Victoria 2026 · Party

Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia – Victorian Division

• 20 Assembly seats held
• 12 Council seats held
• 32 Total, current parliament

Legislative Assembly candidates

Legislative Council candidates

Legislative Council seats held now

Sitting members of the upper house. Being a sitting member does not make someone a 2026 candidate — candidacies are recorded separately, and only with a source.

• Evan Mulholland · Northern Metropolitan
• David Davis · Southern Metropolitan
• Georgie Crozier · Southern Metropolitan
• Richard Welch · North-Eastern Metropolitan

  Replaced Matthew Bach (Liberal), who resigned from parliament in Decembe r 2023; Welch filled the vacancy on 7 February 2024.

• Nick McGowan · North-Eastern Metropolitan
• Ann-Marie Hermans · South-Eastern Metropolitan
• Moira Deeming · Western Metropolitan

  Expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party in May 2023, sat as an Ind ependent Liberal, and returned to the party room in December 2024. Separ ately disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for the 2026 election in July 2 026 — she remains a sitting Liberal MLC.

• Trung Luu · Western Metropolitan
• Wendy Lovell · Northern Victoria Not recontesting

  Announced she will not recontest in 2026.

• Renee Heath · Eastern Victoria
• Bev McArthur · Western Victoria
• Joe McCracken · Western Victoria Not recontesting

  Announced he will not recontest in 2026.

Legislative Assembly seats held now: 20 — Benambra , Berwick , Brighton , Bulleen , Caulfield , Croydon , Eildon , Evelyn , Hawthorn , Kew , Malvern , Mornington , Narracan , Nepean , Polwarth , Prahran , Rowville , Sandringham , South-West Coast , Warrandyte

Members not recontesting

• Bill Tilley Benambra · 12 Mar 2024 Herald Sun · published 12 Mar 2024
• David Hodgett Croydon · 5 Aug 2025 Herald Sun · published 5 Aug 2025
• Michael O'Brien Malvern · 8 Sept 2025 The Age · published 8 Sept 2025
• Kim Wells Rowville · 13 Sept 2025 Herald Sun · published 13 Sept 2025
• Wendy Lovell Northern Victoria · 4 Jan 2026 The Age · published 3 Jan 2026
• Joe McCracken Western Victoria · 11 Jan 2026 Sky News Australia · published 11 Jan 2026

Districts with no recorded candidate

38 of 88 districts have no individually sourced Liberal candidate in our dataset. That is a statement about our records, not about the party's intentions. Send us a source if you know of one.

Albert Park , Bendigo East , Bendigo West , Broadmeadows , Brunswick , Clarinda , Cranbourne , Dandenong , Euroa , Footscray , Frankston , Gippsland East , Gippsland South , Kalkallo , Kororoit , Lara , Laverton , Lowan , Melbourne , Mildura , Morwell , Mulgrave , Murray Plains , Narre Warren North , Northcote , Oakleigh , Ovens Valley , Pakenham , Pascoe Vale , Point Cook , Preston , Richmond , Shepparton , St Albans , Sunbury , Tarneit , Thomastown , Wendouree