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 last Friday 11 April.

Australians will head to the polls in less than three weeks on 3 May.

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

The region’s candidates are listed here in ballot paper order:

BALLARAT (7 candidates)

Candidate Name	Party
DORAN, Paula	Liberal
BARNES, John	The Greens
PRYSE-SMITH, Terri	Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
KING, Catherine	Australian Labor Party
PARKER, Luke	Independent
REDFERN, Ryan	Libertarian
HARKNESS, Ian Maxwell	Family First

 

CORANGAMITE (8 candidates)

Candidate Name	Party
LOCKHART, Kate	Independent
JACKSON, James	Trumpet of Patriots
BARKER, Paul	Libertarian
POPE, Mitch	The Greens
SEABROOK, Colin	Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
COKER, Libby	Australian Labor Party
MACKENZIE, Harley	Legalise Cannabis Party
DUNSTAN, Darcy	Liberal

 

CORIO (6 candidates)

Candidate Name	Party
HELMAN, Adam	Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
HATHWAY, Sarah	Socialist Alliance
DE LORENZO, John	Independent
FLYNN, Emilie	The Greens
BULLER, Darren	Liberal
MARLES, Richard	Australian Labor Party

 

WANNON (9 candidates)

Candidate Name	Party
DYSON, Alex	Independent
ELMES, Lee-Ann	Family First
GAZZARD, Kate	The Greens
MCCAMISH, Julie Ann	Trumpet of Patriots
SWAN, Robbie	Legalise Cannabis Party
CURTAIN, Leo	Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
TEHAN, Dan	Liberal
MACKENZIE, Fiona	Australian Labor Party
ATKINSON, Bernadine	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/