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Announced candidates · 5

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Key dates · Victoria 2026 · from the Victorian Electoral Commission

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The candidates on this site are those announced so far. The commission confirms the ballot after nominations close.

How to vote here · from the Victorian Electoral Commission

Last election · 2022 State election

Elected: GUY, Matthew (Liberal).

First preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
GUY, MatthewLiberal20,64548.06%
ROGERS, IanAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch14,05232.71%
STAFFORD, KellieAustralian Greens4,57610.65%
PATRIKIOS, VoulaFreedom Party of Victoria1,1722.73%
STOKES, JasonFamily First Victoria1,0142.36%
JAFARI, ElnazAnimal Justice Party8672.02%
SABHLOK, Sanjeev—4190.98%
VINCENT, David—2140.50%
After the distribution of preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
GUY, MatthewLiberal22,37452.08%
ROGERS, IanAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch14,82934.52%
STAFFORD, KellieAustralian Greens5,75613.40%

Enrolment 50,496 · formal 42,959 · informal 2,326 · total 45,285

As the Victorian Electoral Commission published it (VEC results ↗). Parties are those the candidates stood for then; a member may have changed party since. The 2021 redivision of Victoria's State electoral boundaries came into effect on 1 November 2022 and will remain in place until the writ for the 2030 State election is issued, unless triggered sooner. Electoral Boundaries Commission ↗

Where they stand, issue by issue

Each entry is that person's own stated view, with its sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record, own statement, news report or encyclopedia — which describes the evidence, not how much we believe it. Nothing is totalled or ranked; recorded votes are counted only to point to the member's record, where each is listed. See methodology.

Faith & religion

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting encyclopedia

Wikipedia states that Matthew Guy "is a Christian, and in his maiden speech to parliament stated that he attended Scots' Church, Melbourne."

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Voluntary assisted dying

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting news report

Voted on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (conscience vote; the bill passed the Assembly 47-37 on 20 October 2017). Matthew Guy voted NO (against).

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Gender & LGBTQ+ policy

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting news report

Liberal MP for Bulleen and a former Victorian Liberal leader (Opposition Leader 2014-2018 and 2021-2022). In October 2021, as Opposition Leader, he confirmed the Liberals would not reverse the conversion-practices ban: 'The Liberals will never bring back conversion therapy. Read that again.' Before the 2022 election he announced that conservative candidate Renee Heath would not be permitted to sit in the parliamentary Liberal party room if elected, citing her church's positions on gay, transgender and reproductive rights.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Gambling & gaming reform

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

In 2021, Tomas Lightbody said Manningham residents "lose in excess of $60Million a year to the pokies" and asked readers to "imagine if that 60 million stayed in their pockets and was spent locally".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Native forest logging

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting official record

Voted no on 30 May 2024 on an amendment moved during the Legislative Assembly's consideration of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024, which repealed the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 following the cessation of native forest logging on 1 January 2024. The question was 'That the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question' (Legislative Assembly, 30 May 2024; Ayes 53, Noes 24; agreed to): a no vote favoured omitting them. It was a vote on the amendment, not on the bill.

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

First Nations & treaty

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

Tomas Lightbody said "I'll be voting YES! Because I want to live in a country that recognises 65,000 years of Indigenous culture in our constitution."

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Integrity & anti-corruption

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

In his 2024 campaign for re-election to Manningham Council, Tomas Lightbody said he would "push for a public register of meetings between Councillors and developers, and for the Mayors diary to be published like that of a government minister".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Housing & planning

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

9 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

In his 2024 campaign for re-election to Manningham Council, Tomas Lightbody said "We also need to continue to push for planning reforms that better look after our urban character and natural environment and deliver affordable housing".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Education

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

Tomas Lightbody said that, if re-elected to council, he would "expand essential services such as our libraries, maternal health and community childcare like the new Tunstall Kinder room".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Transport & infrastructure

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

Tomas Lightbody's Greens profile says Bulleen's "interests have been neglected, with key opportunities for growth and sustainability such as Doncaster Rail being passed up".

Dimitrios TafidisOther / minor party own statement

States that "The Bulleen District lacks crucial public transport and free community spaces".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee.

Environment & water

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Tomas LightbodyGreens own statement

Tomas Lightbody said that, if re-elected to council, he would "protect our local tree canopy and natural environment".

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Economic nationalism

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Economy & tax

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

13 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Workplace & industrial relations

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Religious freedom

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Freedom of speech

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Drugs & law and order

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

20 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Hunting (duck & native birds)

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Health

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

Energy

Matthew GuyLiberal · sitting

No statement on file.

11 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Mahdi Athari, Tim Dale, Tomas Lightbody, Greg Rublee, Dimitrios Tafidis.

No one here has a sourced position on record on: welfare & social services, abortion & reproductive policy, sex work decriminalisation, nuclear & uranium, animal welfare.

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