Candidates of the 2018 Victorian state election explained

This is a list of candidates for the 2018 Victorian state election. The election was held on 24 November 2018. Nominations of candidates opened on 31 October 2018. Nominations for party candidates closed on 8 November, and for independent candidates on 9 November.

A total of 887 candidates nominated for the election, down from 896 at the 2014 election. There are 507 candidates for the Legislative Assembly, the second-highest number on record, down from 545 in 2014. The 380 candidates for the Legislative Council is the highest number of upper house candidates in a Victorian election, up from 351 in 2014.^[1]

Retiring Members

Labor

Judith Graley MLA (Narre Warren South) – announced 19 August 2017^[2]
Geoff Howard MLA (Buninyong) – announced 15 September 2017^[3]
Sharon Knight MLA (Wendouree) – announced 31 July 2017^[4]
Telmo Languiller MLA (Tarneit) – announced 26 August 2017^[5]
Hong Lim MLA (Clarinda) – announced 5 September 2017^[6]
Wade Noonan MLA (Williamstown) – announced 4 October 2017^[7]
Jude Perera MLA (Cranbourne) – announced 15 September 2017^[8]
Marsha Thomson MLA (Footscray) – announced 21 September 2017^[9]
Khalil Eideh MLC (Western Metropolitan Region) – announced 21 September 2017
Daniel Mulino MLC (Eastern Victoria Region) – retiring to run for federal House of Representatives^[10]

Liberal

Louise Asher MLA (Brighton) – announced 11 August 2016^[11]
Martin Dixon MLA (Nepean) – announced 10 August 2016^[12]
Christine Fyffe MLA (Evelyn) – announced 21 October 2016^[13]
Murray Thompson MLA (Sandringham) – announced 24 November 2016^[14]
Richard Dalla-Riva MLC (Eastern Metropolitan Region) – announced 10 February 2017^[15]
Simon Ramsay MLC (Western Victoria Region) – announced 24 July 2018^[16]

Independent

Don Nardella MLA (Melton) – announced 28 February 2017^[17]

Candidates for 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.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Other candidates

	Martin Foley	Andrew Bond (Lib)	Ogy Simic	Steven Armstrong (Sus) Jarryd Bartle (RP) Tamasin Ramsay (AJP) Joseph Toscano (Ind)
	Jill Hennessy	Christian Martinu (Lib)	Emma-Jane Byrne	Maria Aylward (Ind) Tony Hooper (Ind)
		Brian Paynter (Lib)	David Arnault	Ron Bauer (Ind) Clare Le Serve (Ind) Kate Lempriere (Ind) Ross McPhee (DLP) Frank Ripa (SFFP)
		Heidi Victoria (Lib)	Asher Cookson	Nathan Schram (AJP)
	Lisa Neville	Brian McKiterick (Lib)	Rachel Semmens	Naomi Adams (AJP) Jackie Kriz (Soc)
Mark Tait		Bill Tilley (Lib)	John Bardsley	Jacqui Hawkins (Ind) Josh Knight (SFFP) Jenny O'Connor (Ind)
	Jacinta Allan	Gaelle Broad (Nat) Ian Ellis (Lib)	Nakita Thomson	Michael Belardinelli (Ind) Helen Leach (DLP)
	Maree Edwards	Kevin Finn (Lib)	Laurie Whelan	Marilyn Nuske (AJP)
	Nick Staikos	Asher Judah (Lib)	Sarah Dekiere	Naren Chellappah (AJP) Fi Fraser (DLP) Oscar Lobo (Ind) George Mavroyeni (Ind) Dave Stott (RP) Ellie Jean Sullivan (DHJP) Hans Verzijl (Sus)
		Robert Clark (Lib)	Sophia Sun	–
Declan Martin		James Newbury (Lib)	Katherine Copsey	John Casley (Ind) Alison Pridham (Sus) Cathy Taylor (AJP)
	Frank McGuire	Jenny Dow (Lib)	Sheriden Tate	Jerome Small (Soc)
Cindy O'Connor	Adam Wojtonis (Lib)			Christopher Anderson (Ind) Noel Collins (LDP) Catherine Deveny (RP) George Georgiou (Ind) Christopher Miles (AJP) Kerry Sourasis (Ind)
Fiona Mackenzie		Matthew Guy (Lib)	Chris Kearney	–
	Colin Brooks	Jenny Mulholland (Lib)	Clement Stanyon	Jacob Andrewartha (Soc) Bryce Baker (RP) Rodney Whitfield (AJP)
		Andrew Kilmartin (Lib)	Linda Zibell	Dianne Colbert (Ind) Brendan Eckel (Ind) Jane McKendrick (Soc) Wendy Morrison (AJP) Lindsay Watters (Ind)
		Graham Watt (Lib)	Graham Ross	Amanda Beattie (AJP) Andrew Williams (Sus)
	Sonya Kilkenny	Donna Bauer (Lib)	Braeden Thompson	Jennifer Bowden (DLP) Simone Philpott-Smart (DHJP) Michael Tellesson (Ind) Santosh Yadav (TMP)
Sorina Grasso		David Southwick (Lib)	Dinesh Mathew	Aviya Bavati (Sus) Troy Evans (AJP)
		Gandhi Bevinakoppa (Lib)	Josh Fergeus	Michael Gardner (Ind) Zhi Gang Zhuang (TMP)
		Ann-Marie Hermans (Lib)	Jake Tilton	Norman Fosberry (Ind) Susan Jakobi (Ind) Ravi Ragupathy (Ind) Tarlochan Singh (TMP) Edward Sok (DLP) Jason Soultanidis (DHJP)
Josh Cusack		David Hodgett (Lib)	Caleb O'Flynn	Vinita Costantino (AJP)
	Gabrielle Williams	Virosh Perera (Lib)	Rhonda Garad	Afroz Ahmed (TMP)
Sally Brennan		Cindy McLeish (Lib)	Ken Deacon	Michelle Dunscombe (Ind)
	Vicki Ward	Nick McGowan (Lib)	Matthew Goodman	Peter O'Brien (DLP)
	Danny Pearson	Gino Potenza (Lib)	James Williams	Kate Baker (Ind) Dermot Connors (DLP) Richard Lawrence (Ind)
Fionna Deppeler-Morton		Steph Ryan (Nat)	Keppel Cassidy	Don Firth (Ind)
Gail Ritchie		Bridget Vallence (Lib)	Brodie Everist	–
Julie Buxton		Nick Wakeling (Lib)	Steve Raymond	–
		Emete Joesika (Lib)	Angus McAlpine	Shan Sun (AJP)
Manoj Kumar		Neil Angus (Lib)	Naresh Bhalla	Claude Bai (Ind)
	Paul Edbrooke	Michael Lamb (Lib)	Colin Lane	Henry Kelsall (Ind) Michael Long (DLP) Lachlan O'Connell (DHJP) James Persson (AJP) Jyothi Rudra (TMP)
	Christine Couzens	Freya Fidge (Lib)	Lois Newman	Sarah Hathway (Soc) Jacki Jacka (AJP) Stephen Juhasz (Ind) Darryn Lyons (Ind) Gottfried Wolf (Ind)
Michael Galea		Brad Battin (Lib)	Amy Gregorovich	–
Mark Reeves		Tim Bull (Nat)		Sonia Buckley (LDP) Benjamin Garrett (Ind) George Neophytou (Ind) Matt Stephenson (Ind)
Denise Ryan		Danny O'Brien (Nat)	Ian Onley	–
Simon Meyer		Neale Burgess (Lib)	Nathan Lesslie	Georgia Knight (AJP)
		John Pesutto (Lib)	Nicholas Bieber	Richard Grummet (Ind) Sophie Paterson (Sus) Catherine Wright (AJP)
	Anthony Carbines	Monica Clark (Lib)	Andrew Conley	Philip Jenkins (DLP) Craig Langdon (Ind)
Marg D'Arcy		Tim Smith (Lib)	Alex Marks	Bronwyn Gardiner (AJP) Paul Scaturchio (Sus)
	Martin Pakula	Darrel Taylor (Lib)	Ken McAlpine	Usman Afzal (TMP) Helen Jeges (AJP) Hung Vo (Ind)
	Marlene Kairouz	Golam Haque (Lib)	Rohan Waring	Katherine Divita (AJP)
	John Eren	Melissa Di Pasquale (Lib)	Amber Forbes	Bronwen Baker (AJP) Dean Cardigan (Soc)
Maurice Billi		Emma Kealy (Nat)	Richard Lane	Trevor Grenfell (Soc) Barry Shea (Ind)
	Mary-Anne Thomas	Amanda Millar (Lib)	Ralf Thesing	Rob Bakes (Ind) Tony O'Brien (DLP) Ruth Parramore (AJP)
Oliver Squires		Michael O'Brien (Lib)	Polly Morgan	Candace Feild (AJP) Michaela Moran (Sus)
	Darin Schade (Lib)		Ellen Sandell	Leo Close (RP) Kim Fuhrmann (ABP) Peter Hanlon (Ind) Lawrence Pope (AJP) Benjamin Rookes (LDP)
		Ryan Farrow (Lib)	Harkirat Singh	Victor Bennett (DLP) Jarrod Bingham (Ind) Ian Birchall (Ind) Ron Guy (Soc) Daryl Lang (Ind) Tania Milton (AJP) Sophie Ramsey (Ind) Grant Stirling (Ind) Bob Turner (Ind)
Tony Alessi	Peter Crisp (Nat)	Cathryn Milne		Ali Cupper (Ind) Steve Timmis (Ind)
	Lily D'Ambrosio	Lakhwinder Dillon (Lib)	Alexander Edwards	Nicholas Reich (Soc) Marcia Simons (AJP)
	James Merlino	John Schurink (Lib)	Liz Hicks	Jordan Crook (Ind) Joshua Norman (DLP)
	Tim Richardson	Geoff Gledhill (Lib)	Hamish Taylor	Bronwyn Currie (AJP) Robyn Nolan (Ind) Peter Phillips (DLP) Phil Reid (Ind) Peter Sullivan (DHJP) Amit Verma (TMP) Stephen Watson (Ind)
Ryan White		David Morris (Lib)	David Sinclair	Tyson Jack (AJP)
Mark Richards	Sheridan Bond (Nat) Dale Harriman (Lib)	Daniel Caffrey		Ray Burgess (Ind) Reece Diggins (ABP) Nathan Keen (DLP) Tracie Lund (Ind) Ricky Muir (SFFP) Russell Northe* (Ind) Christine Sindt (Ind)
		Michael Gidley (Lib)	Justin McCarthy	–
	Daniel Andrews	Maree Davenport (Lib)	Ovi Rajasinghe	Des Kelly (DLP) Nadeem Malik (TMP)
Peter Williams		Peter Walsh (Nat)	Ian Christoe	Daniel Straub (SFFP)
Christine Maxfield		Gary Blackwood (Lib)	William Hornstra	Carlo Ierfone (Ind) Guss Lambden (Ind)
	Luke Donnellan	Vikki Fitzgerald (Lib)	Stefanie Bauer	Sami Greiss (DLP) Zeeshan Mahmood (TMP)
		Susan Serey (Lib)	Michael Butler	Gagandeep Singh (TMP)
		Russell Joseph (Lib)	Paul Saunders	Rodger Gully (Ind) Simon Mulvany (Ind)
	Ben Carroll	Ben Reeson (Lib)	Jean-Luke Desmarais	Rebbecca Primmer (AJP)
		John MacIsaac (Lib)	Lidia Thorpe	David Bramante (AJP) Bryony Edwards (Ind) Samuel Fink (LDP) Franca Smarrelli (RP)
	Steve Dimopoulos	Andrew Edmonds (Lib)	Peter Morgan	Brandon Hoult (Sus) Parashos Kioupelis (Ind) Suzanne Parker (AJP)
Kate Doyle		Tim McCurdy (Nat)	Vicki Berry	Tammy Atkins (Ind) Ray Dyer (Ind) Julian Fidge (ACP)
	Lizzie Blandthorn	Genevieve Hamilton (Lib)	Phil Jackson	Gerry Beaton (Soc) John Kavanagh (Ind) Graeme Linsell (AJP) Francesco Timpano (Ind) Oscar Yildiz (Ind)
Douglas Johnston		Richard Riordan (Lib)	Courtney Gardner	Brendan Murphy (Soc) Damien Pitts (AJP)
Neil Pharaoh	Katie Allen (Lib)		Sam Hibbins	Dennis Bilic (Sus) Leon Kofmansky (DLP) Jennifer Long (AJP) Alan Menadue (Ind) Wendy Patterson (ABP) Tom Tomlin (Ind)
	Robin Scott	Guido Lilio (Lib)	Susanne Newton	Margee Glover (RP) Gaetano Greco (Ind) Stephanie Price (Soc) Nadine Richings (AJP)
	Richard Wynne	–		Craig Kealy (AJP) Herschel Landes (Ind) Emma Manning (Ind) Judy Ryan (RP) Kevin Tran (Ind) Adrian Whitehead (Ind)
		Dee Ryall (Lib)	Robert Humphreys	–
Sarah De Santis		Louise Staley (Lib)	Serge Simic	Peter Fava (SFFP) Sandra Gibbs (DHJP) Anna Hills (AJP) Bronwyn Jennings (Soc) Maria Mayer (Ind) Peter Mulcahy (DLP) Jeff Truscott (Ind)
Muhammad Shahbaz		Kim Wells (Lib)	Natasha Sharma	Joe Cossari (Ind)
Anita Horvath		Brad Rowswell (Lib)	Dominic Phillips (disendorsed)^[18]	Liz Freeman (DLP) Creighton King (Sus) Clarke Martin (Ind) Snezana Redford (AJP)
Bill Heath	Cheryl Hammer (Lib) Peter Schwarz (Nat)	Nickee Freeman		Suzanna Sheed (Ind) Murray Willaton (SFFP)
		Andrew Katos (Lib)	Marian Smedley	David Ball (Soc) Stephen Campbell (DLP) Damien Cole (Ind) Peter Oseckas (AJP) Robert Ripa (SFFP)
Kylie Gaston		Roma Britnell (Lib)	Thomas Campbell	Jim Doukas (ACP) Michael McCluskey (Ind) Michael Neoh (Ind) James Purcell (Ind) Joseph Purtill (DLP) Terry Riggs (Soc)
	Natalie Suleyman	Trung Luu (Lib)	Cylene Magri	Jenny Isa (Ind)
	Josh Bull	Cassandra Marr (Lib)	Ryan Keable	–
	Natalie Hutchins	Maria Kerr (Lib)	Clinton Hare	Ramanjit Singh (Ind)
		Glenn Goodfellow (Lib)	Beck Sheffield-Brotherton	Aaron An (Ind) Harkamal Batth (Ind) Arnav Sati (Ind) Zulfi Syed (Ind)
	Bronwyn Halfpenny	Gurdawar Singh (Lib)	Cynthia Smith	Alahna Desiato (Ind) Kath Larkin (Soc) Tess Nagorka-Tsindos (AJP) Ibrahim Saba (Ind) Nikola Stavreski (Ind) David Thirkettle-Watts (RP)
Elizabeth McGrath		Ryan Smith (Lib)	Ben Ramcharan	Lachlan McGill (AJP)
		Amy Johnson (Lib)	Alice Barnes	Bryn Hills (AJP) Alison Smith (Ind) Jeremy Smith (Soc)
	Tim Pallas	Gayle Murphy (Lib)	Jay Dessi	Kathryn Breakwell (DLP) Rachel Carling-Jenkins (Ind) Joe Garra (Ind) Thanh Nga Ly (Ind) Pratibha Sharma (Ind)
		Pallavee Joshi (Lib)	Sam Long	Lisa Bentley (Ind) Peter Hemphill (Ind) Virginia Saint-James (AJP)
	Danielle Green	Meralyn Klein (Lib) (disendorsed)^[19]	Hugh McKinnon	Yassin Albarri (Ind) Arthur Bablis (DLP) Munish Bansal (Ind) Siobhann Brown (ALA) David Snelling (SFFP)
	Ros Spence	Jim Overend (Lib)	Louise Sampson	Emma Dook (Soc) Golda Zogheib (Ind)

Candidates for 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 were defending one seat. The Liberal Party were defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Reason candidates	SFFP candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Shaun Leane Sonja Terpstra Nildhara Gadani Abhimanyu Kumar Barry Terzic	valign=top	Mary Wooldridge Bruce Atkinson Emanuele Cicchiello Grace Roy Shilpa Hegde	valign=top	Samantha Dunn Helen Harris Liezl Shnookal Monique Edwards Daniela Tymms	valign=top	Douglas Leitch Glenn Lynch	valign=top	Monique Ruyter Grant Poulton	valign=top	Linda De Rango Kathryn Lavell
AJP candidates	Sustainable candidates	Health Australia candidates	Socialists candidates	Hudson candidates	Transport Matters candidates

valign=top	Rosemary Lavin Theresa Weymouth	valign=top	Lynnette Saloumi Perrin Wilkins	valign=top	Andrew Hicks Gabrielle Brodie	valign=top	Norrian Rundle Liam Ward	valign=top	Shelley van Luenen Deidre Bailey	valign=top	Rod Barton* Toni Peters
ALA candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	VEP candidates	LDP candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Indhira Bivieca Aquino Royston Wilding	valign=top	Mil Erikozu Russel Proud	valign=top	Jeremy Orchard Benjamin Cronshaw	valign=top	Dermot Ryan Tara Nipe	valign=top	Brenton Ford Marcos Fernandes	valign=top	Bryce Larson Clyde Sterry

Eastern Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	SFFP candidates	Reason candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Jane Garrett Harriet Shing Patrick Kelly Jane Clarke Onno van den Eynde	valign=top	Edward O'Donohue (Lib) Melina Bath (Nat) Meg Edwards (Lib) Karen Chipperfield (Lib) Darren Howe (Nat)	valign=top	Tom Cummings Lachlan Mackenzie Neale Adams David Gentle Donald Stokes	valign=top	Jeff Bourman Kerrie-Anne Muir	valign=top	Carmel Close Gregory Bell	valign=top	Rhonda Crooks Philip Seabrook
Country candidates	Health Australia candidates	Sustainable candidates	Transport Matters candidates	Socialists candidates	Hudson candidates

valign=top	Rob Danieli Tony Geitenbeek	valign=top	Geoff Pain Katherine Holmes	valign=top	Reade Smith Donna Hannaford	valign=top	Trevor Salmon Joshua Roperto	valign=top	Lainie Cruse Russell Forden	valign=top	Megan Whittaker Kristy Hudson
AJP candidates	VEP candidates	LDP candidates	DLP candidates	ALA candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Leah Folloni Jennifer McAdam	valign=top	Michelle Hain Martin Barnes	valign=top	Ben Buckley Rob McCathie	valign=top	Padraig O'Hea Larry Norman	valign=top	Mark Brown Daniel Jones	valign=top	Vern Hughes Paula Mattson
Ungrouped candidates

valign=top	Michael Fozard (Ind)

Northern Metropolitan

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal Party were defending one seat. The Greens were defending one seat. The Sex Party, rebranded as the Reason Party, were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Reason candidates	SFFP candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Jenny Mikakos Nazih Elasmar Burhan Yigit Ash Verma Karen Douglas	valign=top	Craig Ondarchie Evan Mulholland Neelam Rai Kate Drake Mark Polistena	valign=top	Samantha Ratnam Christina Zigouras Edward Crossland Josef Rafalowicz Campbell Gome	valign=top	Fiona Patten Helena Melton Ange Hopkins Rachel Payne	valign=top	Ethan Constantinou Chris Tzelepis	valign=top	Carmela Dagiandis Prudence Mercieca
AJP candidates	Socialists candidates	Health Australia candidates	Sustainable candidates	Hudson candidates	DLP candidates

valign=top	Bruce Poon Miranda Smith Chris Delforce	valign=top	Stephen Jolly Sue Bolton Colleen Bolger	valign=top	Pippa Campbell Emily Oldmeadow	valign=top	Mark McDonald William Clow	valign=top	Madison Wright Marylynn Meneghini	valign=top	John McBride Jackie Gwynne
VEP candidates	LDP candidates	Country candidates	Local Jobs candidates	Transport Matters candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Sandra McCarthy Stefan Nott	valign=top	Louise Hitchcock Richard Wright	valign=top	Cameron Stoddart Domenic Greco	valign=top	Nathan Purcell Aaron Purcell	valign=top	Moti Ram Visa Afshan Mian	valign=top	Walter Mikac David Graham
ALA candidates

valign=top	Russell Gomez John Reisner

Northern Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	SFFP candidates	Reason candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Mark Gepp Jaclyn Symes Sukhraj Singh Jan Morgiewicz Glenn Matthews	valign=top	Wendy Lovell (Lib) Luke O'Sullivan (Nat) Brad Hearn (Lib) Emma Williamson (Nat) Robyne Head (Lib)	valign=top	Nicole Rowan Damien Stevens-Todd Elizabeth Matchett Julie Rivendell Matthew Thomas	valign=top	Daniel Young Ben Podger	valign=top	Martin Leahy Callum Chapman	valign=top	Tania Maxwell Jodi Ayres
Country candidates	Sustainable candidates	Hudson candidates	Socialists candidates	AJP candidates	Health Australia candidates

valign=top	Phil Larkin David Couston	valign=top	Madeleine Wearne Ian Chivers	valign=top	Josh Hudson Shane O'Sullivan	valign=top	Moira Macdonald Michael McKenna	valign=top	Glynn Jarrett Robyn Masih	valign=top	Isaac Golden Anne Sash
Transport Matters candidates	ALA candidates	VEP candidates	LDP candidates	Battler candidates	DLP candidates

valign=top	Scott Cowie Eleanore Fitz	valign=top	Ewan McDonald James Wylie	valign=top	Miranda Jones Craig Hill	valign=top	Tim Quilty Iain King	valign=top	Dennis Lacey Erin Bruhn	valign=top	Chris McCormack Jarred Vehlen

South Eastern 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	Reason candidates	SFFP candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Gavin Jennings Adem Somyurek Tien Kieu Nessie Sayar Ian Spencer	valign=top	Gordon Rich-Phillips Inga Peulich George Hua Kuldeep Kaur Robert Hicks	valign=top	Nina Springle Matthew Kirwan Jacqueline Mitchell Jake Vos Tasma Minifie	valign=top	Laura Chipp Brett Kagan	valign=top	Chris Banhidy Vincent Leone	valign=top	Peter Davy Kerri Guy
Country candidates	Hudson candidates	Sustainable candidates	Transport Matters candidates	Socialists candidates	DLP candidates

valign=top	Andrew Hepner Marilyn Danieli	valign=top	Jannette Sinclair Holly Madill	valign=top	Anthony Cresswell Daryl Budgeon	valign=top	Ali Khan Chetan Sharma Roona Fazal Inderpal Singh Deepakbir Kaur	valign=top	Aran Mylvaganam Ben Reid	valign=top	Peter Stevens Michael Palma
Health Australia candidates	AJP candidates	VEP candidates	ALA candidates	LDP candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Tamsin King Carly Meaden	valign=top	Elizabeth Johnston Derrin Craig	valign=top	Kassandra Hall Mardi Hill	valign=top	David Maddison Ralf Schumann	valign=top	David Limbrick Matt Ford	valign=top	David Armstrong Michael Chamberlain
Group D candidates	Ungrouped candidates

valign=top	Tarang Chawla Nicole Lee	valign=top	Stewart Hine (Ind) Peter Mack (Ind) Bobby Singh (Ind)

Southern Metropolitan

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

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Reason candidates	SFFP candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Philip Dalidakis Nina Taylor Judith Armstrong Graeme Kendall Danny Bellote	valign=top	David Davis Georgie Crozier Margaret Fitzherbert Gavan MacRides Miaosheng Yang	valign=top	Sue Pennicuik Earl James Rose Read Duncan Forster James Bennett	valign=top	Jill Mellon-Robertson Edmund Munday	valign=top	Nicole Bourman Ryan Lindfors-Beswick	valign=top	Nikki Nicholls Julie Doidge
AJP candidates	DLP candidates	Health Australia candidates	Sustainable candidates	Socialists candidates	Hudson candidates

valign=top	Ben Schultz Fiona McRostie	valign=top	Joel van der Horst Lucia De Summa	valign=top	Ben Moore Cindy Cerecer	valign=top	Clifford Hayes Cathryn Houghton	valign=top	Catheryn Lewis Ivan Mitchell	valign=top	Matthew Perriam Grace Perriam
Transport Matters candidates	ALA candidates	VEP candidates	Country candidates	LDP candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Kim Guest Saeed Muhammad	valign=top	Avi Yemini Kaylah Jones	valign=top	Jane Morris Imelda Ryan	valign=top	Nicola Clow Michele Armstrong	valign=top	Robert Kennedy Kirsty O'Sullivan	valign=top	Mark Hillard Stacey Wain

Western Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The Greens was defending one seat. The Democratic Labour Party was defending one seat, although MLC Rachel Carling-Jenkins, initially defecting to the Australian Conservatives and then sitting as an independent, unsuccessfully contested the lower house seat of Werribee.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Reason candidates	SFFP candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Cesar Melhem Ingrid Stitt Kaushaliya Vaghela Kirsten Psaila Louise Persse	valign=top	Bernie Finn Dinesh Gourisetty Moira Deeming David Wood Nathan Di Noia	valign=top	Huong Truong Emely Cash Bernadette Thomas Elena Pereyra Annie Chessells-Beeby	valign=top	Chris Botha Jamie Twidale	valign=top	Wayne Rigg Geoff Ashby	valign=top	Catherine Cumming Daniel Cumming
DLP candidates	Health Australia candidates	Hudson candidates	Sustainable candidates	Transport Matters candidates	Socialists candidates

valign=top	Walter Villagonzalo Mark Royal	valign=top	Briony Jenkinson Deanne Glenn	valign=top	Hayley Webb Casey Eckel	valign=top	Allan Doensen Richard Belcher	valign=top	Daniel Lowinger Ramy Abdelnour	valign=top	Jorge Jorquera Andrew Charles
AJP candidates	ALA candidates	VEP candidates	LDP candidates	Country candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Terri Beech Karina Leung	valign=top	Francine Cohen Terri Franklin	valign=top	Joan Beckwith Nia Sims	valign=top	Adam Karlovsky Mark Thompson Christopher Reeves	valign=top	Benito Caruso Tony Leen	valign=top	Stuart O'Neill Ian Kearns
Ungrouped candidates

valign=top	Kathy Majdlik (Ind) Diana Grima (Ind)

Western Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat, although founder James Purcell unsuccessfully contested the lower house South-West Coast district.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	SFFP candidates	Reason candidates	Justice candidates

valign=top	Jaala Pulford Gayle Tierney Dylan Wight Lorraine O'Dal Bernard Gartland	valign=top	Bev McArthur (Lib) Josh Morris (Lib) Jo Armstrong (Nat) Jennifer Lowe (Lib) Andrew Black (Nat)	valign=top	Lloyd Davies Judy Cameron Peter Mewett David Jefferson Judith Baldacchino	valign=top	Geoff Collins Graeme Standen	valign=top	Michael Bell Liam Hastie	valign=top	Stuart Grimley Michelle Tedesco
Country candidates	DLP candidates	Hudson candidates	Sustainable candidates	Socialists candidates	Transport Matters candidates

valign=top	Costa Di Biase John Buchholtz	valign=top	Frances Beaumont Christian Schultink	valign=top	Sally Hudson Mark Wright	valign=top	Robert Pascoe Christopher Lynch	valign=top	Tim Gooden Nada Iskra	valign=top	Nicholas Croker Francesco Raco
AJP candidates	VEP candidates	LDP candidates	ALA candidates	Health Australia candidates	Battler candidates

valign=top	Andy Meddick Jen Gamble	valign=top	Katrina Nugent John Berenyi	valign=top	Lachlan Christie Paul Robson	valign=top	Kenneth Nicholls Daniel Macdonald	valign=top	Sonja Ljavroska Kayleen Thoren	valign=top	Anthony Prelorenzo Mark Mitchell
Ungrouped candidates

valign=top	Karl Pongracic (Ind)

External links

Notes and References

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News: Carey. Adam. Disgraced former speaker Telmo Languiller to leave politics as battle looms to replace him. 26 August 2017. The Age. 26 August 2017.
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News: Employment Minister Wade Noonan steps down from Cabinet. 4 October 2017. ABC News. 4 October 2017. en-AU.
News: Two more Vic MPs to bow out of politics. 15 September 2017. SBS News. 15 September 2017. en.
News: Labor MP Khalil Eideh's electorate office staff placed on indefinite leave. 21 September 2017. Herald Sun. 21 September 2017.
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Web site: Retirement of Christine Fyffe. Liberal Party.
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News: Victorian MP Simon Ramsay charged with drink driving says decision to leave politics is 'gut-wrenching'. McGrath. Gavin. King. Charlotte. Johnson. Sian. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 July 2018.
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