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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Bulleen District

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Location: Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe
Legislative Council: North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 50,496
Enrolment November 2025: 50,287

Sitting member: Hon Matthew Guy (Liberal): Elected 2006, 2010 (Legislative Council), 2014, 2018, 2022 (Bulleen)

Shadow Minister for Public Transport
Shadow Minister for Ports and Freight

2018 Liberal majority over Labor: 05.8%
2021 redistricting: Liberal majority over Labor 05.5%
2022 Liberal majority over Labor: 05.9%

Status: Marginal Liberal

Bulleen was created in 1985, from parts of the older seats of Balwyn and Doncaster. In the 1950s and '60s this was a fast-growing area of home-buying families with children, but today it has a stable, ageing and affluent population. Like all the eastern suburbrs seats, it is attracting increasing numbers of Chinese and other Asian immigrants.

Bulleen has been held by the Liberal Party since its creation. Even in the Labor landslide year of 2002, the Liberals had a majority of 2.6%. It was held by David Perrin from 1985 to 1999, and by Nick Kotsiras, a mininster in the Baillieu-Napthine government, from 1999 to 2014. He retired in 2014 and was succeeded by Matthew Guy.

Matthew Guy, MLC for Bulleen since 2014, was MLC for North Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2014. Before entering politics he worked for Premier Jeff Kennett, as an adviser to Assistant Federal Treasurer Rod Kemp, and as chief of staff to Leader of the Opposition Denis Napthine. He was Minister for Planning in the Baillieu-Napthine government, where he presided over a number of decisions favouring developers which continued to haunt him.

After the 2014 election Guy was elected Leader of the Liberal Party. He was defeated at the 2018 election and was replaced by Michael O'Brien, but in 2021 he reclaimed the Liberal leadership, only to lose again at the 2022 election. He then resigned for a second time.

  • 2022 results
  • Boundaries following
    2021 redistricting

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  • Candidates:
    Hon Matthew Guy
    Liberal Party

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