Candidates of the 2006 Victorian state election

This article provides details on candidates for the 2006 Victorian election, held on 25 November 2006.

Retiring MPs

Labor

Mary Delahunty MLA (Northcote) – announced retirement October 2006.
Sherryl Garbutt MLA (Bundoora) – retired.
Mary Gillett MLA (Tarneit) – lost preselection.
Michael Leighton MLA (Preston) – retired.
Peter Loney MLA (Lara) – retired after it became clear he would lose preselection.
Bruce Mildenhall MLA (Footscray) – retired.
Dale Wilson MLA (Narre Warren South) – lost preselection.
Helen Buckingham MLC (Koonung Province) – retired due to ill health.
Monica Gould MLC (Doutta Galla Province) – retired.
Geoff Hilton MLC (Western Port Province – lost preselection.
John McQuilten MLC (Ballarat Province) – retired.
Sang Nguyen MLC (Melbourne West Province) – lost preselection.

Liberal

Robin Cooper MLA (Mornington) – retired.
Robert Doyle MLA (Malvern) – retired.
Phil Honeywood MLA (Warrandyte) – retired.
Victor Perton MLA (Doncaster) – retired.
Tony Plowman MLA (Benambra) – retired.
Ron Bowden MLC (South Eastern Province) – retired.
Andrew Brideson MLC (Waverley Province) – retired.
Bill Forwood MLC (Templestowe Province) – retired.
Graeme Stoney MLC (Central Highlands Province) – retired.
Chris Strong MLC (Higinbotham Province) – lost preselection.

National

Noel Maughan MLA (Rodney) – retired.
Barry Bishop MLC (North Western Province) – retired.

Independent

Carolyn Hirsh MLC (Silvan Province) – elected as Labor.
Andrew Olexander MLC (Silvan Province) – elected as Liberal.

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	National candidates	Other candidates

Albert Park	Labor	John Thwaites	Clive Smith	John Middleton	Sam Robertson		Adrian Jackson (Ind) Stratos Pavlis (PP) David Reece (CEC)
Altona	Labor	Lynne Kosky	Ian Soylemez	Andreas Bischof	David Bernard
Ballarat East	Labor	Geoff Howard	Geoff Hayes	Michele Harvie	Grace Bailey		Dianne Hadden (Ind)
Ballarat West	Labor	Karen Overington	Shane Brennan	Belinda Coates	Dale Butterfield
Bass	Liberal	John Anderson	Ken Smith	Tully Fletcher	Cameron Begg	Jacky Abbott	Cheryl Billing-Smith (Ind) Robert Brown (PP)
Bayswater	Labor	Peter Lockwood	Heidi Victoria	James Tennant	Warwick Murphy		Gordon Ashley (Ind) Kurt Beilharz (CEC) Stephanie Mortimer (PP) Steve Raskovy (Ind)
Bellarine	Labor	Lisa Neville	Don Gibson	Justin Teague	Len Lengyal
Benalla	National	Rob Mitchell	Hamish McMillan	Kammy Cordner-Hunt	Jim Reiney	Bill Sykes
Benambra	Liberal	Lisa Mahood	Bill Tilley	Helen Robinson	Martin Corboy	Bill Baxter	Shane Pearce (Ind)
Bendigo East	Labor	Jacinta Allan	Kevin Gibbins	John Bardsley	Gail Hardy	John Manning	Colin James (PP)
Bendigo West	Labor	Bob Cameron	Bruce McClure	Sue-Ellen Radford	Rachel Harrison	Glenn Murrells
Bentleigh	Labor	Rob Hudson	James Gobbo	Peter D'Arcy	Michael Portelli		Colin Horne (CEC)
Box Hill	Liberal	Robert Chong	Robert Clark	Peter Campbell	Gary Ong		Christine Cumming (PP)
Brighton	Liberal	Jane Shelton	Louise Asher	Jonathan Walters	Mark Freeman		Clifford Hayes (Ind)
Broadmeadows	Labor	John Brumby	Daniel Parsons	Emily Taylor	Gerard Hines		Marlene Ebejer (PP) Will Marshall (Ind) Sleiman Yohanna (CEC)
Brunswick	Labor	Carlo Carli	Vince Arborea	Cyndi Dawes	James McDonald		Christian Astorian (PP) Vannessa Hearman (SA)
Bulleen	Liberal	Neill Campbell	Nicholas Kotsiras	Fiona MacKenzie	Carmen Tong
Bundoora	Labor	Colin Brooks	Kane Afford	Sarah Jefford	Dean Cronkwright		Julie Anderson (PP) Rod McLennan (CEC)
Burwood	Labor	Bob Stensholt	Graham Bailey	John Presley	John Caravan
Carrum	Labor	Jenny Lindell	Jeff Shelley	Carlos Lopez	Michael McLean		Ronnie Musster (Ind) Alan Thompson (Ind)
Caulfield	Liberal	Steven Cusworth	Helen Shardey	Peter Job	Eric Labonne
Clayton	Labor	Hong Lim	Michael Carty	Siobhan Isherwood	Emyr Aditya		Simon Hall (CEC)
Cranbourne	Labor	Jude Perera	Luke Martin	Hillary Bray	Mark Hermans
Dandenong	Labor	John Pandazopoulos	Cameron Nicholls	Peter Blair	Peter Dorian
Derrimut	Labor	Telmo Languiller	Charles Tran	Marc Purcell	Margaret Foster		Rod Doel (CEC) Jorge Jorquera (Ind)
Doncaster	Liberal	Lidia Argondizzo	Mary Wooldridge	Chris Gymer	Dot Peak		Irene Goonan (Ind) Graham Wynn (PP)
Eltham	Labor	Steve Herbert	Craig Ondarchie	Damien Magner	Shane Porter
Essendon	Labor	Judy Maddigan	Conrad D'Souza	Bob Muntz	Arthur Tsiglopoulos		Jeremy Beck (CEC) Phillip Cutler (Ind)
Evelyn	Labor	Heather McTaggart	Christine Fyffe	Justine Indigo-Rose	Roger Williamson		Peter Byrne (PP)
Ferntree Gully	Labor	Anne Eckstein	Nick Wakeling	Steve Bullock	Allister Rouse		Adrian Dowell (PP) Ross Russell (CEC)
Footscray	Labor	Marsha Thomson	Cam Nation	Greg Ferrington	Ronald Berchy		Catherine Cumming (Ind) Margarita Windisch (SA)
Forest Hill	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	Neil Angus	Mick Kir	Stella Collins
Frankston	Labor	Alistair Harkness	Rochelle McArthur	Wendy Smith	Michael Pleiter		Fletcher Davis (Ind)
Geelong	Labor	Ian Trezise	Scott Dixon	Bruce Lindsay	Gary Plumridge		Elsie Teer (PP)
Gembrook	Labor	Tammy Lobato	Simon Wildes	Gordon Watson	Peter Gebbing	Peter McConachy	Robyn Allcock (PP) Frank Dean (Ind)
Gippsland East	Independent	Zach Smith	Peter Bommer	Geoff de Jonge	Dean Beveridge	Chris Nixon	Clint Eastwood (Ind) Craig Ingram* (Ind)
Gippsland South	National	Steve Boyce	Simon Wilson	Jackie Dargaville	Clare Heath	Peter Ryan	Theo Alblas (CEC) Jo McCubbin (Ind)
Hastings	Labor	Rosy Buchanan	Neale Burgess	Francine Buckley	Melanie Marcin	Jim King	Stuart Holm (PP)
Hawthorn	Liberal	John McNally	Ted Baillieu	Lynda Birch	Veronica Sidhu
Ivanhoe	Labor	Craig Langdon	Maxwell Gratton	Marisa Palmer	Kevin Tan		Jenny Mulholland (Ind)
Keilor	Labor	George Seitz	John Clifford	Lisa Asbury	Scott Amberley
Kew	Liberal	Maree Williams	Andrew McIntosh	Emma Henley	Wallis Patterson		John Dobinson (Ind)
Kilsyth	Labor	Dympna Beard	David Hodgett	Salore Craig	Gillian Schwab		Patsy Hill (Ind)
Kororoit	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	Mick Alexander		Tania Walters		Andre Kozlowski (CEC)
Lara	Labor	John Eren	Angelo Kakouros	Catherine Jones	Peter Haines		Brent Lyons-Lee (PP)
Lowan	National	Paul Battista	Katrina Rainsford	Rob Daly	Graeme Presser	Hugh Delahunty
Lyndhurst	Labor	Tim Holding	Gary Anderton	Andrew Henley	Jenny Walsh		Gordon Ford (Ind)
Macedon	Labor	Joanne Duncan	Robyne Head	Leigh Johnson	Frank O'Connor		Barry Dave (Ind) Rob Guthrie (PP) Steve Medcraft (Ind)
Malvern	Liberal	Paul Vout	Michael O'Brien	Tania Giles	Ann Grauer		Deborah Holmes (PP)
Melbourne	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	Steve Pappas	Richard Di Natale	Rebecca Gebbing		Kevin Chamberlin (Ind) Isabell Collins (PP)
Melton	Labor	Don Nardella	Graham Hooper	Jeremy Sanders	Pamela Lee		John Goodman (Ind) John Southall (Ind)
Mildura	Independent	Alison Smith	Gavin Sedgmen	Bruce Rivendell		Peter Crisp	Chris Katis (Ind) Russell Savage (Ind)
Mill Park	Labor	Lily D'Ambrosio	Adam Papaevangelou	Benedict Hughes	Carmen McLeod		Christine Stow (PP)
Mitcham	Labor	Tony Robinson	Philip Daw	Robert Redman	Miriam Rawson		Peter Allan (Ind) Sharon Partridge (PP)
Monbulk	Labor	James Merlino	Clive Larkman	Robert Stephen	Carl Huybers		Joanne Stride (PP)
Mordialloc	Labor	Janice Munt	Stephen Hartney	Shana Nerenberg	Jadah Milroy
Mornington	Liberal	William Puls	David Morris	Malcolm Jones	Thea Clarke		Mark Fleming (PP)
Morwell	Labor	Brendan Jenkins	Stephen Parker	Jeff Wrathall	Katy Koo	Russell Northe	Lisa Proctor (Ind) Ian Radford (PP)
Mount Waverley	Labor	Maxine Morand	Michael Gidley	John Poppins	John Boland		Kali Paxinos (PP) Neil Smith (Ind)
Mulgrave	Labor	Daniel Andrews	Ashton Ashokkumar	Jon Owen	Penny Badwal
Murray Valley	National	Lauren O'Neill	Nick McHugh	Carol Kunert	Gary Duke	Ken Jasper
Narracan	Labor	Ian Maxfield	Gary Blackwood	Kate Jackson	Terry McKenna	John Verhoeven	Steven Bird (CEC) Roger Marks (PP)
Narre Warren North	Labor	Luke Donnellan	Mick Morland	Bree Taylor	Peterine Smulders		Ian Murphy (PP)
Narre Warren South	Labor	Judith Graley	Michael Shepherdson	Meg Tanti	Bronwyn Rawlins
Nepean	Liberal	Anne Marshall	Martin Dixon	Henry Kelsall	Craig Nelson
Niddrie	Labor	Rob Hulls	James Buonopane	Gwen Lee	Mark Markovic
Northcote	Labor	Fiona Richardson	Graham Watt	Alex Bhathal	Daniel Willis		Darren Lewin-Hill (Ind)
Oakleigh	Labor	Ann Barker	Colin Dixon	Matthew Billman	Joyce Khoo
Pascoe Vale	Labor	Christine Campbell	Claude Tomisich	David Collis	Stefan Pittari		Noelene Isherwood (CEC)
Polwarth	Liberal	Darren Cheeseman	Terry Mulder	Natalie Atherden	Trevor Pearce
Prahran	Labor	Tony Lupton	Clem Newton-Brown	Justin Walker	Gary Pinto
Preston	Labor	Robin Scott	Peter Hammond	Chris Chaplin	Christopher Field		Robert Barwick (CEC)
Richmond	Labor	Richard Wynne	Maina Walkley	Gurm Sekhon	Ann Bown Seeley		Richard Grummet (PP) Steve Jolly (Ind) Luke Watts (Ind)
Ripon	Labor	Joe Helper	Vic Dunn	Steve Morse	Leanne Rawson	Robyn Smith
Rodney	National	Nicola Castleman	Neil Repacholi	Beck Lowe	Paul Bachelor	Paul Weller	Tony Murphy (Ind) Jeff Simmons (Ind)
Sandringham	Liberal	Noel Pullen	Murray Thompson	Bruce McPhate	Stuart Campbell		Sonia Castelli (Ind)
Scoresby	Liberal	Gerry Raleigh	Kim Wells	Rex Thompson	Peter Lake		John Tibble (PP)
Seymour	Labor	Ben Hardman	Mike Dalmau	Sean O'Sullivan	Josh Dolan		Robert Gordon (PP)
Shepparton	National	James Taylor	Stephen Merrylees	Doug Ralph	Neil Meyer	Jeanette Powell
South Barwon	Labor	Michael Crutchfield	Michael King	Matthew Walters	Jonathan Tinney		John Lambert (Ind)
South-West Coast	Liberal	Roy Reekie	Denis Napthine	Phoebe Adams	Barry Wilson	David O'Brien	Mike Noske (PP)
Swan Hill	National	Glenn Morrison	Suellen Tomamichel	Simon Roberts	Martin Jones	Peter Walsh	Trudy Campbell (CEC)
Tarneit	Labor	Tim Pallas	Mark Rose	Pamela Boyd	Christopher Harrison		John Gibbons (Ind) Michael Goldsworthy (PP)
Thomastown	Labor	Peter Batchelor	Simon Coles	Jen Hargrave	Tim Rebecchi
Warrandyte	Liberal	Jarrod Panther	Ryan Smith	David Ellis	Paul Bronti
Williamstown	Labor	Steve Bracks	Alan Evers-Buckland	Michael Faltermaier	Veronica Hayes		Wajde Assaf (Ind)
Yan Yean	Labor	Danielle Green	Aneta Ivanovski	Karin Geradts	Matthew Field		Belinda Clarkson (Ind) Brian Mawhinney (PP)
Yuroke	Labor	Liz Beattie	Catherine Finn	Belinda Connell	George Barrett

Legislative Council

The 40 members of the Legislative Council were elected under a proportional representation system. Each region elected five members. Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Eastern Metropolitan

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	DLP candidates

Shaun Leane* Brian Tee* Andrew McKenzie Coral Delarue Mike Symon	Richard Dalla-Riva* Bruce Atkinson* Jan Kronberg* Gladys Liu Matthew Koce	Bill Pemberton Kiera Perrott Nina Scott Howard Tankey Janet Powell	Chris Willis May Ng Fiona Bronte John Bridge Pat Murray	Greg Byrne Ken Wells
Democrats candidates	People Power candidates

Craig Beale Mary Dettman Rachel Aza	Karin Orpen John Giles

Eastern Victoria

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates

Matt Viney* Johan Scheffer* Glenyys Romanes Gregg Cook Ann Dettrick	Philip Davis* Edward O'Donohue* Susie Manson Sarah Meredith Daniel Hyland	Peter Hall* Janice Coates Wesley Head Jenny Hammett Neville Buckland	Louis Delacretaz Jill Redwood George Beardsley Catheryn Thompson Daniel Jordan	Cameron Eastman Joshua Reimer Wendy Buchanan Mark Harvey Marcus van Enik
DLP candidates	People Power candidates	CDP candidates	Country Alliance candidates	Group F candidates

Pat Crea Pat Lamanna Margaret Hansen Teresa Evelyn-Liardet	Gabriela Byrne Jodie Hughson	Wolfgang Voigt Eddie Brockhus	Andrew Jones Peter Kelly	Henrie Ellis Stephen Pearman
Ungrouped candidates

Adnan Glibanovic

Northern Metropolitan

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	DLP candidates

Theo Theophanous* Jenny Mikakos* Nazih Elasmar* Michele Ryan Joe Caputo	Matthew Guy* Dino de Marchi Emilia Arnus	Greg Barber* Priya Carey Hoa Pham Glenn Osboldstone Daniel Marti	Liz Bos Amy Shand Giacomo Angeli Roy Crea	John Mulholland Kevin Harwood
Democrats candidates	People Power candidates	Group D candidates

Geoff Lutz Jessica Healy Robert Stone	Barbara Biggs Vern Hughes	Joseph Kaliniy Koulla Mesaritis Alexios Alexopoulos Mousti Senkul

Northern Victoria

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates

Candy Broad* Kaye Darveniza* Marg Lewis Brad Dobson Jamie Byron	Wendy Lovell* Donna Petrovich* John Lithgow Zie Devereux Michael Gillies Smith	Damian Drum* Rachel McAsey Justin Scholz Robert Michell Brian O'Sullivan	Jennifer Alden Jon Baly Jenny O'Connor	Nathan Hulls Mary Lou Corboy Nathanael Valentine Helen Leach
DLP candidates	People Power candidates	CDP candidates	Country Alliance candidates	Group E candidates

Andrew Robinson Paul McCormack Sharon Lane	Denise Allen Phil Bachmann	Phil Seymour Ewan McDonald	Danny Lee Fred Goodwin	Stefano de Pieri Helen Healy Geoff Brown Joe Rocca Neil Fettling
Group H candidates

Laurie Whelan Peter O'Brien

South Eastern Metropolitan

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	DLP candidates

Gavin Jennings* Adem Somyurek* Bob Smith* Vince Rossi Shilana Yip	Gordon Rich-Phillips* Inga Peulich* Ken Ong Susanne La Fontaine John Aivaliotis	Jim Reiher Nicole Avery Dean Andrew	Ann-Marie Hermans Steven Ashdown Ann Ross Annette Blazé	Denise de Graaff Frances Murphy
Democrats candidates	People Power candidates	CDP candidates	Group E candidates

Karen Bailey David Batten Daniel Berk	Linda Hancock Maria Pazaitis	Sandra Herrmann Jenny Zuiderwyk	Geraldine Gonsalvez Julie Boustead

Southern Metropolitan

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	DLP candidates

John Lenders* Evan Thornley* Shelly Freeman Alexandria Hicks Pablo Salina	David Davis* Andrea Coote* David Southwick Michael Heffernan Kaye Farrow	Sue Pennicuik* Heather Welsh Ray Walford Clare Pilcher Teresa Puszka	John McSwiney John Friebel Brian Campbell	Gerry Flood Brian Maunder Terry O'Hanlon
Democrats candidates	People Power candidates	Group C candidates	Ungrouped candidates

Paul Kavanagh Margaret Mitsikas John Mathieson	Stephen Mayne Judith Voce	Rita Bentley Geoff Taylor	John Myers

Western Metropolitan

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates	DLP candidates

Justin Madden* Khalil Eideh* Martin Pakula* Henry Barlow Lisa Zanatta	Bernie Finn* Stephen Reynolds Wayne Tseng Ann Bitans	Colleen Hartland* Nam Bui Robert Humphreys Liz Ingham Nora Tchekmeyan	Ashley Alp Anh Nguyen Robert Walker Marie Spataro Roger San Jose	Mark Beshara Shane McCarthy
Democrats candidates	People Power candidates

Robert Livesay Danii Coric Roger Howe	Max Jackson Christine Williams

Western Victoria

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Greens candidates	Family First candidates

Jaala Pulford* Gayle Tierney* Elaine Carbines Christine Couzens Chris Papas	John Vogels* David Koch* Kate Bullen Paul Johnston John Oxley	Samantha McIntosh Peter McIntyre	Marcus Ward Gillian Blair Stephen Chenery Karen McAloon Judy Cameron	Gordon Alderson Monique Podbury Michael Croot Anna Jennings Michael Albers
DLP candidates	People Power candidates	Socialist candidates	Country Alliance candidates	Ungrouped candidates

Peter Kavanagh* Clare Power David Power Michael Casanova Leanne Casanova	Greg Jones Lachlan Jones	Sue Bull Rowan Stewart	Miles Hodge Ron Heath	John Camilleri

Preselected candidates who resigned

Jack Reilly resigned as the No 1 People Power candidate for Northern Metropolitan on Saturday 16 September 2006.
Helen Buckingham resigned as the No 3 ALP candidate for Eastern Metropolitan.
Mary Delahunty resigned as the ALP incumbent candidate for Northcote.
Stephen Mayne resigned as the No. 1 People Power candidate for Southern Metropolitan on 18 October 2006, but he reversed this decision on 1 November 2006.
Wally Rogers resigned as the Liberal candidate for Yuroke due to illness.
Frank Dawood resigned as the Liberal candidate for Dandenong.
Andrew Olexander did not nominate after all

References

National Executive finalises Victorian Upper House Ticket, 14 March 2006
Liberal Candidates for the 2006 Election
Peter Hall to stand for Gippsland Province
Nationals ticket for Northern Region, 8 May 2006
People Power Victorian Candidates, 7 June 2006
People Power Victorian State Election, 7 June 2006
Country Alliance: Rural – Regional – Recreational Candidates, 7 June 2006
Stefano de Pieri – Candidate for Northern Victoria Region, 7 June 2006
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia – http://www.dlp.org.au, 20 June 2006
Liberal Candidates for the 2006 Election, 21 June 2006
The Age – Another party shooting at its own foot – Warrandyte Liberal pre-selection, 30 June 2006
Greens Candidates