What you need-to-know about Victoria's upper house.
Victoria's upper house - the Legislative Council - isn't where government is formed, but it's arguably the place with the most elected minor partes anywhere in the country.
For all the upper house candidates, click here.
For preference tickets, click here (VEC website information).
In the past 4 years, 10 (or 11, depending on how you want to see things) minor parties have had representation. One MLC, Transport Matter's Rod Barton, was elected with 0.62% of the vote.
That can be attributed to group voting tickets - where 'preference whisperers' can get several minor parties working together to preference each other on their respective party tickets.
If someone just votes '1' above-the-line, their remaining preferences are not in their control.
6 News has independently worked to confirm which parties do & don't support group voting tickets.
A number of parties are also working with the most well-known 'preference whisperer' - Glenn Druery.
Victoria is the only state in the country that still uses group voting tickets.
For a seat-by-seat guide, click here.
For full coverage of the Victorian election, click here.
All upper house candidates sorted by region
IMPORTANT: The order of candidates listed here does NOT necessarily reflect ballot paper order or upper house ticket order.
Many of the candidates listed have hyperlinks attached to them - click them to see more coverage of them from 6 News.
If you believe we've forgotten a candidate or gotten something wrong, please don't hesitate to DM us on social media - @6NewsAU - or email contact@6newsau.com
With that being said, enjoy the list!
GUIDE:
AVP Angry Victorians Party
AJP Animal Justice Party
AFP Australian Federation Party
ALP Australian Labor Party
CAP Companions and Pets Party
DLP Democratic Labour Party
DHJP Derryn Hinch's Justice Party
FFP Family First Party
FFV Family First Victoria
FP Freedom Party of Victoria
HAP Health Australia Party
INDP Independence Party
IND Independent
IND A1 Independent (AustraliaOne-affiliated)
IND CON Independent (Conservative-affiliated)
IND FUS Independent (FUSION-endorsed)
IND SA Independent (Socialist Alliance-endorsed)
IAPA Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia
LCP Legalise Cannabis Party
LDP Liberal Democrats
LIB Liberal Party
NAT National Party
NDP New Democrats
PHON Pauline Hanson's One Nation
RP Reason Party
RDSDA Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party
SFF Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
SAP Sustainable Australia Party
GRN The Greens
TMP Transport Matters Party
UAP United Australia Party
VS Victorian Socialists
VP Victorians Party
* = Incumbent MLC
Eastern Metropolitan Region (abolished)
ALP Shaun Leane*
ALP Sonja Terpstra*
LIB Matthew Bach*
TMP Rod Barton*
RETIRING
LIB Bruce Atkinson
- Seat replaced by North-Eastern Metropolitan Region, read more here
Eastern Victoria Region
ALP Marg D'Arcy
ALP Jannette Langley
ALP Tom McIntosh
ALP Harriet Shing*
ALP Amie Templar-Kanshlo
LIB David Burgess
LIB Sharn Coombes
NAT Melina Bath*
GRN Rodrigo Bardales
GRN Adam Frogley
GRN Mat Morgan
GRN Jessica Wheelock
GRN Lynda Wheelock
AJP Austin Cram
AJP Jennifer McAdam
CAP Sean Eddy
CAP John Hutchison
DLP Phillip Semmel
DHJP Lachlan O'Connell
DHJP Ruth Stanfield
FFP Natasha Sawtell
FFP Milton Wilde
FP Ray Akers
HAP Kristy Wallace
HAP Tania White
IND CON Vern Hughes
LCP Thomas Forrest
LCP Mark Smith
LDP Rob McCathie
LDP Angus Ward
NDP Srilakshmi Ajjampura
NDP Namrata Rajan Shah
NDP Komalben Rasiklal Darji
PHON Warren Pickering
PHON Jeff Waddell
RP Dean Barnes
RP Eve Cash
SFF Jeff Bourman*
SFF Kerrie-Anne Muir
SAP Anthony Cresswell
SAP Sophie Paterson
TMP Mark Dunn
TMP Ralf Troshen
UAP James Unkles
UAP Paul Wilson
VS Natalie Acreman
VS Richard Mann
NO LONGER RUNNING
LIB Cathrine Burnett-Wake
FP Nick Clonaridis
LDP Samuel Fink
RP Melanie Sharpe
VP Ingrid Maynard
- Ray Akers & Greg Hansford were initially running for the Australian Federation Party
- Vern Hughes is a director at the Civil Society, which has backed The Conservative Party, a party Hughes himself is promoting on social media - therefore it can be concluded he is affiliated with them
North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
ALP Nildhara Gadani
ALP Rana Shahid Javed
ALP Shaun Leane*
ALP Kieran Simpson
ALP Sonja Terpstra*
LIB Matthew Bach*
LIB Sally Houguet
LIB Kirsten Langford
GRN Liz Chase
GRN Asher Cookson
GRN Sarah Newman
GRN Aiv Puglielli
GRN Sophia Sun
AJP Angel Aleksov
AJP Chris Delforce
AFP Cameron Blewitt
CAP Julia Jones
CAP Craig Read
DHJP Annette Philpott
DHJP Judith Thompson
DLP Cary De Wit
FFP Alister Cameron
FFP Nina van Strijp
FP Greg Cheesman
FP Daniella Healtherich
HAP Andrew Hicks
HAP Leesa Munro
LCP Anna Negri
LCP Nicholas Wallis
LDP Josh Lay
LDP Maya Tesa
NDP Darshan LalJaisinghani
NDP Pushpdeep Narang
PHON Peter Richardson
PHON William Turner
RP Francis Cairns
RP Nina Springle
SFF Chris Banhidy
SFF Hugh Hanson
SAP William Clow
SAP Jack Corcoran
TMP Rod Barton*
TMP Kim Guest
UAP Nathan Scaglione
UAP Irene Zivkovic
VS Lilian Kopschewa
VS Lucas Moore
NO LONGER RUNNING
LIB Gladys Liu
- Seat replacing Eastern Metropolitan Region
- Gladys Liu, who lost her seat of Chisholm at the federal election, unsuccessfully attempted to get Liberal preselection
Northern Metropolitan Region
ALP Ramy Aljalil
ALP Susie Byers
ALP Enver Erdogan
ALP Chloe Gaul
ALP Sheena Watt*
LIB Evan Mulholland
LIB Hafiz Qadeer
LIB Tim Staker-Gunn
LIB Melinda Tempany
GRN Sarah Jefford
GRN Esther Kennedy
GRN Michael Leach
GRN Kenna Morrison
GRN Samantha Ratnam*
AJP Leah Horsfall
AJP Bruce Poon
CAP Pauline Grutzner
CAP Linda Pullen
DLP Hugh Dolan
DLP Adem Somyurek
DHJP Simone Philpott-Smart
DHJP Thomas Stanfield
FFP Imad Hirmiz
FFP Denise Lowry
FP Cameron Stoddart
HAP Gabrielle Brodie
HAP Lisa Taggart
LCP Andrew Hale
LCP Renee Thompson
LDP Paul Silverberg
LDP Rachel Versteegen
NDP Vikram Bhinder
NDP Amita Ros
NDP Pushpinder Singh
RP Tali Siani Jagielski
RP Fiona Patten*
RP Judy Ryan
PHON Matthew Considine
PHON Jessica Davis
SFF Ethan Constantinou
SFF Ben Podger
SAP Daryl Budgeon
SAP Alison Pridham
TMP Georgia Diamantopoulos
TMP Francesco Raco
UAP Scott McCamish
UAP Kelly Moran
VS Cathy Lewis
VS Jerome Small
NO LONGER RUNNING
ALP Nazih Elasmar*
LIB Craig Ondarchie*
GRN Percy Nash
FP Mark Hobart
HAP Leiah Golden
HAP Kellie Thomas
VP Oscar Yildiz
- Lizzie Blandthorn & Enver Erdogan are the current members for Pascoe Vale & the Southern Metropolitan Region respectivley
- Adem Somyurek was elected as a Labor member for the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region but became an independent in 2020, then resigned from parliament in late October 2022
- Damien Richardson was initially announced as an Australian Federation Party candidate but moved to the Freedom Party in October, which saw Mark Hobart dumped as a candidate
Northern Victoria Region
ALP Mitch Bridges
ALP Rahn Krammaer
ALP James McWhinney
ALP Gareth Mills
ALP Jaclyn Symes*
LIB Wendy Lovell*
LIB Jillian Merkel
LIB Amanda Millar
NAT Rob Amos
NAT Gaelle Broad
GRN Robin David Chapman
GRN Cate Sinclair
GRN Rosemary Storey
GRN Ralf Thesing
GRN Lenka Thompson
AVP Mark Jones
AJP Michelle McGoldrick
AJP Georgie Purcell
CAP Laura Barnes
CAP Robert Britton
DLP Mark Royal
DHJP John Herron
DHJP Tania Maxwell*
FFP Carol Norton-Smith
FFP Michael White
HAP Shaun Moran
HAP Kim Warner
IAPA Laylah Al Saimary
LCP Christopher McInally
LCP Adam Miller
LDP Tim Quilty*
LDP Tim Molesworth
NDP Jitendrakumar Der
NDP Erin Sharma
PHON Nadine Edwards-Scott
PHON Rikkie Tyrrell
RP Callum Chapman
RP Melanie Sharpe
SFF Josh Knight
SFF Peter Watkins
SAP Ian Chivers
SAP Allan Doensen
TMP Scott Cowie
TMP Neil Cullen
UAP Geoff Shaw
UAP Elijah Suares
VS Emma Dynes
VS Karen Hocking
RETIRING
ALP Mark Gepp
NO LONGER RUNNING
IND Marilyn Nuske
- Henk Wallenborn pulled out of the race on October 10 just days after also being announced as the Freedom Party candidate for Mildura, then returned around 2 weeks later to run in the seat he was initially contesting but with the Freedom Party
- Christopher Neil was the chairman of the Australian Federation Party in Victoria up until he was announced as a Freedom Party candidate in late October
- Kim Warner was originally running for the Health Australia Party in the South Eastern Metropolitan Region
South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
ALP Michael Galea
ALP Imran Khan
ALP Tien Kieu
ALP Katrina Sullivan
ALP Lee Tarlamis*
LIB Manjunatha Hanumantharayappa
LIB Ann-Marie Hermans
LIB Michael Keane
LIB Antonietta Moricca
LIB Lyndon Samuel
GRN Alex Breskin
GRN Dewani Harahap
GRN Karen Jones
GRN Louisa Willoughby
GRN Janet Wong
AJP Bronwyn Currie
AJP Davina Hinkley
CAP Wendy Hutchison
CAP Marissa Sarif
DLP Jen Bowden
DHJP Mohit Dwivedi
DHJP Derryn Hinch
FFP Colleen Hayward
FFP Lee Jones
FP Rebekah Spelman
HAP Geraldine Gonsalvez
HAP Kate Lukis
IND Ravi Ragupathy
IND Mehdi Sayed
LCP Jeffrey Knipe
LCP Rachel Payne
LDP Ethelyn King
LDP David Limbrick*
NDP Bhaveshkumar Vasantlal Lakhatariya
NDP Nilam Dhaval Panchal
NDP Bhavika Amrutlal Patel
NDP Satinder Singh
RP Martin Lehay
RP Ethan Mileikowski
PHON Cyndi Marr
PHON Beth Stevens
SFF Will Heily
SFF Grant Poulton
SAP Steven Armstrong
SAP Brandon Hoult
TMP Norm Dunn
TMP Toni Peters
UAP Matt Babet
UAP Jatinder Singh
VS Lavanya Thavaraja
VS Jaynaya Travis
RETIRING
LIB Gordon Rich-Phillips
NO LONGER RUNNING
HAP Kim Warner
- Geraldine Gonsalvez was originally running as an independent with the backing of The Sensible Centre
Southern Metropolitan Region
ALP Ryan Batchelor
ALP John Berger
ALP Clive Crosby
ALP Lynn Psaila
ALP Muhammad Shahbaz
LIB Monica Clark
LIB Georgie Crozier*
LIB David Davis*
LIB Andrew Litwinow
LIB Nick Stavrou
GRN Katherine Copsey
GRN John Friend-Pereira
GRN Anna Parker
GRN Kylie Rocha
GRN Shanae Rowick
AJP Mia Davies
AJP Ben Schultz
CAP Joan Molyneux
CAP Max Winch
DLP Theodore Tsiongas
DHJP Michele Dale
DHJP Ellie Jean Sullivan
FFP Vickie Janson
FFP Alex van der End
FP Madeleine Kons
FP Natasha Kons
HAP Mark Lambrick
HAP Kellie Thomas
IND Cheryl Lacey
LCP Ben Howman
LCP Marc Selan
LDP Matthew Ford
LDP David Segal
NDP Krishna Dharmeshkumar Brahmbhatt
NDP Jigarkumar Abhaysinh Chaudhary
NDP Ravinder Singh Marwaha
RP Stephen Jasper
RP Andrew Johnson
PHON Chris Bradbury
PHON Craig Pickering
SFF Nicole Bourman
SFF Michelle Collyer
SAP Clifford Hayes*
SAP Bettina Terry
TMP Marc Peters
TMP Paul Tammesild
UAP Ronald Jean
UAP Leon Kofmansky
VS Jack Todaro
NO LONGER RUNNING
DHJP Derryn Hinch
- Cheryl Lacey has the backing of The Sensible Centre
Western Metropolitan Region
ALP Nurul Khan
ALP Cuc Lam
ALP Cesar Melhem
ALP Ingrid Stitt*
LIB Moira Deeming
LIB Golam Haque
LIB Trung Luu
LIB Manish Patel
LIB Luan Walker
GRN Sarah Bray
GRN Lloyd Davies
GRN Isabella McRae McLeod
GRN Bernadette Thomas
GRN Pierre Vairo
AVP Catherine Cumming*
AJP Nat Kopas
AJP Meg Watkins
CAP Mary Britton
CAP Craig Treherne
DLP Bernie Finn*
DLP Thuy Kim Le
DHJP Jean-Marie D'Argent
DHJP Peter Sullivan
FFP Darren Buller
FFP Mary Filmer
FP Dan McBride
FP John McBride
HAP Isaac Golden
HAP Leiah Golden
IND Walter Villagonzalo
LCP David Ettershank
LCP Raffaela Menta
LDP Anthony Cursio
LDP Liam Roche
NDP Arix Maheshkumar Bishnoi
NDP Yogesh Kumar Malhotra
NDP Anitha Jyothi Palkuri
NDP Mohammed Quasim Shaik
NDP Kaushaliya Vaghela*
PHON Ursula Van Bree
PHON Frank Vrionis
RP Harry Millward
RP David Thirkettle-Watts
SFF Geoff Ashby
SFF Ken Vickers
SAP Dennis Bilic
SAP Bert Jessup
TMP Greg Collins
TMP Daniel Lowinger
UAP Deepak Bansal
UAP Andrew Cuthbertson
VS Aran Mylvaganam
VS Liz Walsh
NO LONGER RUNNING
FFV Lisa Bentley
VP Gabriel Rossi
- This seat is currently the only upper house region not to have a Liberal MLC, thanks to Bernie Finn becoming an independent for a short amount of time before joining the Democratic Labour Party (where he was originally a member several decades ago) earlier this year
- Catherine Cumming left Derryn Hinch's Justice Party before being sworn in in 2018, before sitting as an independent until forming the Independence Party this year; however the party was not registered and she instead joined the Angry Victorians Party
- Kaushaliya Vaghela was elected in 2018 as a member of the ALP, but became an independent in 2022 & then formed the New Democrats
Western Victoria Region
ALP Megan Bridger-Darling
ALP Jacinta Ermacor
ALP Sue Pavlovich
ALP Heather Stokes
ALP Gayle Tierney*
LIB Eddie Dunn
LIB Antonela Kearns
LIB Bev McArthur*
LIB Joe McCracken
NAT Anita Rank
GRN Judith Baldacchino
GRN John Barnes
GRN Sarah Mansfield
GRN Eva van der Vlies
GRN Linda Zibell
AVP Chris Burson
AJP Andy Meddick*
AJP Hannah Wilshier
CAP Geoff Collins
CAP Simone Fisher
DHJP Stuart Grimley*
DHJP Simone O'Brien
FFP Dean Cronkwright
FFP Chioma Ikeh
FP Antun Kovac
FP Flor Vanessa Becerra-Kovac
HAP Angelica Brennfleck
HAP Con Lazos
IND Megan Lane
LCP Andrew Dowling
LCP Melanie Humphrey
LDP Paul Barker
LDP Julia McGrath
NDP Cecilia Gomez Benitez
NDP Hardik Bipinchandra Dave
NDP Vijaykumar Kachhia
NDP Jaymik Mahendrakumar Patel
PHON Sabine De Pyle
PHON Terri Pryse-Smith
RP Olivia Hurley
RP Emma Sinclair
RDSDA Tosh-Jake Finnigan
SFF Ben Collyer
SFF Graeme Standen
SAP Robert Pascoe
SAP Madeleine Wearne
TMP Eddie Dunn
TMP Antonela Kearns
UAP Natalie Failla
UAP Keith Raymond
VS Madilyn Gorman
VS Abbey Randall
RETIRING
ALP Jaala Pulford
NO LONGER RUNNING
LIB Joshua Morris
- Megan Lane has the backing of The Sensible Centre
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