Candidates of the 2014 Victorian state election explained

This is a list of candidates for the 2014 Victorian state election. The election was held on 29 November 2014.

At the close of nominations on 14 November 2014, there were a total of 896 candidates in the election (a 26 per cent increase to the 711 candidates in the 2010 election). There were 545 candidates contesting the 88 seats of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (up from 501, an 8.6 per cent increase); and 351 candidates contesting the 40 seats in the Legislative Council (up from 206, a 68 per cent increase).^[1]

Redistribution and seat changes

A redistribution of Victoria's state electoral boundaries was finalised on 17 October 2013. It saw the abolition of the Labor seats of Ballarat East, Ballarat West, Clayton, Derrimut, Keilor and Lyndhurst; the Liberal seats of Doncaster, Kilsyth, Mitcham, Scoresby and Seymour; and the Nationals seats of Benalla, Murray Valley, Rodney and Swan Hill.

The fifteen seats created to replace the fifteen abolished seats were the notionally Labor seats of Buninyong, Clarinda, Keysborough, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham and Werribee; the notionally Liberal seats of Croydon, Eildon, Ringwood, Rowville and Wendouree; and the Nationals seats of Euroa, Murray Plains and Ovens Valley. In addition, the Labor-held seats of Bellarine, Monbulk, Ripon and Yan Yean became notionally Liberal.

• The member for Ballarat East, Geoff Howard (Labor), contested Buninyong.
• The member for Ballarat West, Sharon Knight (Labor), contested Wendouree.
• The member for Clayton, Hong Lim (Labor), contested Clarinda.
• The member for Derrimut, Telmo Languiller (Labor), contested Tarneit.
• The member for Doncaster, Mary Wooldridge (Liberal), contested the Legislative Council region of Eastern Metropolitan.
• The member for Eltham, Steve Herbert (Labor), contested the Legislative Council region of Northern Victoria.
• The member for Keilor, Natalie Hutchins (Labor), contested Sydenham.
• The member for Kilsyth, David Hodgett (Liberal), contested Croydon.
• The member for Lyndhurst, Martin Pakula (Labor), contested Keysborough.
• The member for Mitcham, Dee Ryall (Liberal), contested Ringwood.
• The member for Murray Valley, Tim McCurdy (Nationals), contested Ovens Valley.
• The member for Rodney, Paul Weller (Nationals), contested the Legislative Council region of Northern Victoria.
• The member for Scoresby, Kim Wells (Liberal), contested Rowville.
• The member for Seymour, Cindy McLeish (Liberal), contested Eildon.
• The member for Swan Hill, Peter Walsh (Nationals), contested Murray Plains.
• The member for Tarneit, Tim Pallas (Labor), contested Werribee.
• Northern Metropolitan MLC Matthew Guy (Liberal) contested Bulleen.

Retiring MPs

Labor

• Ann Barker MLA (Oakleigh) – announced 25 November 2013^[2]
• Liz Beattie MLA (Yuroke) – announced 25 November 2013^[3]
• Christine Campbell MLA (Pascoe Vale) – announced 13 November 2013^[4]
• Joanne Duncan MLA (Macedon) – announced 4 November 2013^[5]
• Joe Helper MLA (Ripon) – announced 3 December 2012^[6]
• Justin Madden MLA (Essendon) – announced 15 November 2013^[7]
• John Pandazopoulos MLA (Dandenong) – announced 26 November 2013^[8]
• Ian Trezise MLA (Geelong) – announced 3 February 2014^[9]
• Kaye Darveniza MLC (Northern Victoria) – announced 29 November 2013^[10]
• John Lenders MLC (Southern Metropolitan) – announced 18 November 2013^[11]
• Marg Lewis MLC (Northern Victoria) – appointed to a casual vacancy but did not contest preselection^[12]
• Johan Scheffer MLC (Eastern Victoria)
• Matt Viney MLC (Eastern Victoria) – announced 15 November 2013^[7]

Liberal

• Ted Baillieu MLA (Hawthorn) – announced 22 August 2014^[13]
• Nicholas Kotsiras MLA (Bulleen) – announced 12 January 2014^[14]
• Andrew McIntosh MLA (Kew) – announced 17 December 2013^[15]
• Ken Smith MLA (Bass) – announced 13 January 2014^[16]
• Andrea Coote MLC (Southern Metropolitan) – announced 19 January 2014^[17]
• David Koch MLC (Western Victoria) – announced 14 March 2014^[18]
• Jan Kronberg MLC (Eastern Metropolitan) – announced 19 March 2014^[19]

National

• Hugh Delahunty MLA (Lowan) – announced 10 February 2014^[20]
• Jeanette Powell MLA (Shepparton) – announced 8 February 2014^[21]
• Bill Sykes MLA (Benalla) – announced 9 January 2014^[22]

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.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	Other candidates
			Martin Foley	Shannon Eeles (Lib)	David Collis	Deborah Geyer	Steven Armstrong (Ind) James Hurley (Sex) Tex Perkins (Ind)
			Jill Hennessy	Nihal Samara (Lib)	Chris de Bono		Jemal Hiabu (VFTW) Brijender Nain (Ind) Anthony O'Neill (AC)
		Sanjay Nathan		Brian Paynter (Lib)	Ross Fairhurst		David Amor (ACA) Angela Dorian (RUAP) Clare Le Serve (Ind) Paul Reid (AC)
		Tony Dib		Heidi Victoria (Lib)	James Tennant		John Carbonari (Ind) Jeremy Cass (ACA) Tristan Conway (AC) Robert Smyth (AJP)
			Lisa Neville	Ron Nelson (Lib)	Brenton Peake	Robert Keenan	Christopher Dawson (RUAP) Rhiannon Hunter (Sex) John Irvine (ACA) Gus Kacinskas (Ind) Joshua Williams (SFP)
		Jennifer Podesta		Bill Tilley (Lib)	Richard Wellard		Phil Rourke (ACA)
			Jacinta Allan	Greg Bickley (Lib)	Jennifer Alden	Glenis Bradshaw	Lynette Bell (RUAP) Cameron Dowling (ACA)
			Maree Edwards	Michael Langdon (Lib)	John Brownstein	Amanda Moskalewicz	Sandra Caddy (RUAP) Elise Chapman (ACA)
				Elizabeth Miller (Lib)	Sean Mulcahy	David Clark	Ross McCawley (Sex) Kelley Moldovan (RUAP) Chandra Ojha (Ind) Sofia Telemzouguer (PPV)
		Stefanie Perri		Robert Clark (Lib)	Bill Pemberton		Frank Reale (AC) Geoffrey Stokie (Ind)
		Louise Crawford		Louise Asher (Lib)	Margaret Beavis		Jane Touzeau (Ind)
			Frank McGuire	Evren Onder (Lib)	Jaime de Loma-Osorio Ricon	Wayne Knight	Mohamed Hassan (VFTW) John Rinaldi (Ind)
			Jane Garrett	Giuseppe Vellotti (Lib)		Frank Giurleo	Stella Kariofyllidis (PPV) Dean O'Callaghan (Ind) Babar Peters (AC) Ward Young (AJP)
		Adam Rundell		Matthew Guy (Lib)	Ben Cronly		Eleni Arapoglou (AC)
			Colin Brooks	Amita Gill (Lib)	Clement Stanyon	James Widdowson
			Geoff Howard	Sonia Smith (Nat) Ben Taylor (Lib)	Tony Goodfellow	Keith Geyer	James Keays (ACA)
		Gavin Ryan		Graham Watt (Lib)	Beck Stuart		Peter Campbell (Ind)
				Donna Bauer (Lib)	Henry Kelsall	Richard Vernay	Margaret Quinn (RUAP)
				David Southwick (Lib)	Tim Baxter		Teresa Horvath (RUAP) John Myers (Ind)
			Hong Lim	Gandhi Bevinakoppa (Lib)	James Talbot-Kamoen		James Marinis (Ind) Melanie Vassiliou (RUAP)
			Jude Perera	Geoff Ablett (Lib)	Nagaraj Nayak	Pamela Keenan	Rosemary Blake (Ind) Jonathan Eli (RUAP) Laith Graham (Sex) Rania Michael (AC)
		Lesley Fielding		David Hodgett (Lib)	Jill Wild		Sarah Barclay (ACA) Mike Brown (AC) Joel Martin (Ind)
				Joanna Palatsides (Lib)	John Gulzari	Noelle Walker	Dale Key (Ind) Carlton King (RUAP)
		Sally Brennan		Jim Child (Nat) Cindy McLeish* (Lib)	Marie Sellstrom	David Prentice	Bruce Argyle (Ind) Jane Judd (Ind) Jeff Leake (ACA)
				Steven Briffa (Lib)	Liezl Shnookal	Janna Fenn	Chris Byrne (Ind) Ryan Ebert (Ind) Michael Janson (AC)
				Fred Ackerman (Lib)	Ashley Waite		Richard Lawrence (Ind) Mario Mendez (VFTW)
		Clare Malcolm		Steph Ryan (Nat) Tony Schneider (Lib)	Simon Roberts	Julie-Anne Winzer	Lisa Adams (ACA)
		Peter Harris		Christine Fyffe (Lib)	Sandra Betts		Damien de Pyle (AC) Anthony McAleer (Ind) Lawrence Mobsby (Ind) Glenn Williams (ACA)
		Matt Posetti		Nick Wakeling (Lib)	Steve Raymond		Robert Roytel (AC) Russell Wulf (ACA)
			Marsha Thomson	Kim Vu (Lib)	Rod Swift		Ken Betts (VFTW) Catherine Cumming (Ind)
				Neil Angus (Lib)	Brewis Atkinson	Wendy Ross	Kane Rogers (AJP) Lynne Maddison (AC) Melissa Trotter (ACA)
				Sean Armistead (Lib)	Jeanette Swain	Paul Mason	Jerome Breen (Ind) Jamie Miller (Sex) Alan Nicholls (PPV) Geoff Shaw (Ind) Reade Smith (Ind) Marianne Tootell (Ind) Joseph Toscano (Ind) Lyn Tregenza (RUAP) Mervyn Vogt (Ind) Anthony Wallace (AC)
				Paula Kontelj (Lib)	Bruce Lindsay	Ruth Clark	Sarah Hathway (SA) Tony Leen (ACA) Doug Mann (Ind) Pedro Pegan (SFP)
		Collin Ross		Brad Battin (Lib)	Michael Schilling		Simon Beard (AC) Frank Dean (Ind) Damian Heffernan (Ind) Alan Stoops (ACA) Ferdie Verdan (RUAP)
		Kate Maxfield		Tim Bull (Nat)	Scott Campbell-Smith		Peter Gardner (Ind) David Hutchison (ACA) Jenny Jack (RUAP) Leigh McDonald (Ind) Peter McKenzie (Ind)
		Lynn Psaila		Peter Ryan (Nat)	Ian Onley		Deb Meester (ACA) Phil Piper (Ind) Patrick Winterton (RUAP)
		Steven Hosking		Neale Burgess (Lib)	Derek Fagan		Robert Andersson (Ind) Scot Leslie (ACA) Paul Madigan (Ind) Colin Robertson (RUAP)
		John McNally		John Pesutto (Lib)	Tim Hartnett
			Anthony Carbines	Carl Ziebell (Lib)	Paul Kennedy	Jesse Boer	Gurmender Grewal (AC) Craig Langdon (Ind) Abdirizak Mohamed (Ind)
		James Gaffey		Tim Smith (Lib)	Lynn Frankes
			Martin Pakula	Adrianne Fleming (Lib)	Susan Fyfield		Michael Carty (Ind) Andrew Cunningham (RUAP) Hung Vo (Ind)
			Marlene Kairouz	Goran Kesic (Lib)	Philip Hill		Margaret Giudice (Ind) Shashi Turner (VFTW)
			John Eren	Tony McManus (Lib)	Gregory Lacey	Rami Fosberry	George Reed (ACA)
		Bob Scates		Emma Kealy (Nat)	Nkandu Beltz		Steve Price (ACA) Katrina Rainsford (Ind)
				Donna Petrovich (Lib)	Neil Barker	Peter Harland
		Les Tarczon		Michael O'Brien (Lib)	James Bennett
		Jennifer Kanis	Ed Huntingford (Lib)			Kerry Sutherland	Neville Chisholm (AC) Kate Elliott (AJP) Tehiya Umer (VFTW)
			Don Nardella	Daryl Lang (Lib)	Marie-Anne Cooper		Mohamad Alfojan (Ind) Victor Bennett (Ind) Mabor Chadhuol (AC) Matt DeLeon (Ind) Sav Mangion (ACA) Monika Thomas (VFTW)
		Shane Roberts		Peter Crisp (Nat)	Morgana Russell	Judith Fenn	Carl Carter (RUAP) Jo Clutterbuck (Ind) Mark Cory (Ind) Ali Cupper (Ind) Danny Lee (ACA)
			Lily D'Ambrosio	George Varughese (Lib)	Jeremy Graham	Peter Simmons
			James Merlino	Mark Verschuur (Lib)	Michael Clarke	Amelia Mason	Jordan Crook (Ind) Craig Jenkin (ACA) Jennifer McAdam (AJP) Ron Prendergast (DLP) Ana Rojas (RUAP)
				Lorraine Wreford (Lib)	Alexander Breskin	Jeevaloshni Govender	Damien Brick (DLP) Tristram Chellew (Sex) Rod Figueroa (RUAP) Georgina Oxley (Ind) Victoria Oxley (Ind) Leon Pompei (Ind) Rosemary West (Ind)
		Rebecca Wright		David Morris (Lib)	Matthew McLaren		Marion Barnes (ACA) Peter Moldovan (RUAP)
		Jadon Mintern		Russell Northe (Nat)	Dan Caffrey		Stewart Birkett (ACA) Peter Dorian (RUAP) Tracie Lund (Ind) Jacqueline Rose (Ind)
		Jennifer Yang		Michael Gidley (Lib)	Perky Raj Khangure		Stephen Zheng (AC)
			Daniel Andrews	Robert Davies (Lib)	Josh Fergeus	Norman Fenn	Maree Wood (RUAP)
		Peter Williams		Peter Walsh (Nat)	Ian Christoe		Nigel Hicks (Ind) Bryon Winn (ACA) Laurie Wintle (RUAP)
		Kate Marten		Gary Blackwood (Lib)	Malcolm McKelvie		Norman Baker (RUAP) Dave Snelling (ACA)
			Luke Donnellan	Amanda Stapledon (Lib)	Karen Jones		Chris Blackburn (DLP) Mery Mekhail (AC) Wasim Qureshi (Ind) Robert White (RUAP)
			Judith Graley	Susan Serey (Lib)	Lynette Keleher		Narmien Andrawis (AC) Anthony Sofe (RUAP)
		Carolyn Gleixner		Martin Dixon (Lib)	Craig Thomson		Matthew Schmidt (ACA) David Stanton (Ind) Laura Yue (RUAP)
			Ben Carroll	Rebecca Gauci Maurici (Lib)	Sarah Roberts		Paddy Dewan (VFTW) Andrew Gunter (Ind) Andrea Surace (Ind) John Warner (AC) Appollo Yianni (Ind)
			Fiona Richardson	Anthony D'Angelo (Lib)	Trent McCarthy	Helen Fenn	Bryony Edwards (Ind) Jamie McCarney (BRRP) Georgina Purcell (AJP)
				Theo Zographos (Lib)	Steven Merriel		Parashos Kioupelis (Ind) Anna Scotto (Ind)
		Gail Cholosznecki		Tim McCurdy (Nat)	Jamie McCaffrey		Ray Dyer (Ind) Julian Fidge (ACA)
				Jacqueline Khoo (Lib)	Liam Farrelly	Thomas Ha	Sean Brocklehurst (SA) Francesco Timpano (Ind)
				Terry Mulder (Lib)	Simon Northeast		Philip Edge (ACA)
		Neil Pharaoh	Clem Newton-Brown (Lib)			Alan Walker	Jason Goldsmith (Ind) Eleonora Gullone (AJP) Alan Menadue (Ind) Steve Stefanopoulos (Ind)
			Robin Scott	John Forster (Lib)	Rose Ljubicic	Rachel Ward	Gaetano Greco (Ind)
			Richard Wynne	Weiran Lu (Lib)		Sarah Knight	Stephen Jolly (Ind) Tom Keel (Ind) Miranda Smith (AJP) Nevena Spirovska (Sex)
		Tony Clark		Dee Ryall (Lib)	Brendan Powell		Michael Challinger (Ind) Karen Dobby (AC) Brian Dungey (ACA) Steve Raskovy (PPV)
		Daniel McGlone		Louise Staley (Lib) Scott Turner (Nat)	Rod May	Danielle Fowler	Trevor Domaschenz (ACA) Mitchell Lee (DLP) Kevin Loiterton (AC) Peter Mulcahy (RUAP)
		Tamika Hicks		Kim Wells (Lib)	Tim Wise		Leanne Price (RUAP)
		Christina Zigouras		Murray Thompson (Lib)	Adam McBeth		Clarke Martin (Ind)
		Rod Higgins	Greg Barr (Nat)	Damien Stevens			Michael Bourke (ACA) Suzanna Sheed* (Ind) Diane Teasdale (Ind)
		Andy Richards		Andrew Katos (Lib)	Lisa Ashdowne	Steven Thompson	Kevin Butler (DLP) Stephen Chara (ACA) Jamie Overend (AJP) Nick Wallis (Sex)
		Roy Reekie		Denis Napthine (Lib)	Thomas Campbell		Michael McCluskey (Ind) Steven Moore (ACA) Linda Smith (Ind)
				Moira Deeming (Lib)	Lisa Asbury		Pat Aumua (VFTW) Marvet Boulos (AC) Irena Klajn (Ind)
				Jo Hagan (Lib)	Ella Webb		Vern Hughes (VFTW) Billy Lopez (Ind) Steve Medcraft (Ind) Charles Williams (AC)
			Natalie Hutchins	John Varano (Lib)	Alex Schlotzer		Nadia Christofidis (AC) Shaun McKerral (VFTW)
			Telmo Languiller	Dinesh Gourisetty (Lib)	Rohan Waring	Seelan Govender	Safwat Ali (Ind) Lem Baguot (AC) Joh Bauch (Ind) Clement Francis (RUAP) Chin Loi (Ind) Abdul Mujeeb Syed (VFTW)
			Bronwyn Halfpenny	Nitin Gursahani (Lib)	Ian Williamson	Trent Schneider-Johnson	Thomas Di Palma (Ind)
		Steven Kent		Ryan Smith (Lib)	Richard Cranston		David Leach (AC) Keith Lyon (ACA)
			Sharon Knight	Craig Coltman (Lib)	Alice Barnes	Cielo Fenn	John Buchholz (ACA) Liam Hastie (Sex) Sheila O'Shea (RUAP)
			Tim Pallas	Tarun Singh (Lib)	Bro Sheffield-Brotherton		Anne Okumu (AC) Nhan Hoang Tran (VFTW)
			Wade Noonan	Alan Shea (Lib)	Simon Crawford		Libby Krepp (VFTW) Khalil Wehbe (Ind)
			Danielle Green	Sam Ozturk (Lib)	Daniel Sacchero	Rodney Baker	Rob Clark (SFP) Geraldine Roelink (RUAP) Bruce Stevens (ACA)
				Phulvinderjit Grewal (Lib)	Natalie Abboud	Rodney Le Nepveu	Imad Hirmiz (AC) Mick Wilkins (Ind)

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 Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Shaun Leane Brian Tee Dimity Paul Lauren Johnson	valign=top	Mary Wooldridge Bruce Atkinson Richard Dalla-Riva Grace Roy Shilpa Hegde	valign=top	Samantha Dunn Helen Harris Anthony Aulsebrook Linda Laos Christopher Kearney	valign=top	Martin Myszka Andrew Conlon	valign=top	Milton Wilde Brooke Brenner	valign=top	Pat Shea Paul Jakubik
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Stephen Barber Nelson Barber	valign=top	Michael Barclay Trevor Kloprogge	valign=top	Vickie Janson Jeff Reaney	valign=top	Abe Salt Joel Moore	valign=top	Kostandinos Giannikos Sean Anderson	valign=top	Brenton Edgecombe Rosemary Lavin
VEP candidates	RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates
valign=top	David Scanlon Monte Bonwick	valign=top	Barry Fitzsimons Paul Barbieri	valign=top	Lou Coppola Alexander Buth	valign=top	Neil Cameron Shane Bebe	valign=top		valign=top

Eastern Victoria

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Harriet Shing Daniel Mulino Ian Maxfield John Anderson Sorina Grasso	valign=top	Edward O'Donohue (Lib) Danny O'Brien (Nat) Andrew Ronalds (Lib) Laetitia Jones (Lib) Brenton Wight (Nat)	valign=top	Andrea Millsom Louis Delacretaz Belinda Rogers Willisa Hogarth Malcolm Brown	valign=top	Trudie Morris Joanne Di Lorenzo	valign=top	Sarah Taylor James Unkles Daniel Gaylor	valign=top	Gary Jenkins Andrew Kis-Rigo
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Ange Hopkins Ken Hill	valign=top	Andrew Jones Bradley Johnstone	valign=top	Ash Belsar Vivian Hill	valign=top	Jim McDonald Ben Buckley	valign=top	Jeff Bourman David Fent	valign=top	Kristin Bacon Leah Folloni
VEP candidates	RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Meg Paul Bruce Miller	valign=top	Yvonne Gentle Jim Gentle	valign=top	Linton Young Maureen Kirsch	valign=top	Nick Burke Geoff Ballard	valign=top	Rhonda Crooks Christine Sindt Jean-Michel David Jeff Bartram	valign=top

Northern Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Jenny Mikakos Nazih Elasmar Burhan Yigit Martin Appleby	valign=top	Craig Ondarchie Gladys Liu Amandeep Rosha David Mulholland Susan Turner	valign=top	Greg Barber Alex Bhathal Alison Parkes Anthony Williams Gurm Sekhon	valign=top	Brendan Fenn Sarah Clark	valign=top	Maria Rigoni Mario Laing	valign=top	Michael Murphy Mark Galvin
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Fiona Patten Joël Murray	valign=top	Domenic Greco Evan Spanos	valign=top	Maria Bengtsson John Carter	valign=top	David Limbrick Erin Murphy	valign=top	Christos Tzelepis Justin Rogan	valign=top	Bruce Poon Maria McLaverty
VEP candidates	RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	BRRP candidates	Vote 1 Local Jobs candidates
valign=top	Bertha Franklin Jay Franklin	valign=top	Michael Mastrantuono Simon Hay	valign=top	Marc Florio Sheriden Tate Anne Paten	valign=top	Nik Dow Geoff Cicuto	valign=top	Kris Schroeder Tim Heath	valign=top	Nathan Purcell Aaron Purcell
VFTW candidates	Independent candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Phil Cleary Emma Phillips	valign=top	Peter Allan Nicola Thomson Nicole Batch	valign=top	Tiffany Harrison Darren Bain	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Northern Victoria

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Steve Herbert Jaclyn Symes Jamie Byron Lydia Senior Kate Sutherland	valign=top	Wendy Lovell (Lib) Damian Drum (Nat) Amanda Millar (Lib) Paul Weller (Nat) Adrian Wolter (Lib)	valign=top	Jenny O'Connor Michelle Goldsmith Kate Toll Dennis Black Robin Rhodes	valign=top	Alan Howard Jamie Baldwin	valign=top	Hans Paas Owen Lysaght	valign=top	Gerard Murphy Stefan Kos
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates	RUAP candidates
valign=top	Charlie Crutchfield Amy Mulcahy	valign=top	Robert Danieli Steven Threlfall	valign=top	Tim Wilms Stephen Gream	valign=top	Daniel Young Anthony Donnellon	valign=top	Lola Currie Jethro Dean	valign=top	Tim Middleton Petra Parker
People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates
valign=top	Elizabeth Crooks John Cornish	valign=top	Mark Horner Arwen Birch	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

South Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Gavin Jennings Adem Somyurek Lee Tarlamis Ian Spencer Rosalie Davis	valign=top	Gordon Rich-Phillips Inga Peulich Ali Khan Moti Visa George Hua	valign=top	Nina Springle Chris Jobe Wendy Smith John Flanders Stefan Zibell	valign=top	Lynette Harland Jeremy Orchard	valign=top	Jason Kennedy Bobby Singh Michael Oldfield	valign=top	Michael Palma Lucia De Summa
Sex Party candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates	VEP candidates
valign=top	Martin Leahy Alex Chevallier	valign=top	Sami Greiss Manal Dawoud	valign=top	Leslie Hughes Matthew Lesich	valign=top	Ryan Perry Allan Bevan	valign=top	Elio Celotto Tyson Jack	valign=top	Sorin Ionascu Greg Mauldon
RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Daniel Nalliah Rosalie Crestani	valign=top	Basil Walters Maria Sirianni	valign=top	Robert Siddle Troy Parsons	valign=top	Arif Okil	valign=top

Southern Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Philip Dalidakis Erik Locke Raff Ciccone Cassandra Devine Will Fowles	valign=top	David Davis Georgie Crozier Margaret Fitzherbert Ken Ong Nellie Khoroshina	valign=top	Sue Pennicuik James Searle Rose Read Lorna Wyatt James Harrison	valign=top	Shane Clark Gary Coombes	valign=top	Dwayne Singleton Anthony Cresswell Scott Rankin	valign=top	Vince Stefano Brendan Prendergast
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Francesca Collins Darren Austin	valign=top	Christopher Morris Andrew Driscoll	valign=top	Faliana Lee Ian Dobby	valign=top	Craig Bonsor Michelle Hamilton	valign=top	Paul William Steven Zoumis	valign=top	Nyree Walshe Fiona McRostie
VEP candidates	RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates
valign=top	Penny McCasker Fiona Stewart	valign=top	Peter Vassiliou Glenda Powell	valign=top	Kenneth Miller Linda Jones	valign=top	Richard Bowen Kathryn Siddle Marcus Barber	valign=top	Clive Jackson Richard Grummet	valign=top	Luzio Grossi Crystal James
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	George Neophytou	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Western Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Cesar Melhem Khalil Eideh Stanley Chiang George Seitz Kirsten Psaila	valign=top	Bernie Finn Andrew Elsbury David Tran Gayle Murphy Cassandra Marr	valign=top	Colleen Hartland Huong Truong Dinesh Jayasuriya Sam Long Jonathon Marsden	valign=top	Jaxon Calder Rebecca Filliponi	valign=top	Trevor Dance Peter Haberecht	valign=top	Rachel Carling-Jenkins Michael Freeman
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Vicki Nash Adrian Trajstman	valign=top	Ben Caruso Andrew Hepner	valign=top	Geoff Rogers Kirsten James	valign=top	Zeev Vinokurov Joel Spencer	valign=top	Jake Wilson Trevor Carstein	valign=top	Roy Taylor Douglas Leith
RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	VFTW candidates
valign=top	Jeff Truscott Charles Rozario	valign=top	Jerry Creaney Chez Caruso	valign=top	Frank Reinthaler Nick O'Keefe	valign=top	Berhan Ahmed Kylie Georgiou John Turner	valign=top		valign=top

Western Victoria

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	PUP candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Jaala Pulford Gayle Tierney Jacinta Ermacora John Stewart Dale Edwards	valign=top	Simon Ramsay (Lib) Josh Morris (Lib) David O'Brien (Nat) Jennifer Almeida Reis (Lib) Donna Winfield (Nat)	valign=top	Lloyd Davies Judy Cameron Linda Zibell Ricky Lane Patchouly Paterson	valign=top	Barry Newton Julie Gebbing	valign=top	Catriona Thoolen Gerard Murphy Cameron Hickey	valign=top	Mark Farrell Joanne Schill
Sex Party candidates	Country All. candidates	Christians candidates	LDP candidates	SFP candidates	Animal Justice candidates
valign=top	Jayden Millard Douglas Leitch	valign=top	Garry Kerr Ronald Heath	valign=top	Anne Foster Leo van Veelen	valign=top	Mark Thompson Baydon Beddoe	valign=top	Nicole Bourman Megan Winter	valign=top	Andy Meddick Jennifer Gamble
RUAP candidates	People Power candidates	Cyclists candidates	VFTW candidates	Vote 1 Local Jobs candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Michael Keane Merle Johnston	valign=top	Philip Gluyas Dianne Bell	valign=top	Kathy Francis Colin Charles	valign=top	Garry Thomas Johanne Curran	valign=top	James Purcell Tanya Waterson	valign=top	Gary Mannion

Unregistered parties and groups

A number of parties without registration with the Victorian Electoral Commission nonetheless endorsed candidates, who appeared on the ballot paper as independents:

• The Australian Democrats endorsed Clive Jackson and Richard Brummet for Southern Metropolitan Region.^[23]
• The Australian Restoration Party endorsed Jacqueline Rose in Morwell.^[24]
• The Australian Stable Population Party endorsed Steven Armstrong in Albert Park.
• The Save the Planet Party endorsed Dean O'Callaghan in Brunswick, Reade Smith in Frankston, Jordan Crook in Monbulk, Bryony Edwards in Northcote and Tiffany Harrison in Northern Metropolitan Region.
• The Socialist Party endorsed Stephen Jolly in Richmond.

See also

• 2014 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 2010–2014
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2010–2014
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 2014–2018
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2014–2018

References

• Green, Antony. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Election Guide
• Australian Greens Victoria. 2014 State Election Preselection Noticeboard

Notes and References

1. News: Green. Antony. 2014 Victorian Election - Summary of Nominations. 15 November 2014. Victoria Votes 2014. ABC News. 14 November 2014.
2. Web site: Another two Victorian Labor MPs quit Herald Sun. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140608194017/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/another-victorian-labor-mp-quits/story-fni0xqi4-1226767767622. 2014-06-08.
3. Web site: Twitter / rwillingham: And another Labor retirement . Twitter.com . 2013-11-24 . 2014-02-16.
4. Web site: Life After Parliament . Christine Campbell . 2013-11-13 . 2014-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203232736/http://www.christinecampbell.com.au/media-releases/life-after-parliament/# . 2014-02-03 . dead .
5. News: Labor MP Joanne Duncan to resign from Parliament . News.com.au . 4 November 2013 . 4 November 2013 .
6. News: Helper plans life after politics . Stock & Land . 3 December 2012 . Dalgleish, Cassandra . 11 October 2013 .
7. News: Richard Willingham . Justin Madden announces retirement from politics . Theage.com.au . 2012-03-28 . 2014-02-16 . Melbourne.
8. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/ironman-mp-john-pandazopoulos-announces-he-wont-recontest-the-seat-of-dandenong/story-fngnvmhm-1226769565954 Ironman Mp John Pandazopoulos Announces He Wont Recontest The Seat Of Dandenong
9. Web site: Dundas . Greg . Trezise calls time, Geelong up for grabs in state election . Geelong Advertiser . 2014-02-03 . 2014-02-16.
10. News: Richard Willingham . Labor's upper house preselection will bypass rank and file members . Theage.com.au . 2012-03-28 . 2014-02-16 . Melbourne.
11. Web site: Twitter / bellfrances: Former Labor Treasurer . Twitter.com . 2013-11-17 . 2014-02-16.
12. News: Retired principal and Labor favourite up for a $90,000 windfall. Ainsworth. Michelle. Herald Sun. 26 June 2014.
13. News: Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu to quit politics. ABC News. 22 August 2014.
14. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/multicultural-affairs-minister-nicholas-kotsiras-announces-his-retirement-from-politics/story-fni0fit3-1226800004393 Multicultural Affairs Minister Nicholas Kotsiras Announces His Retirement From Politics
15. News: Richard Willingham . Liberal MP Andrew McIntosh to retire from state parliament . Theage.com.au . 2012-03-28 . 2014-02-16 . Melbourne.
16. News: Richard Willingham . Victorian parliament Speaker Ken Smith to retire . The Age. 2012-03-28 . 2014-02-16 . Melbourne.
17. News: Long-serving Victorian Liberal frontbencher Andrea Coote announces resignation – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . ABC News . ABC. 2014-01-19 . 2014-02-16.
18. News: Liberal infighting threatens Napthine. The Age . 2014-03-14 . 2014-03-14 . Melbourne.
19. News: Mary Wooldridge's preselection chances improve as Eastern Metropolitan MP Jan Kronberg retires . The Age . 2014-03-19 . 2014-03-19 . Melbourne . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320161733/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mary-wooldridges-preselection-chances-improve-as-eastern-metropolitan-mp-jan-kronberg-retires-20140319-351hp.html . dead .
20. Web site: Hugh Delahunty Retiring . 3wm.com.au . 2014-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162340/http://www.3wm.com.au/news-sport/article/140210/hugh-delahunty/41#.Uvfp-fmSxWh . 2014-02-22 . dead .
21. Web site: Source AAP UPDATED 10:12 PM – 7 Feb 2014 . Vic MP Powell retires from Shepparton seat . Sbs.com.au . 2014-02-07 . 2014-02-16.
22. Web site: Kotsios . Natalie . Benalla MP Bill Sykes calls it a day . The Border Mail . 2014-01-09 . 2014-02-16.
23. Web site: Victorian Election 2014: Australian Democrats Announce Victorian Upper House Candidates . 2014-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061543/http://vic.australian-democrats.org.au/victorian-election-2014-australian-democrats-announce-victorian-upper-house-candidates.php#.VGf6L_mUeuI . 2014-11-29 . dead .
24. Web site: About the Australian Restoration Party . 2014-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220062245/http://www.australianrestorationparty.com.au/2014Victoriantateelection.html . 2014-12-20 . dead .