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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Bulleen District
Location: Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe
Legislative Council:
North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 50,496
Enrolment June 2026: 50,678 (up 0.4%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 26.3% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 22.3% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 30.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 60.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 46.2% (Aust average 27.7%)
Chinese speakers: 22.8% (Aust average 4.0%)
Greek speakers: 7.2% (Aust average 1.0%)
No religion: 35.4% (Aust average 38.9%)
University graduate: 38.3% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 47.7% (Aust average 37.7%)
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. It also has a significant Greek-Australian community.
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 continue 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
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Hon Matthew Guy
Liberal Party |
Tomas Lightbody
Australian Greens |
Dimitrios Tafidis
Victorian Socialists |
Candidate websites
Matthew Guy (Liberal)
Tomas Lightbody (Greens)
Dimitrios Tafidis (Vic Socialists)
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