Candidates finalised for 2025 federal election

THE field contesting this year’s federal election has been set, with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) releasing the final list of candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate today (Friday, April 11).

Australians will head to the polls in less than a month, on May 3.

The AEC conducted blind draws to randomly determine the ballot paper order in electorate offices across Australia at 12 noon.

Candidates are listed here in ballot paper order.

Eight candidates in Corangamite, held by Labor:

• Kate Lockhart – Independent (Voices of Corangamite)
• James Jackson – Trumpet of Patriots
• Paul Barker – Libertarian Party
• Mitch Pope – The Greens
• Colin Seabrook – Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
• Libby Coker – Australian Labor Party
• Harley Mackenzie – Legalise Cannabis Party
• Darcy Dunstan – Liberal.

Six candidates in Corio, held by Labor:

• Adam Helman – Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
• Sarah Hathway – Socialist Alliance
• John De Lorenzo – Independent
• Emilie Flynn – The Green
• Darren Buller – Liberal
• Richard Marles – Australian Labor Party.

Nine candidates in Wannon, held by the Liberals:

• Alex Dyson – Independent
• Lee-Ann Elmes – Family First
• Kate Gazzard – The Greens
• Julie Ann McCamish – Trumpet of Patriots
• Robbie Swan – Legalise Cannabis Party
• Leo Curtain – Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
• Dan Tehan – Liberal
• Fiona Mackenzie – Australian Labor Party
• Bernadine Atkinson – Independent.

In Victoria, there are 65 Senate candidates, including 19 group tickets.

Early voting opens on April 22, and applications for a postal vote close at 6pm on April 30.

The AEC says a record 98.2 per cent of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote in the federal election, representing 18,098,797 people.

The roll has increased by 870,000 people since the 2022 federal election, a rise of 5.0 per cent.

For more information on how and where to vote, head to aec.gov.au/Voting/ways_to_vote/