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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
South Barwon District
Location: Grovedale, Highton, Waurn Ponds
Legislative Council:
Western Victoria Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 51,546
Enrolment November 2025: 58,050
Sitting member: Darren Cheeseman (independent): Elected 2018, 2022. Retiring 2026
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 04.6%
2021 redistricting: Labor majority over Liberal: 03.0%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 09.8%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
South Barwon was created in 1976, carved out of the old seat of Ballarine, taking in the outer suburbs of Geelong. Grovedale is a low-income area, while other areas such as Highton are more affluent. South Barwon was held by three successive Liberal backbenchers until it fell to Labor's Michael Crutchfield in the Bracks Labor landslide in 2002. He was re-elected in 2006, but defeated by the Liberal Andrew Katos in 2014. Recent members: Harley Dickinson (Liberal) 1982-92, Alister Paterson (Liberal) 1992-2002, Michael Crutchfield (Labor) 2002-10, Andrew Katos (Liberal) 2010-18, Darren Cheeseman (Labor) since 2018. Cheeseman, a former federal MP, got a swing towards him of 6.8% in 2002, the biggest swing to Labor in the state. But in April 2024 he was expelled from the Labor Caucus after allegations of harassment of a staff member. He has sat since as an independent. The seat is now probably more vulnerable than its 2022 majority would suggest.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
No candidates have been announced.
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