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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Legislative Council
Northern Victoria Region
Legislative Assembly seats of
Benambra,
Bendigo East,
Bendigo West,
Eildon,
Euroa,
Macedon,
Mildura,
Murray Plains,
Ovens Valley,
Shepparton and
Yan Yean
Enrolment at 2022 election: 552,071
Enrolment June 2026: 563,803 (up 02.1%)
The Northern Victoria Region stretches right across the north of the state, from the Mallee to the Victorian Alps. Although it is mostly a rural Region, it includes the regional centres of Bendigo, Mildura and Shepparton, and at its southern edge it includes some outer Melbourne suburbs such as Diamond Creek, Mernda and Yarra Junction. Of the eleven lower house seats which make up the Region, the Nationals hold five (Euroa, Mildura, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley and Shepparton), Labor holds four (the two Bendigo seats, Macedon and Yan Yean), and the Liberals two (Benambra and Eildon).
At the 2022 election the Liberal-National Coalition won two seats, Labor won one seat, and Animal Justice and One Nation each won one seat. As a result of the abolition of the group ticket voting system, the Animal Justice MLC Georgie Purcell will be defeated. The most likely result will be Coalition three, Labor one, One Nation one.
No Labor candidates have yet been announced. I am assuming all sitting members are recontesting, unless they have announced they are retiring. The Liberal MLC Wendy Lovell is retiring. She will be succeeded by Steve Brooks. The second Liberal candidate, Amanda Millar, was an MLC 2013-14.
Sitting members:
Gaele Broad (Nationals): Elected 2022
Hon Wendy Lovell (Liberal): Elected (North-Eastern Province) 2002, (Northern Victoria Region) 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022. Retiring 2026
Georgie Purcell (Animal Justice): Elected 2022
Hon Jaclyn Symes (Labor): Elected 2014, 2018, 2022
Rikkie-Lee Tyrell (One Nation): Elected 2022
Symes is Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for Climate Action and Minister for the State Electricity Commission.
Candidates
Australian Labor Party
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| Hon Jaclyn Symes |
Liberal Party / Nationals Coalition
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| Steve Brooks (Lib) |
Gaelle Broad (Nat) |
Amanda Millar (Lib) |
Australian Greens
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| Cate Sinclair |
Animal Justice Party
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| Georgie Purcell |
Family First
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| Michael White |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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| Rikkie-Lee Tyrell |
2022 Legislative Council results
Boundaries following 2021 redistricting:
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