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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Legislative Council
Western Metropolitan Region
Legislative Assembly seats of
Footscray,
Kororoit,
Laverton,
Niddrie,
Point Cook,
St Albans,
Sunbury,
Sydenham,
Tarneit,
Werribee and
Williamstown
Enrolment at 2022 election: 538,136
Enrolment June 2026: 602,420 (up 11.9%)
The Western Metropolitan Region takes in a swathe of Melbourne suburbs west and north-west of the city centre, extending from Footscray and Williamstown in the inner city area out as far as Werribee in the south-west and Sunbury in the north-west. Although there are some middle-class pockets, notably in Essendon, this is overwhelmingly a working-class area. It is also highly multi-cultural.Since World War II it has been settled by successive waves of immigrants, first from eastern and southern Europe, then from Asia (particularly from Vietnam), and more recently from India and Africa. Not surprisingly, this Region is Labor's heartland. Labor holds all eleven of the Assembly seats in the Region, most by wide margins.
In 2022 there was a substantial swing to the Liberals in this area, reducing Labor to two seats and allowing the Liberals to win two. The fifth seat went to the Legalise Cannabis party, thanks to the group ticket voting system. With the abolition of this system, the fifth seat will go to either Labor or the Greens. In July 2026 the Liberal MLC Moira Deeming was disendorsed following unsubstantiated allegations against the former Liberal leader Matthew Guy. She then sat as an independent. She will be replaced on the Liberal ticket by Roshena Campbell, who was the Liberal candidate at the 2023 Aston by-election.
No Labor candidates have yet been announced. I am assuming all sitting members are recontesting, unless they have announced they are retiring. David Ettershank (Legalise Cannibis) is retiring. Moira Deeming has not made her intentions clear.
Sitting members:
Hon Lizzie Blandthorn (Labor): Elected 2014, 2018 (Pascoe Vale), 2022 (Western Metropolitan)
Moira Deeming (Independent): Elected 2022
David Ettershank (Legalise Cannabis): Elected 2022. Retiring 2026
Trung Luu (Liberal): Elected 2022
Hon Ingrid Stitt (Labor): Elected 2018, 2022
Blandthorn is Minister for Children and Minister for Disability.
Stitt is Minister for Health, Minister for Ambulance Services, Minister for Mental Health and Special Minister of State.
Candidates
Australian Labor Party
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| Hon Ingrid Stitt |
Hon Lizzie Blandthorn |
Liberal Party
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| Roshena Campbell |
Trung Luu |
Australian Greens
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| Brittney Henderson |
Family First
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| Matthew Emerson |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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| Fiona Lopez |
Sustainable Australia
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| Dennis Bilic |
Victorian Socialists
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| Anneke Demanuele |
Jorge Jorquera |
West Party
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| Joe Garra |
Sahana Ramesh |
Brett Patrikeos |
2022 Legislative Council results
Boundaries following 2021 redistricting:
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