Talk:Candidates of the 2014 Victorian state election

Save the Planet

Wouldn't Save the Planet have their own ticket therefore their own category? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.76.143 (talk) 10:40, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Save the Planet is not a registered party, so we don't designate them in the table since they will appear as independents. There is a section for noting unregistered parties at the bottom of the page, where I have indicated Save the Planet's endorsed candidates. Frickeg (talk) 00:50, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Potential error in Western Victoria

Our article has, for a long time now, listed National David O'Brien as the safe #2 Coalition candidate in Western Victoria. But this article suggests that Liberal Joshua Morris is the #2, and O'Brien was elected from #3 in 2010. I think our order is wrong and that Morris is #2 and O'Brien in the #3 death seat, but can't find anything to explicitly confirm it. The Drover's Wife (talk) 06:15, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

How's this? Seems fairly explicit. There was talk about O'Brien running in Lowan too early in the year, which backs it up. Frickeg (talk) 07:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

You are fabulous as ever. The Drover's Wife (talk) 08:13, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Leg Council

Just a note to say why I haven't updated the LC candidates with the VEC's nominations, and why I also suggest everyone else hold off - the candidate orders are all over the place and I can't figure them out. They are in many cases contrary to what other sources tell us, so I wouldn't be confident listing them until nominations close. If anyone can decipher them please go ahead. Frickeg (talk) 00:49, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Seems they were maybe legit after all. Strange that no one reported Mary Wooldridge getting bumped to the unloseable first spot on the East Metro Lib ticket. Frickeg (talk) 23:40, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Are we sure about this? There were several other bizarre shifts last time I looked, including senior former minister Gavin Jennings being bumped to the loseable #3 spot in South East Metro, and George Seitz Jr being bumped to the winnable #3 spot in West Metro, both of which surely would have attracted reportage. I remain dubious until I see an actual press report confirming those ticket orders with the parties. The Drover's Wife (talk) 04:13, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Jennings and Seitz are back at their pre-reported spots at the moment. I think maybe the strange things were mistakes (or some kind of other ordering). Having now been through them all, Wooldridge is the only change. They all explicitly say that they're now in ballot-paper order, too. Frickeg (talk) 04:15, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

I was just coming back to say I'd checked and found the same thing, but you were too fast for me! Interesting about Wooldridge though. The Drover's Wife (talk) 04:16, 16 November 2014 (UTC)