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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Bundoora District

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Location: Bundoora, Greensborough, Watsonia
Legislative Council: North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

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Enrolment 2022 election: 47,319
Enrolment June 2026: 48,597 (up 2.7%)

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Relevant demographics (2021 census)

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High income: 22.7% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 26.5% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 35.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 61.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 32.0% (Aust average 27.7%)
Chinese speakers: 6.4% (Aust average 4.0%)
No religion: 36.0% (Aust average 38.9%)
University graduate: 30.1% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 38.1% (Aust average 37.7%)

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Sitting member: Hon Colin Brooks (Labor): Elected 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

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Treasurer
Minister for Industral Relations

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2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 17.4%
2021 redistricting: Labor majority over Liberal 16.3%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.7%

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Status: Safe Labor

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Bundoora was created in 1976, in the fast-growing northern working-class suburbs of Melbourne. Today this area is still largely working-class, but has a stable, home-owning, ageing population.

Bundoora has been held by Labor since its creation. Its first member was John Cain, son of the three-times Labor Premier John Cain senior. Cain became Leader of the Opposition in 1981 and Premier in 1982, serving until his resignation in 1990. He retired in 1992 and was succeeded by Sherryl Garbutt, member for the abolished seat of Greensborough. She was a minister in the Bracks government, and retired in 2006.

Colin Brooks, Labor MLA for Bundoora since 2006, was an electrical tradesman before entering politics. He also worked as an electorate officer and ministerial adviser. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 and has been a minister since the 2022 election.

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2022 results

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Boundaries following 2021 redistricting

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Candidates:

Hon Colin Brooks Australian Labor Party	Nina Laitala Australian Greens	Melissa Murphy-Webster Independent

Chris Parr Liberal Party	Sagar Sanyal Victorian Socialists

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Candidate websites

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Colin Brooks (Labor)

Nina Laitala (Greens)

Melissa Murphy-Webster (Greens)

Chris Parr (Liberal)

Sagar Sanyal (Vic Socialists)

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