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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Polwarth District
Location: Camperdown, Colac, Torquay
Legislative Council:
Western Victoria Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 53,064
Enrolment June 2026: 54,656 (up 3.0%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 15.7% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 17.3% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 35.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 56.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 9.3% (Aust average 27.7%)
No religion: 46.5% (Aust average 38.9%)
University graduate: 17.5% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 34.9% (Aust average 37.7%)
Works in Agriculture: 15.4% (Aust average 1.0%)
Sitting member: Richard Riordan (Liberal): Elected 2015 by, 2018, 2022
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 05.4%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 01.8%
Status: Very marginal Liberal
Polwarth was created in 1889, and has always been based on Colac and surrounding rural areas. Like all country seats, it has a very low proportion of people born overseas, of graduates and of high-income households. Recent redistrictings, however, have moved the seat eastwards, taking in the towns of the Surf Coast and shedding rural areas to the west. Since the Surf Coast (particularly Torquay) now votes strongly Labor, this has sharply cut the Liberal margin. Recent members (all Liberal): Cecil Burgin 1970-85, Ian Smith 1985-99, Terry Mulder 1999-2015, Richard Riordan since 2015.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Jesse Holden
Australian Greens |
Jesse Holden
Australian Labor Party |
Richard Riordan
Liberal Party |
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