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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Legislative Council
Southern Metropolitan Region
Legislative Assembly seats of
Albert Park,
Ashwood,
Bentleigh,
Brighton,
Caulfield,
Hawthorn,
Kew,
Malvern,
Oakleigh,
Prahran and
Sandringham
Enrolment at 2022 election: 542,200
Enrolment June 2026: 558,971 (up 03.1%)
The Southern Metropolitan Region takes in an expanse of Melbourne suburbs to the east and south of the city centre, from Kew in the north to Beaumaris in the south, and from Port Melbourne in the west to Clayton in the east. It is mostly middle-class, but includes most of Melbourne's wealthiest areas (Brighton, Kew, Malvern, Toorak), as well as some lower-income areas (mainly around Oakleigh). Albert Park and Prahran have been heavily gentrified. Of the eleven lower house seats that make up the Region, Labor holds three (Albert Park, Bentleigh and Oakleigh). The other eight are held by the Liberals, mostly by wide margins. The Greens won Prahran in 2022 but lost it to the Liberals in the 2025 by-election.
Not surprisingly, the Liberals have usually dominated this Region. But at the 2022 election, they won only two seats, while Labor also won two and the Greens won one. If there is a swing against Labor at this election, it is likely that Labor will lose its second seat to the Liberals. David Davis, first elected in 1996, is the longest-serving member of the Council.
No Labor candidates have yet been announced. I am assuming all sitting members are recontesting, unless they have announced they are retiring.
Sitting members:
Ryan Batchelor (Labor): Elected 2022
John Berger (Labor): Elected 2022
Katherine Copsey (Greens): Elected 2022
Georgie Crozier (Liberal): Elected 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Hon David Davis (Liberal): Elected (East Yarra Province) 1996, 2002 (Southern Metropolitan Region) 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Crozier is Shadow Minister for Health, Shadow Minister for Ambulance Services and Shadow Minister for Medical Research
Davis is Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Arts and Creative Industries
Candidates
Australian Labor Party
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| Ryan Batchelor |
John Berger |
Liberal Party
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| Hon David Davis |
Georgie Crozier |
Xavier Boffa |
Australian Greens
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| Katherine Copsey |
Animal Justice Party
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| Daniel O'Neill |
Sustainable Australia
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| Bettina Terry |
Victorian Socialists
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| Catherine Holder |
2022 Legislative Council results
Boundaries following 2021 redistricting:
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