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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Niddrie District
Location: Avondale Heights, Keilor, Niddrie
Legislative Council:
Western Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 50,034
Enrolment June 2026: 52,177 (up 4.3%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 27.8% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 20.5% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 33.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 62.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 28.0% (Aust average 27.7%)
Italian speakers: 7.9% (Aust average 1.0%)
No religion: 24.6% (Aust average 38.9%)
Christians: 64.0% (Aust average 43.9%)
University graduate: 27.6% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 41.0% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: Hon Ben Carroll (Labor): Elected 2012 by, 2014, 2018, 2022
Premier
Leader of the Labor Party
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.6%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 06.7%
Status: Marginal Labor
Niddrie was created in 1976, when the old seat of Moonee Ponds was abolished. It is a more affluent area than most of the western suburbs, and has the state's highest proportion of Christians (mainly Catholics). It has been a reliably Labor seat. Members, all Labor: Jack Simpson 1976-88, Bob Sercombe 1988-96, Rob Hulls 1996-2012, Ben Carroll since 2012. Hulls was Deputy Premier in the Brumby government.
Carroll was in Cabinet from 2017, and in 2023 became Deputy Premier in the Allan government. In July 2016, on the resignation of Allan, Carroll was elected Leader of the Labor Party and became Premier.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Samantha Byrne
Liberal Party |
Hon Ben Carroll
Australian Labor Party |
Elisabetta Celata
West Party |
Brendan Laws
Victorian Socialists |
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