Victoria 2026 · Upper house
Legislative Council
The Council has 8 multi-member regions, each electing 5 members by proportional representation — 8 × 5 = 40 seats. The same regions group the Assembly’s 88 districts (8 × 11). Coverage counts only sourced 2026 candidacies — a party with many seats today can look empty until each recontest is individually verified.
Legislative Council · 40 seats · 8 regions
Candidate coverage by party
Each square is one multi-member region (5 seats). Tab counts are sourced candidacies out of 40 Council seats. Not group-ticket claims alone.
Australian Greens Victoria has 8 of 40 Council seats with a sourced candidacy (20%) across 8 of 8 regions . 8 endorsed.
- Eastern Victoria: 1 candidate — Mat Morgan, Endorsed
- North-Eastern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Aiv Puglielli, Endorsed
- Northern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Anasina Gray-Barberio, Endorsed
- Northern Victoria: 1 candidate — Cate Sinclair, Endorsed
- South-Eastern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Matthew Kirwan, Endorsed
- Southern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Katherine Copsey, Endorsed
- Western Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Brittney Henderson, Endorsed
- Western Victoria: 1 candidate — Sarah Mansfield, Endorsed
Pauline Hanson's One Nation has 7 of 40 Council seats with a sourced candidacy (18%) across 7 of 8 regions . 7 endorsed. 1 withdrawn or disendorsed.
- Eastern Victoria: 1 candidate — Warren Pickering, Withdrawn
- North-Eastern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Natalie Adams, Endorsed
- Northern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Mark Nicholson, Endorsed
- Northern Victoria: 1 candidate — Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell, Endorsed
- South-Eastern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Colleen Harkin, Endorsed
- Southern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Aaron Sanford, Endorsed
- Western Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Fiona Lopez, Endorsed
- Western Victoria: 1 candidate — Chris Burson, Endorsed
Liberal Party of Australia – Victorian Division has 3 of 40 Council seats with a sourced candidacy (8%) across 3 of 8 regions . 2 endorsed. 1 announced only. 2 withdrawn or disendorsed.
- Eastern Victoria: no Liberal candidate identified
- North-Eastern Metropolitan: no Liberal candidate identified
- Northern Metropolitan: no Liberal candidate identified
- Northern Victoria: 1 candidate — Steve Brooks, Endorsed
- South-Eastern Metropolitan: no Liberal candidate identified
- Southern Metropolitan: 1 candidate — Xavier Boffa, Endorsed
- Western Metropolitan: 2 candidates — Moira Deeming, Dinesh Gourisetty, Disendorsed
- Western Victoria: 1 candidate — Bev McArthur, Announced
- Endorsed by party
- Announced only
- Formally nominated
- Withdrawn / disendorsed
- No candidate identified
View this data as a table
| Region | The Greens | One Nation | Liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Victoria | 1 · Mat Morgan Endorsed | 1 · Warren Pickering Withdrawn | — |
| North-Eastern Metropolitan | 1 · Aiv Puglielli Endorsed | 1 · Natalie Adams Endorsed | — |
| Northern Metropolitan | 1 · Anasina Gray-Barberio Endorsed | 1 · Mark Nicholson Endorsed | — |
| Northern Victoria | 1 · Cate Sinclair Endorsed | 1 · Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell Endorsed | 1 · Steve Brooks Endorsed |
| South-Eastern Metropolitan | 1 · Matthew Kirwan Endorsed | 1 · Colleen Harkin Endorsed | — |
| Southern Metropolitan | 1 · Katherine Copsey Endorsed | 1 · Aaron Sanford Endorsed | 1 · Xavier Boffa Endorsed |
| Western Metropolitan | 1 · Brittney Henderson Endorsed | 1 · Fiona Lopez Endorsed | 2 · Moira Deeming, Dinesh Gourisetty Disendorsed |
| Western Victoria | 1 · Sarah Mansfield Endorsed | 1 · Chris Burson Endorsed | 1 · Bev McArthur Announced |
Region summary
| Region | Council seats | Assembly districts | 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Victoria | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| North-Eastern Metropolitan | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Northern Metropolitan | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Northern Victoria | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| South-Eastern Metropolitan | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Southern Metropolitan | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Western Metropolitan | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Western Victoria | 5 | 11 | 3 |
Sitting members (40)
Who holds each Council seat today, including mid-term replacements. Not a 2026 ticket — candidacies are recorded separately with sources.
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Eastern Victoria
5 members- Renee Heath Liberal
- Tom McIntosh Australian Labor Party
- Melina Bath The Nationals
- Harriet Shing Australian Labor Party Not recontesting
- Jeff Bourman Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Vic
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North-Eastern Metropolitan
5 members- Shaun Leane Australian Labor Party Not recontesting
- Richard Welch Liberal
- Sonja Terpstra Australian Labor Party
- Nick McGowan Liberal
- Aiv Puglielli The Greens
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Northern Metropolitan
5 members- Sheena Watt Australian Labor Party
- Evan Mulholland Liberal
- Anasina Gray-Barberio The Greens
- Enver Erdogan Australian Labor Party
- Adem Somyurek Independent
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Northern Victoria
5 members- Wendy Lovell Liberal Not recontesting
- Jaclyn Symes Australian Labor Party
- Gaelle Broad The Nationals
- Georgie Purcell AJP
- Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell One Nation
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South-Eastern Metropolitan
5 members- Lee Tarlamis Australian Labor Party
- Ann-Marie Hermans Liberal
- Michael Galea Australian Labor Party
- Rachel Payne Legalise Cannabis
- David Limbrick Libertarian
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Southern Metropolitan
5 members- David Davis Liberal
- John Berger Australian Labor Party
- Georgie Crozier Liberal
- Katherine Copsey The Greens
- Ryan Batchelor Australian Labor Party
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Western Metropolitan
5 members- Lizzie Blandthorn Australian Labor Party
- Moira Deeming Liberal
- Ingrid Stitt Australian Labor Party
- David Ettershank Legalise Cannabis
- Trung Luu Liberal
-
Western Victoria
5 members- Jacinta Ermacora Australian Labor Party
- Bev McArthur Liberal
- Gayle Tierney Australian Labor Party Not recontesting
- Sarah Mansfield The Greens
- Joe McCracken Liberal Not recontesting
Schematic navigation map. Boundaries from the 2021 redivision. Geographic map and history: region atlas. District atlas: map & area stats.