur (Ind)
Jason Perera (Ind)
Mildura Independent Stella Zigouras Jade Benham* (Nat)
Paul Matheson (Lib)
Katie Clements Angylina Zayn Brad Stratton Phillippe Brougham Ali Cupper (Ind)
Glenn Milne (Ind)[45]
Sonia Brymer (Ind)[46]
Felicity Sharpe (DLP)
Mill Park Labor Lily D'Ambrosio Paige Yap (Lib) Chris Kearney Marcia Simons Craig Anderson Andrew Filippopoulos
Monbulk Labor Daniela De Martino Gareth Ward (Lib) Michael Ormsby Leah Folloni David Higgins Veronica Barnes Craig Cole (Ind)
Johanna Skelton (Ind)
Mordialloc Labor Tim Richardson Phillip Pease (Lib) Daniel Lessa Chi Vo Patrick Lum Deborah Albrecht Sarah O'Donnell (Ind)[47]
Phil Reid (Ind)
Mornington Liberal Georgia Fowler Chris Crewther (Lib) Harry Sinclair Leonie Schween Ross Hayward Paul Pettitt Jane Agirtan (Ind)
Kate Lardner (Ind)[31]
Morwell Independent Kate Maxfield[48] Martin Cameron* (Nat)
Dale Harriman (Lib)
Rochelle Hine Jessica McAuliffe Brendan Clarke Alexander Maidana Sharon Gibson (Ind)
Allan Hicken (PHON)
Tracie Lund (Ind)[49]
David Snelling (SFF)
Mulgrave Labor Daniel Andrews Michael Piastrino (Lib) Robert Lim David Mould Jane Foreman Aidan McLindon Ian Cook (Ind)[50]
Howard Lee (Ind)
Fotini Theodossopoulou (Ind)
Joseph Toscano (Ind)
Maree Wood (DLP)
Murray Plains National Damien Hurrell Peter Walsh (Nat) John Brownstein Glenys Leung Cameron MacPherson Katia Bish Andrea Otto (Ind)
Narracan[†] Liberal Wayne Farnham (Lib) Alyssa Weaver Austin Cram Brendan Clarke Leonie Blackwell Michael Abelman (LDP)
Sophia Camille De Wit (DLP)
Ian Honey (Ind)
Annemarie McCabe (Ind)
Casey Murphy (PHON)
Tony Wolfe (Ind)
Narre Warren North Labor Belinda Wilson Timothy Dragan (Lib) Laura McLean Sheree Gardner Christine Elkins Craig Parker Stephen Capon (Ind)[51]
Stephen Matulec (LDP)
Monique Ruyter (SFF)
Andrew Zmegac (DLP)
Narre Warren South Labor Gary Maas Annette Samuel (Lib) Susanna Moore Michael Gallagher Jacqueline Harvey Geoff Hansen Tylere Baker-Pearce (Ind)
Christine Skrobo (LDP)
Nepean Labor Chris Brayne Sam Groth (Lib) Esther Gleixner Pamela Engelander Janny Dijkman Hank Leine Charelle Ainslie (Ind)
Jay Miller (CPP)
Cynthia Skruzny (DLP)
Elizabeth Woolcock (Ind)
Niddrie Labor Ben Carroll Alan Youhana (Lib) Declan McGinness Shannon Meilak Joanne Garcia Frank Maugeri Georgia Grammenos (ND)
Holly Kruse (DLP)
Brad Reich (VS)
Northcote Labor Kat Theophanous Stewart Todhunter (Lib) Campbell Gome Tim Oseckas Kathrine Ashton Anastacia Ntouni Anthony Cave (LDP)
April Clarke (RP)
Kath Larkin (VS)
Oakleigh Labor Steve Dimopoulos Jim Grivokostopoulos (Lib) Hsiang-Han Hsieh Loraine Fabb Edward Sok Anthony Jacobs Dominique Murphy (Ind)[52]
Parashos Kioupelis (Ind)
Ovens Valley National Zuvele Leschen Tim McCurdy (Nat) Zoe Kromar Aisha Slater Anna Wise Mark Bugge Julian Fidge (LDP)
Pakenham Labor Emma Vulin David Farrelly (Lib) Michelle Maibaum Hannah Pledger-Firth Christopher Gore Sammi Clarke Brett Owen (Ind)[53]
Sarasadat Sarkeshik (DLP)
Angela Siladji (PHON)
Rajvir Singh Sagoo (Ind)
Elissa Smith (LCA)
Pascoe Vale Labor Anthony Cianflone Tom Wright (Lib) Angelica Panopoulos Elizabeth Adams Richard Cimbaro Sue Bolton (Ind)[36]
Margee Glover (RP)
Madaleine Hah (VS)
Point Cook Labor Mathew Hilakari Angela Newhouse (Lib) Shamsher Khan Terri Beech Carolyn Cronkwright Adrian Abdulovski Rakhi P. Chaudhary (ND)
Joe Garra (Ind)[44]
Lisa Jane Gatti (TMP)
Scott Grimley (DHJP)
Daniel Hamman (DLP)
Emma Law (HAP)
Alex McAulay (VS)
Shwetali Sawant (Ind)[54]
Larry Zhao (Ind)[55]
Polwarth Liberal Hutch Hussein Richard Riordan (Lib) Hilary McAllister Elisha Atchison Hollie Hunter Denes C. Borsos (Ind)
Joseph Vincent Remenyi (DHJP)
Prahran Greens Wesa Chau Matthew Lucas (Lib) Sam Hibbins Alice Le Huray Ronald Emilsen Alan Menadue (Ind)
Preston Labor Nathan Lambert Amanda Paliouras (Lib) Patchouli Paterson Rachel Unicomb Raouf Soliman Angelique Matias Gaetano Greco (Ind)[56]
Carmen Lahiff Jenkins (RP)
Steph Price (VS)
Brian Sanaghan (Ind)
Richmond Labor Lauren O'Dwyer Lucas Moon (Lib) Gabrielle de Vietri Lis Viggers Markus Freiverts Jeremy Cowen (RP)
Roz Ward (VS)
Ringwood Labor Will Fowles Cynthia Watson (Lib) Reuben Steen Nicholas Rowe Richard Griffith-Jones Robyn M. Siemer Gary Ryan (DLP)
Ripon Liberal Martha Haylett Louise Staley (Lib) Earl James Holly Sitters Craig George Bernard Quince (Ind)[57]
Luke Smith (SFF)
Wren Louise Wilson (DHJP)
Rowville Liberal Mannie Verma Kim Wells (Lib) Angelica di Camillo Diane Glenane Stephen Burgess Peterine Smulders Nicole Seymour (Ind)
Sandringham Liberal Bettina Prescott Brad Rowswell (Lib) Alysia Regan Barbara Eppingstall Jill Chalmers Rodney Campbell (Ind)
Clarke Martin (Ind)[58]
Karla Zmegac (DLP)
Shepparton Independent Liam Cowan Cheryl Hammer (Lib)
Kim O'Keeffe* (Nat)
Ian Christoe Katherine Taylor Alison White Diane M. Teasdale Suzanna Sheed (Ind)
Sueie McGrath (DLP)
South Barwon Labor Darren Cheeseman Andrew Katos (Lib) Genevieve Dawson-Scott Naomi Adams Alan Barron Simone Tomlinson Leone Bates (DLP)
Jeynelle Marie Dean (DHJP)
South-West Coast Liberal Kylie Gaston Roma Britnell (Lib) Thomas Campbell Jacinta Anderson Chris Brunt Carol Altmann (Ind)[59]
Jim Doukas (Ind)
James Brash Grimley (DHJP)
Michael McCluskey (Ind)
St Albans Labor Natalie Suleyman Maria Kerr (Lib) Joel Bentley Jason Caracassis Russell Walton Kim Cullen Mark Hobart (DLP)
Zaffer Mannan (ND)
Virginia Tachos (Ind)[60]
Van Thanh Rudd (VS)
Sunbury Labor Josh Bull Simmone Cottom (Lib) Richard Burke Rohanna Mohr Charles Pace Peter Bayliss (DLP)
James Gallagher (VS)
Rushi Vijaykumar Patel (ND)
Sydenham Labor Natalie Hutchins Joseph Cullia (Lib) Maggie Ralph Karina Leung Marvet Tawadros Alejandro Ramos Hajar Chlihi (VS)
Jakueline Radovani (DLP)
Tarneit Labor Dylan Wight Preet Singh (Lib) Clare Miller Maurita Rahn Thomas Jeffrey Erum Maqsood Aijaz Moinuddin (Ind)
Jaydeep Patel (ND)
Claudio Uribe (VS)
Thomastown Labor Bronwyn Halfpenny Gurdawar Singh (Lib) Matt Sinapi Evie Levens Colleen McNamara Kelly Cvetkova (VS)
Warrandyte Liberal Naomi Oakley Ryan Smith (Lib) Deepak Joshi Nicola Rae Richard Vernay Cynthia Pilli (Ind)
Wendouree Labor Juliana Addison Samantha McIntosh (Lib) Ellen Burns Bryn Hills Ian Harkness Dianne Colbert (DLP)
Werribee Labor Tim Pallas Mia Shaw (Lib) Jack Boddeke Josh Segrave Matthew Emerson Mark Strother Patrizia Barcatta (Ind)[61]
Kathryn Breakwell (DLP)
Trevor Russell Collins (TMP)
Karen Hogan (HAP)
Paul Hopper (Ind)
Heni Cazlynn Kwan (Ind)
Sue Munro (VS)
Prashant Tandon (ND)
Patricia Anne Wicks (DHJP)
Williamstown Labor Melissa Horne Daria Kellander (Lib) Suzette Rodoreda Patricia Mackevicius Joshua Mosely Alexander Ansalone Rochelle Fisher (DLP)
Julien Q. Macandili (VS)
Yan Yean Labor Lauren Kathage Richard Welch (Lib) Samantha Mason Ruth Parramore James Hall Con Bouroutzis Mandy Anne Grimley (DHJP)
Alexandar Krstic (SFF)
Jack Wooldridge (DLP)

Legislative Council

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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 (*).

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition are 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
  1. Tom McIntosh*
  2. Harriet Shing*
  3. Jannette Langley
  4. Marg D'Arcy
  5. Amie Templar-Kanshlo
  1. Renee Heath* (Lib)
  2. Melina Bath* (Nat)
  3. David Burgess (Lib)
  4. Sharn Coombes (Lib)
  5. Mick Harrington (Nat)
  1. Mat Morgan
  2. Rodrigo Bardales
  3. Adam Frogley
  4. Jessica Wheelock
  5. Lynda Wheelock
  1. Thomas Forrest
  2. Mark Smith
  1. Phillip Semmel
  2. Catherine Kennedy
  1. Warren Pickering
  2. Jeff Waddell
SFF
candidates
LDP
candidates
Justice
candidates
Freedom
candidates
AJP
candidates
Family First
candidates
  1. Jeff Bourman*
  2. Kerrie-Anne Muir
  1. Rob McCathie
  2. Samuel Fink
  1. Lachlan O'Connell
  2. Ruth Stanfield
  1. Greg Hansford
  2. Raymond Akers
  1. Austin Cram
  2. Jennifer McAdam
  1. Milton Wilde
  2. Natasha Sawtell
Restore Democracy
candidates
Reason
candidates
UAP
candidates
Socialists
candidates
Angry Victorians
candidates
Companions & Pets
candidates
  1. Cengiz Coksun
  2. Connie Coksun
  1. Dean Barnes
  2. Eve Cash
  1. James Unkles
  2. Paul Wilson
  1. Richard Mann
  2. Natalie Acreman
  1. Shane Casey
  2. Virginia Rizzo
  3. Ben Marshall
  1. Sean Eddy
  2. John Hutchinson
Health
candidates
Sustainable
candidates
New Democrats
candidates
TMP
candidates
Ungrouped
candidate
  1. Kristy Wallace
  2. Tania White
  1. Sophie Paterson
  2. Anthony Cresswell
  1. Srilakshmi Ajjampura
  2. Komalben Darji
  3. Namrata Shah
  1. Mark Dunn
  2. Ralf Troshen

John O'Brien

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Reason candidates SFF candidates Justice candidates
  1. Shaun Leane*
  2. Sonja Terpstra*
  3. Nildhara Gadani
  4. Rana Javed
  5. Kieran Simpson
  1. Matthew Bach*
  2. Nick McGowan*
  3. Kirsten Langford
  4. Irene Ling
  5. Sally Houget
  1. Aiv Puglielli*
  2. Liz Chase
  3. Asher Cookson
  4. Sarah Newman
  5. Sophia Sun
  1. Nina Springle
  2. Francis Cairns
  1. Chris Banhidy
  2. Hugh Hanson
  1. Judith Thompson
  2. Annette Philpott
AJP candidates Sustainable candidates Health candidates Socialists candidates TMP candidates LDP candidates
  1. Chris Delforce
  2. Angel Aleksov
  1. Jack Corcoran
  2. Willian Clow
  1. Leesa Munro
  2. Andrew Hicks
  1. Lucas Moore
  2. Lillian Kopschewa
  1. Rod Barton
  2. Kim Guest
  1. Maya Tesa
  2. Josh Lay
DLP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Hugh Dolan
  2. James Tra
  3. George Tsingopoulos
  4. Brenton van der Ende
  1. Peter Richardson
  2. Willian Turner
  1. Nathan Scaglione
  2. Irene Zivkovic
  1. Alister Cameron
  2. Nina van Strijp
  1. Greg Cheeseman
  2. Daniella Heatherich
  1. Anna Negri
  2. Nicholas Wallis
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates
  1. Wally Edwards
  2. Joe Gianfriddo
  1. Husyin Cobankara
  2. Serife Cobankara
  1. Julia Jones
  2. Craig Read
  1. Darshan Lal
  2. Pushpdeep Singh
  3. Rajat Garg

The Labor Party are defending two seats. The Liberal Party are defending one seat. The Greens are defending one seat. The Reason Party are defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Reason candidates SFF candidates Justice candidates
  1. Sheena Watt*
  2. Enver Erdogan*
  3. Susie Byers
  4. Chloe Gaul
  5. Ramy Aljalil
  1. Evan Mulholland*
  2. Owen Guest
  3. Hafiz Qadeer
  4. Tim Staker-Gunn
  5. Melinda Tempany
  1. Samantha Ratnam*
  2. Sarah Jefford
  3. Esther Kennedy
  4. Michael Leach
  5. Kenna Morrison
  1. Fiona Patten
  2. Marcella Brassett
  3. Jenn Clark
  4. Tali Jagielski
  5. Judy Ryan
  1. Ethan Constantinou
  2. Ben Podger
  1. Thomas Stanfield
  2. Simone Philpott-Smart
AJP candidates Socialists candidates Health candidates Sustainable candidates DLP candidates LDP candidates
  1. Leah Horsfall
  2. Bruce Poon
  1. Jerome Small
  2. Cathy Lewis
  1. Lisa Taggart
  2. Gabrielle Brody
  1. Alison Pridham
  2. Darryl Budgeon
  1. Adem Somyurek*
  2. Cary de Wit
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Rachel Versteegen
TMP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Georgia Diamantopoulos
  2. Francesco Raco
  1. Matthew Considine
  2. Jessica Davis
  1. Kelly Moran
  2. Scott McCamish
  1. Imad Hirmiz
  2. Denise Lowry
  1. Damien Richardson
  2. Cameron Stoddart
  1. Andrew Hale
  2. Renee Thompson
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates Ungrouped Candidates
  1. Jake Cashion
  2. Nickee Freeman
  1. Hatice Yesilagac
  2. Berke Yolcu
  1. Pauline Gruntzer
  2. Linda Pullen
  1. Vikram Bhinder
  2. Amita Ros
  3. Pushpinder Singh

Colin Mancell

The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition is defending one seat. Derryn Hinch's Justice Party is defending one seat. The Liberal Democratic Party is defending one seat.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Greens candidates SFF candidates Reason candidates Justice candidates
  1. Jaclyn Symes*
  2. James McWhinney
  3. Gareth Mills
  4. Rahn Krammaer
  5. Mitch Bridges
  1. Wendy Lovell* (Lib)
  2. Gaelle Broad* (Nat)
  3. Amanda Millar (Lib)
  4. Rob Amos (Nat)
  5. Jillian Merkel (Lib)
  1. Cate Sinclair
  2. Robin Chapman
  3. Rosemary Storey
  4. Ralf Thesing
  5. Lenka Thompson
  1. Josh Knight
  2. Peter Watkins
  1. Melanie Sharp
  2. Callum Chapman
  1. Tania Maxwell
  2. John Herron
Sustainable candidates Socialists candidates AJP candidates Health candidates TMP candidates LDP candidates
  1. Ian Chivers
  2. Allen Doenson
  1. Karen Hocking
  2. Emma Dynes
  1. Georgie Purcell*
  2. Michelle McGoldrick
  1. Kim Warner
  2. Shaun Moran
  1. Scott Cowie
  2. Neil Cullen
  1. Tim Quilty
  2. Tim Molesworth
DLP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Mark Royal
  2. Ross McPhee
  1. Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell*
  2. Nadine Edwards-Scott
  1. Geoff Shaw
  2. Elijah Suares
  1. Michael White
  2. Carol Norton-Smith
  1. Christopher Neil
  2. Henk Wallenborn
  1. Christopher McInally
  2. Adam Miller
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates
  1. Mark Jones
  2. Melanie Tomlin
  1. Yasemin Ceylan
  2. Mukadder Orhan
  1. Laura Barnes
  2. Robert Britton
  1. Brijesh Chopra
  2. Kuldeep Der
  3. Erin Sharma
  4. Ravinder Rana

The Labor Party is defending three seats, however MLC Adem Somyurek resigned his membership in 2020 and later sat as an independent, 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 Liberal Party is defending one seat, however incumbent Gordon Rich-Phillips is retiring. The Liberal Democratic Party is defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Reason candidates SFF candidates Justice candidates
  1. Lee Tarlamis*
  2. Michael Galea*
  3. Tien Kieu
  4. Imran Khan
  5. Katrina Sullivan
  1. Ann-Marie Hermans*
  2. Manjunatha Hanumantharayappa
  3. Michael Keane
  4. Antonietta Moricca
  5. Samuel Lyndon
  1. Alex Breskin
  2. Dewani Harahap
  3. Karen Jones
  4. Louisa Willoughby
  5. Janet Wong
  1. Martin Leahy
  2. Ethan Mileikowski
  1. Will Healy
  2. Grant Poulton
  1. Derryn Hinch
  2. Mohit Dwivedi
Sustainable candidates TMP candidates Socialists candidates DLP candidates Health candidates AJP candidates
  1. Brandon Hoult
  2. Steven Armstrong
  1. Norm Dunn
  2. Toni Peters
  1. Lavanya Thavaraja
  2. Jaynaya Travis
  1. Jen Bowden
  2. Khalif White
  1. Geraldine Gonsalvez
  2. Kate Lukis
  1. Bronwyn Currie
  2. Davina Hinkley
LDP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. David Limbrick*
  2. Ethelyn King
  1. Beth Stevens
  2. Cyndi Marr
  1. Matt Babet
  2. Jatinder Singh
  1. Lee Jones
  2. Colleen Hayward
  1. Morgan Jonas
  2. Rebekah Spelman
  1. Rachel Payne*
  2. Jeffrey Knipe
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates Ungrouped Candidates
  1. Barry Minster
  2. George Moliviatis
  1. Daniel Puscasu
  2. Rodica Puscasu Ianculescu
  1. Wendy Hutchinson
  2. Marissa Sarif
  1. Bhaveshkumar Lakhatariya
  2. Bhavika Patel
  3. Satinder Singh
  4. Nilam Panchal

Mehdi Sayed

The Labor Party is defending two seats; however incumbent MLC Nina Taylor is contesting Albert Park for the party. The Liberal Party is defending two seats. Sustainable Australia is defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Reason candidates SFF candidates Justice candidates
  1. John Berger*
  2. Ryan Batchelor*
  3. Clive Crosby
  4. Lynn Psaila
  5. Muhammad Shabazz
  1. David Davis*
  2. Georgie Crozier*
  3. Nick Stavrou
  4. Monica Clark
  5. Andrew Litwinow
  1. Katherine Copsey*
  2. John Friend-Perera
  3. Anna Parker
  4. Kylie Rocha
  5. Shanae Rowick
  1. Andrew Johnson
  2. Stephen Jasper
  1. Nicole Bourmann
  2. Michelle Collyer
  1. Michele Dale
  2. Ellie Sullivan
AJP candidates DLP candidates Health candidates Sustainable candidates Socialists candidates TMP candidates
  1. Ben Schultz
  2. Mia Davies
  1. Theodore Tsiongas
  2. Dean Chambers
  1. Kellie Thomas
  2. Mark Lambrick
  1. Clifford Hayes
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jack Todaro
  2. Liam Kruger
  1. Marc Peters
  2. Paul Tammesild
LDP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Matthew Ford
  2. David Segal
  1. Craig Pickering
  2. Chris Bradbury
  1. Leon Kofmansky
  2. Ronald Jean
  1. Vickie Janson
  2. Alex Van Der End
  1. Natasha Kons
  2. Madeleine Kons
  1. Ben Howman
  2. Marc Selan
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates
  1. Dean Hurlston
  2. Robert Kamp
  1. Reyhan Adanir
  2. Nursin Akdogan
  1. Joan Molyneux
  2. Max Winch
  1. Krishna Brahmbhatt
  2. Jigarkumar Chaudhary
  3. Ravinder Marwaha


The Labor Party is defending three seats, however MLC Kaushaliya Vaghela was disendorsed and later sat as an independent. She is contesting this election for the New Democrats.

The Liberal Party is defending one seat, however MLC Bernie Finn was expelled from the party in May 2022, and later joined the Democratic Labour Party and is contesting this election for the party.

Derryn Hinch's Justice Party is defending one seat, however MLC Catherine Cumming 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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Reason candidates SFF candidates Justice candidates
  1. Lizzie Blandthorn*
  2. Ingrid Stitt*
  3. Cesar Melhem
  4. Cuc Lam
  5. Nurul Khan
  1. Moira Deeming*
  2. Trung Luu*
  3. Golam Haque
  4. Luan Walker
  5. Manish Patel
  1. Bernadette Thomas
  2. Sarah Bray
  3. Lloyd Davies
  4. Isabella McRae McLeod
  5. Pierre Vairo
  1. David Thirkettle-Watts
  2. Harry Millward
  1. Geoff Ashby
  2. Ken Vickers
  1. Peter Sullivan
  2. Jean-Marie D'Argent
DLP candidates Health candidates Sustainable candidates TMP candidates Socialists candidates AJP candidates
  1. Bernie Finn
  2. Thuy Kim Le
  1. Isaac Golden
  2. Leiah Golden
  1. Bert Jessup
  2. Dennis Bilic
  1. Greg Collins
  2. Daniel Lowinger
  1. Liz Walsh
  2. Aran Mylvaganam
  1. Meg Watkins
  2. Nat Kopas
LDP candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Anthony Cursio
  2. Liam Roche
  1. Ursula Van Bree
  2. Frank Vrionis
  1. Andrew Cuthbertson
  2. Deepak Bansal
  1. Darren Buller
  2. Mary Filmer
  1. John McBride
  2. Dan McBride
  1. David Ettershank*
  2. Raffaela Menter
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates Ungrouped Candidates
  1. Catherine Cumming
  2. Adam Robinson
  3. Jennifer Zalme
  1. Samson Palkuri
  2. Burcin Yalaz
  1. Mary Britton
  2. Craig Treherne
  1. Kaushaliya Vaghela
  2. Arix Bishnoi
  3. Yogesh Malhotra
  4. Anitha Palkuri
  5. Mohammed Shaik

Fred Ackerman
Walter Villagonzalo
Sam Alcordo
Mark Barrow
Esther Demian

The Labor Party is defending two seats, however incumbent Labor MLC Jaala Pulford retired close to the election. The Liberal/National Coalition is defending one seat. Derryn Hinch's Justice Party is defending one seat. The Animal Justice Party is defending one seat.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Greens candidates SFF candidates Reason candidates Justice candidates
  1. Jacinta Ermacora*
  2. Gayle Tierney*
  3. Megan Bridger-Darling
  4. Sue Pavlovich
  5. Heather Stokes
  1. Beverley McArthur* (Lib)
  2. Joe McCracken* (Lib)
  3. Anita Rank (Nat)
  4. Angela Shearman (Lib)
  5. Robert Letts (Nat)
  1. Sarah Mansfield*
  2. Judith Baldacchino
  3. John Barnes
  4. Eva van der Vlies
  5. Linda Zibell
  1. Ben Collyer
  2. Greame Standen
  1. Emma Sinclair
  2. Olivia Hurley
  1. Stuart Grimley
  2. Simone O'Brien
DLP candidates Sustainable candidates Socialists candidates TMP candidates AJP candidates LDP candidates
  1. Costa Di Baise
  2. Ron Skruzny
  1. Madeleine Wearne
  2. Robert Pascoe
  1. Madilyn Gorman
  2. Abbey Randal
  1. Eddie Dunn
  2. Antonela Kearns
  1. Andy Meddick
  2. Hannah Wilshier
  1. Julia McGrath
  2. Paul Barker
Health candidates PHON candidates UAP candidates Family First candidates Freedom candidates Legalise Cannabis candidates
  1. Con Lazos
  2. Angelica Brennfleck
  1. Terri Pryse-Smith
  2. Sabine De Pyle
  1. Natalie Failla
  2. Keith Raymond
  1. Dean Cronkwright
  2. Chioma Ikeh
  1. Tony Kovac
  2. Vanessa Kovac
  1. Andrew Dowling
  2. Melanie Humphrey
Angry Victorians candidates Restore Democracy candidates Companions and Pets candidates New Democrats candidates Ungrouped Candidates
  1. Chris Burson
  2. Richard Beeck
  1. Jake Finnigan
  2. Ismail Celikdogen
  3. Sinan Orhan
  1. Geoff Collins
  2. Simone Fisher
  1. Hardik Dave
  2. Cecilia Gomez Benitez
  3. Jaymik Patel
  4. Vijaykumar Kachhia

Storm Hellmuth

Resignations and disendorsements

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Date Party Candidate Seat Details
4 July 2022 Labor Kacie Duncan Morwell Replaced by Kate Maxfield.[62]
13 August 2022   Victorians Greg Brown Ovens Valley Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Philip Le Liu Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Ingrid Maynard Eastern Victoria Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Gabriel Rossi Western Metropolitan Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Joanne Tadmore Party disbanded.[63]
13 August 2022   Victorians Oscar Yildiz Northern Metropolitan Party disbanded.[63]
12 October 2022 Independent Liberal Ben Lucas Narracan Withdrew and endorsed Liberal candidate Wayne Farnham.[64]
October 2022 Independent Aaron Lim Richmond Withdrew for reasons unknown.[65]
Pre-mid-November 2022 Freedom Nick Clonaridis Eastern Victoria Withdrew for reasons unknown.[65]
Pre-mid-November 2022 Conservative Vern Hughes Eastern Victoria Withdrew for reasons unknown.[65]

Notes

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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, 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), Wayne Farnham (Liberal), Shaun Gilchrist (Nationals), Alyssa Weaver (Greens), Laura Rees (AJP), Hannah Darts (Family First), Leonie Blackwell (Freedom), Casey Murphy (PHON), Tony Wolfe (Independent).[66]

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