{"id":61965,"date":"2022-11-20T04:51:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=61965"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:58:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T06:58:47","slug":"candidates-decided-for-victorian-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/candidates-decided-for-victorian-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates decided for Victorian election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VOTERS extremely keen to have their say in next week&#8217;s election are now doing so, with ballot draws finalised and early voting opening.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday this week, the Victorian Electoral Commission announced a record 115,065 votes were cast on the first day of early voting &#8211; a 52 per cent increase on the 75,612 votes cast on day one of early voting in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In the Geelong region, there are 39 candidates for the Legislative Assembly in the five electorates here.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates are listed here, in the order they were drawn to appear on the ballot paper on Friday last week:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LARA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtney Gardner &#8211; Greens<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Hathway &#8211; Socialist Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Krein &#8211; Liberal<\/li>\n<li>Steve Rankine &#8211; Family First Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Ella George &#8211; Labor<\/li>\n<li>Peter Kelly &#8211; Animal Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Ash Taylor &#8211; Angry Victorians Party<\/li>\n<li>Max Payne &#8211; Liberal Democrats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>GEELONG<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Madeleine Parker-Hill &#8211; Family First<\/li>\n<li>Angela Carr &#8211; Socialist Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Juhasz &#8211; Independent<\/li>\n<li>James Bennett-Hullin &#8211; Liberal<\/li>\n<li>Christine Couzens &#8211; Labor<\/li>\n<li>Bob Motta &#8211; Animal Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Aleisha Smith &#8211; Greens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>BELLARINE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Semmens &#8211; Greens<\/li>\n<li>Donnie Grigau &#8211; Liberal<\/li>\n<li>Guy Manuell &#8211; Family First Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Brett Anthony Ritchie &#8211; Derryn Hinch&#8217;s Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Kylee Muse &#8211; Freedom Party of Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Taylor &#8211; Angry Victorians Party<\/li>\n<li>Alison Marchant &#8211; Labor<\/li>\n<li>Adam Cardilini &#8211; Animal Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Fenton &#8211; Independent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>SOUTH BARWON<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Katos &#8211; Liberal<\/li>\n<li>Jeynelle Marie Dean &#8211; Derryn Hinch&#8217;s Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Genevieve Frances Dawson-Scott, Greens<\/li>\n<li>Leone Bates &#8211; Labor DLP<\/li>\n<li>Alan Barron &#8211; Family First Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Naomi Adams &#8211; Animal Justice Party<\/li>\n<li>Simone Tomlinson &#8211; Freedom Party of Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Darren Cheeseman &#8211; Labor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>POLWARTH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hilary McAllister &#8211; Greens<\/li>\n<li>Denes C. 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