Legislative Council · 5 members

North-Eastern Metropolitan

Upper-house region electing five members by proportional representation. Sitting members below are who holds the seats today; 2026 ticket candidacies are listed only when individually sourced.

Chamber

Legislative Council

Seats

5

Assembly districts

11

2026 candidates recorded

2

Sitting members now

Not a 2026 ticket. Mid-term replacements and party changes are included. See methodology.

• Shaun Leane

  Australian Labor Party

  Not recontesting

  Announced he will not recontest in 2026.

  Wikipedia

• Richard Welch

  Liberal

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

  Wikipedia

• Sonja Terpstra

  Australian Labor Party

  Wikipedia

• Nick McGowan

  Liberal

  Wikipedia

• Aiv Puglielli

  The Greens

  Wikipedia

Recorded 2026 candidates

• Aiv Puglielli

  The Greens

  Endorsed
  1. Endorsed 30 July 2026 Australian Greens Victoria · verified 30 July 2026

     Listed as a Victorian Greens candidate on the party's official candidates/person pages (accessed 2026-07-31). Page does not show a separate endorsement publish date.

  Party profile

• Natalie Adams

  One Nation

  Office manager

  Endorsed
  1. Endorsed 2 Aug 2026 Herald Sun · published 2 Aug 2026 · verified 2 Aug 2026

     News report citing One Nation's statewide announcement and naming Adams as the party's lead Legislative Council candidate for the North-Eastern Metropolitan region at the November 2026 state election.

Assembly districts in this region

• Bayswater
• Box Hill
• Bulleen
• Bundoora
• Croydon
• Eltham
• Glen Waverley
• Ivanhoe
• Mill Park
• Ringwood
• Warrandyte

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