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Announced candidates · 6

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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: SETTLE, Michaela (Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch).

First preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
SETTLE, MichaelaAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch18,53140.96%
TATCHELL, PaulLiberal14,32031.65%
McCOLL, SamAustralian Greens4,88710.80%
RICKARD, TabithaLabour DLP1,8214.02%
MORRISON, WendyAnimal Justice Party1,5193.36%
GARCIA, AdrianFamily First Victoria1,2332.73%
REID, Nicola—1,0832.39%
GIAMPAOLO, Anthony JosephFreedom Party of Victoria9672.14%
RAY, Michael—6661.47%
BANWELL, Mark William—2200.49%
After the distribution of preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
SETTLE, MichaelaAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch25,86957.17%
TATCHELL, PaulLiberal19,37842.83%

Enrolment 54,487 · formal 45,247 · informal 3,297 · total 48,544

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.

Immigration

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl says "20,000 humanitarian places should be a floor, not a ceiling" and "Australia can and should do more for people fleeing war, persecution and violence."

No sourced position on record: Michaela Settle, Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Foreign policy & aid

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl says Israel's President Herzog "should have been arrested the moment he set foot in our country" and criticises state and federal governments for "rolling out the red carpet" for him.

No sourced position on record: Michaela Settle, Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Workplace & industrial relations

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

At a teachers' strike, Sam McColl said "It's time to give teachers the pay and conditions they deserve".

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Native forest logging

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting official record

Voted aye 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): an aye vote kept the words the amendment proposed to omit. It was a vote on the amendment, not on the bill.

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

First Nations & treaty

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl says January 26 "marks the beginning of invasion, dispossession and violence against First Nations people" and that "this date is not a celebration".

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Housing & planning

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

9 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Says they are passionate about housing, health and climate justice for regional Victoria, citing housing pressure as a key community concern.

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Health

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Names housing, health and climate justice for regional Victoria as the issues they are passionate about, and says the Eureka community is dealing with limited access to services.

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Education

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl says it is time to "fully fund the education system".

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Transport & infrastructure

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl welcomed the Victorian Government's review of the Ballarat Bus Network, saying he is "hopeful that it result in a bus network that services our growing community properly".

Emma MuirLiberal own statement

Emma Muir names the Ballan–Meredith Road, the Geelong–Ballan Road and "the back roads around Myrniong and Gordon", and writes that a Jess Wilson government will add "$1.5 million every year for local roads and bridges in Moorabool, Ballarat and Golden Plains shires."

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Andy Raven.

Energy

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

11 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Sam McColl says he is "raising serious concerns about the proposed mega data centre in Moorabool" and that "Our farmland, natural environment and precious resources shouldn't be treated as expendable for private profit."

Emma MuirLiberal own statement

Emma Muir says she has "been fighting the reckless rollout of transmission lines for more than six years", calls a Liberal pledge to scrap the VNI West transmission project "a huge win for regional Victoria, our farmers and common sense", and, of the Western Renewables Link, that "there is no social licence for this project".

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Wendy Morrison, Andy Raven.

Environment & water

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Sam McCollGreens own statement

Names climate justice for regional Victoria among the issues he is passionate about.

Wendy MorrisonOther / minor party own statement

Supports growth of “plant-based agriculture, eco-tourism, and the production of plant-based foods.”

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Animal welfare

Wendy MorrisonOther / minor party own statement

Opposes breeding and commoditising animals into “agriculture, experimentation, racing, and so-called entertainment.”

No sourced position on record: Michaela Settle, Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Economic nationalism

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Economy & tax

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

13 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Voluntary assisted dying

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Gender & LGBTQ+ policy

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Religious freedom

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Freedom of speech

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Drugs & law and order

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

20 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Gambling & gaming reform

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Hunting (duck & native birds)

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

Integrity & anti-corruption

Michaela SettleLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Paul Ballinger, Ian Harkness, Sam McColl, Wendy Morrison, Emma Muir, Andy Raven.

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

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