Legislative Council · 5 members

Western 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

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Sitting members now

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

• Lizzie Blandthorn

  Australian Labor Party

  Wikipedia

• Moira Deeming

  Liberal

  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.

  Wikipedia

• Ingrid Stitt

  Australian Labor Party

  Wikipedia

• David Ettershank

  Legalise Cannabis

  Wikipedia

• Trung Luu

  Liberal

  Wikipedia

Recorded 2026 candidates

No individually sourced Legislative Council candidacy has been recorded for Western Metropolitan yet. That means we have not verified a ticket entry — not that no one will stand. Know of one? Send us the source.

Withdrawn or disendorsed

• Moira Deeming

  Liberal

  Disendorsed
  1. Disendorsed 23 Mar 2026 The Age · published 23 Mar 2026 · verified 27 July 2026

     Lost a Liberal preselection ballot for the Western Metropolitan Legislative Council ticket to Dinesh Gourisetty, who himself withdrew days later (see western-metropolitan--gourisetty-dinesh.yaml). The chronology between this loss and the July disendorsement below — including whether/how she returned to the ticket in the interim — is not fully confirmed from sources gathered so far; needs verification before treating as a clean timeline.

  2. Disendorsed 16 July 2026 ABC News · published 16 July 2026 · verified 27 July 2026

     Disendorsed after falsely accusing fellow MP Matthew Guy of assault.

• Dinesh Gourisetty

  Liberal

  Withdrawn
  1. Withdrawn 29 Mar 2026 The Australian · published 29 Mar 2026 · verified 27 July 2026

     Withdrew after controversy over providing a character reference for a child sex offender. Had won Liberal preselection for the Western Metropolitan Legislative Council ticket over sitting MLC Moira Deeming in March 2026 (see western-metropolitan--deeming-moira.yaml for her separate, later disendorsement).

Assembly districts in this region

• Footscray
• Kororoit
• Laverton
• Niddrie
• Point Cook
• St Albans
• Sunbury
• Sydenham
• Tarneit
• Werribee
• Williamstown

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