This article provides details on candidates for the
2006 Victorian election, held on 25 November 2006.
Retiring MPs
Labor
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Mary Delahunty MLA (
Northcote) – announced retirement October 2006.
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Sherryl Garbutt MLA (
Bundoora
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea local government areas. Bundoora recorded a population of 28,068 at the ...
) – retired.
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Mary Gillett
Mary Jane Gillett, ''née'' Douglas (born 9 October 1958) is a former Australian politician.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, she graduated from Young High School in 1974 and received a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University i ...
MLA (
Tarneit
Tarneit () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. ...
) – lost preselection.
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Michael Leighton MLA (
Preston
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Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
) – retired.
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Peter Loney
Peter James Loney (born 3 February 1948 in Daylesford, Victoria) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2006, representing the electorates of Geelong North (1992-2 ...
MLA (
Lara) – retired after it became clear he would lose preselection.
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Bruce Mildenhall
Bruce Allan Mildenhall (born 27 March 1953 in Box Hill, Melbourne) was an Australian politician and a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria ...
MLA (
Footscray) – retired.
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Dale Wilson MLA (
Narre Warren South
Narre Warren South is an outer suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 39 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Narre Warren South recorded a population of 30,909 ...
) – lost preselection.
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Helen Buckingham
Helen Elizabeth Buckingham (born 17 November 1952) is a retired Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, representing Koonung Province. She is the daughter of former state L ...
MLC (
Koonung Province
Koonung Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.
It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished Boronia Province. It was a safe seat ...
) – retired due to ill health.
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Monica Gould MLC (
Doutta Galla Province
Doutta Galla Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both ...
) – retired.
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Geoff Hilton
John Geoffrey Hilton (born 13 October 1947) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, representing Western Port Province.
Hilton was born in St. Helens in the United Kingdo ...
MLC (
Western Port Province
Western Port Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished South Eastern Province. It was intended to be a two-member electorate, but it was abolished in 2006 as part o ...
– lost preselection.
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John McQuilten MLC (
Ballarat Province) – retired.
*
Sang Nguyen
Sang Minh Nguyen or Nguyễn Minh Sang (born 1 January 1960) is a Vietnamese-Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from May 1996 until November 2006, representing Melbourne West Province.
Biogra ...
MLC (
Melbourne West Province
Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1904 until 2006.
It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two), North Yarra Province and South Yarra Pro ...
) – lost preselection.
Liberal
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Robin Cooper MLA (
Mornington) – retired.
*
Robert Doyle
Robert Keith Bennett Doyle (born 20 May 1953) is an Australian politician who was the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008 until he resigned on 4 February 2018 amidst allegations of sexual harassment. He was previously M ...
MLA (
Malvern
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Places Australia
* Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne
* Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...
) – retired.
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Phil Honeywood MLA (
Warrandyte) – retired.
*
Victor Perton MLA (
Doncaster
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) – retired.
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Tony Plowman MLA (
Benambra) – retired.
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Ron Bowden MLC (
South Eastern Province
South Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces of Central and Eastern were abolished. The new South Eastern, ...
) – retired.
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Andrew Brideson
Andrew Ronald Brideson (born 19 October 1944) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 until 2006, representing Waverley Province. A former teacher and trade unionist, he was a backbench ...
MLC (
Waverley Province
Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changin ...
) – retired.
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Bill Forwood
William Forwood (born 21 October 1946) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2006, representing Templestowe Province.
Forwood is now Strategic Counsel for CPR Communications and ...
MLC (
Templestowe Province
Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party, but was held b ...
) – retired.
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Graeme Stoney MLC (
Central Highlands Province
Central Highlands Province was an electorate of the Legislative Council of Victoria
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) – retired.
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Chris Strong MLC (
Higinbotham Province
Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.
It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal throughout ...
) – lost preselection.
National
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Noel Maughan MLA (
Rodney) – retired.
*
Barry Bishop MLC (
North Western Province) – retired.
Independent
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Carolyn Hirsh
Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh (born 1 August 1937) is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party, she was forced to ...
MLC (
Silvan Province) – elected as Labor.
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Andrew Olexander
Andrew Phillip Olexander ( uk, Ендрю Філіп Олександер; born 26 February 1965) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from 1999 until 2006.
Pers ...
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.
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
Eastern Victoria
Northern Metropolitan
Northern Victoria
South Eastern Metropolitan
Southern Metropolitan
Western Metropolitan
Western Victoria
Preselected candidates who resigned
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Jack Reilly resigned as the No 1 People Power candidate for Northern Metropolitan on Saturday 16 September 2006.
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Helen Buckingham
Helen Elizabeth Buckingham (born 17 November 1952) is a retired Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, representing Koonung Province. She is the daughter of former state L ...
resigned as the No 3 ALP candidate for Eastern Metropolitan.
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Mary Delahunty resigned as the ALP incumbent candidate for Northcote.
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Stephen Mayne
Stephen Mayne (born 23 July 1969) is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, local government councillor, and self-described shareholder activist.
Career
Journalism
Mayne worked for a number of media outlets and was a media adviser to ...
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.
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Andrew Olexander
Andrew Phillip Olexander ( uk, Ендрю Філіп Олександер; born 26 February 1965) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from 1999 until 2006.
Pers ...
did not nominate after all
See also
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Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 2002-2006
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Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2002-2006
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2006 Victorian state election
The 2006 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 25 November 2006, was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 member ...
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Results of the Victorian state election, 2006
References
National Executive finalises Victorian Upper House Ticket 14 March 2006
Peter Hall to stand for Gippsland ProvinceNationals ticket for Northern Region
8 May 2006
7 June 2006
7 June 2006
7 June 2006
Stefano de Pieri – Candidate for Northern Victoria Region
7 June 2006
20 June 2006
Liberal Candidates for the 2006 Election
21 June 2006
30 June 2006
* ttp://www.vic.greens.org.au/news_listing Greens Candidates
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