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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Werribee District
Location: Manor Lakes, Werribee, Wyndham Vale
Legislative Council:
Western Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 49,962
Enrolment June 2026: 60,887 (up 21.9%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 18.5% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 31.8% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 43.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 63.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 38.1% (Aust average 27.7%)
Born in India: 11.2% (Aust average 2.8%)
Indian language speakers: 7.1% (Aust average 3.7%)
No religion: 29.2% (Aust average 38.9%)
Hinduism: 10.0% (Aust average 2.7%)
Islam: 5.0% (Aust average 3.2%)
University graduate: 24.1% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 29.0% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: John Lister (Labor): Elected 2025 by
2018 Labor majority over Independent: 06.5%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 10.5%
2025 by-election Labor majority over Independent: 00.8%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
Werribee was created in 1976. It was renamed Tarneit in 2002 but reverted to Werribee in 2014. It elected a Liberal in 1976, but since then has always been a fairly safe Labor seat. Over the past 40 years Werribee has grown from a small country town to a satellite city with 50,000 residents. It has recently become a settlement centre for Indian and African immigrants. Recent members (all Labor): Dr Ken Coghill 1979-96, Mary Douglas (later Gillett) 1996-2006, Tim Pallas 2014-25 (he sat for Tarneit 2006-14), and John Lister since the 2025 by-election. Pallas, who was Treasurer in the Andrews government, was thought to be in danger at the 2022 election, but in fact gained a swing to Labor. When he resigned in 2025, Labor very nearly lost the resultant by-election to a local independent.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Reece Clarke
Liberal Party |
Matthew Emerson
Family First |
Paul Hopper
West Party |
Tushar Kumar
Australian Greens |
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John Lister
Australian Labor Party |
Sue Munro
Victorian Socialists |
Paul Pateras
One Nation |
Candidate websites
Reece Clarke (Liberal)
Matthew Emerson (Family First)
Paul Hopper (West Party)
Tushar Kumar (Greens)
John Lister (Labor)
Sue Munro (Vic Socialists)
Paul Pateras (One Nation)
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