Candidates of the 2002 Victorian state election

The 2002 Victorian state election was held on 30 November 2002.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Alex Andrianopoulos MLA (Mill Park)
• Keith Hamilton MLA (Morwell)

Liberal

• Robert Dean MLA (Berwick)
• Rob Maclellan MLA (Pakenham)
• John Richardson MLA (Forest Hill)
• Ross Smith MLA (Glen Waverley)
• Garry Spry MLA (Bellarine)
• Mark Birrell MLC (East Yarra)
• Bruce Chamberlain MLC (Western)
• Geoff Craige MLC (Central Highlands)
• John Ross MLC (Higinbotham)

National

• Don Kilgour MLA (Shepparton)
• Barry Steggall MLA (Swan Hill)
• Ron Best MLC (North Western)
• Roger Hallam MLC (Western)

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	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Other candidates
Albert Park	Labor	John Thwaites	Virginia Browne (Lib)	John Middleton	Melanie Oke (Ind)
Altona	Labor	Lynne Kosky	Steve Lambrinakos (Lib)	Tony Briffa
Ballarat East	Labor	Geoff Howard	Gerard FitzGerald (Lib)	Scott Kinnear	Valiant Halborg (CEC) Suresh Pathy (Ind)
Ballarat West	Labor	Karen Overington	Judy Verlin (Lib)	Faye Backstrom	Rob Donker (CDP) Geoff Sullivan (Ind)
Bass	Liberal	John Anderson	Ken Smith (Lib)	Nikki Ludlow	Susan Davies (Ind) Kay Nesbit (Ind)
Bayswater	Liberal	Peter Lockwood	Gordon Ashley (Lib)	Jill Bannan
Bellarine	Liberal	Lisa Neville	Frank Kelloway	Catherine Jones
Benalla	Labor	Denise Allen	Andrew Dwyer (Lib) Bill Sykes* (Nat)	Peter Stewart
Benambra	Liberal	Barb Murdoch	Tony Plowman* (Lib) Geoff Reid (Nat)	Helen Lucas	Hannah Seymour (CDP)
Bendigo East	Labor	Jacinta Allan	Lisa Ruffell (Lib) Tracee Spiby (Nat)	David Petersen
Bendigo West	Labor	Bob Cameron	Geoff Austerberry (Lib) Robin Taylor (Nat)	Doug Ralph
Bentleigh	Liberal	Rob Hudson	Inga Peulich (Lib)	Penny Mitchell	Simon Hall (CEC)
Box Hill	Liberal	Robert Chong	Robert Clark (Lib)	Helen Harris
Brighton	Liberal	Rachelle Sapir	Louise Asher (Lib)	Clive Davies
Broadmeadows	Labor	John Brumby	Bentleigh Gibson (Lib)	Karin Geradts	Joseph Kaliniy (Ind) Sleiman Yohanna (CEC)
Brunswick	Labor	Carlo Carli	Rebecca Gauci (Lib)	Pamela Curr	Steven Bird (CEC) Judy McVey (SA) Tony Morton (Ind) Ken Taylor (Ind)
Bulleen	Liberal	Chris Miras	Nicholas Kotsiras (Lib)	Matthew Wright
Bundoora	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	Melanie Randall (Lib)	Gayle McDonald	Walter Mellado (CEC)
Burwood	Labor	Bob Stensholt	Di Rule (Lib)	Josephine Lee	Tom Morrissey (Ind)
Carrum	Labor	Jenny Lindell	Ross MacInnes (Lib)	Darren Bujeya	Michael Good (Ind)
Caulfield	Liberal	Harry Simon	Helen Shardey (Lib)	Ronen Becker
Clayton	Labor	Hong Lim	Andrew Wong (Lib)	George Kirby	Daniel Berk (Dem)
Cranbourne	Labor	Jude Perera	Gary Rowe (Lib)	Gareth Kennedy	Heather Stanton (CEC)
Dandenong	Labor	John Pandazopoulos	John Kelly (Lib)	Maree Kelly	Janet Cox (Ind) Earle Keegel (Ind)
Derrimut	Labor	Telmo Languiller	Adrian Lim (Lib)		Andre Kozlowski (CEC)
Doncaster	Liberal	Kate Dunn	Victor Perton (Lib)	Kerry Dawborn
Eltham	Liberal	Steve Herbert	Wayne Phillips (Lib)	Merinda Gray
Essendon	Labor	Judy Maddigan	Steve Reynolds (Lib)	Victor Lewis-Hansom	Colin Horne (CEC)
Evelyn	Liberal	Heather McTaggart	Christine Fyffe (Lib)	Rob Hay	Gabriela Byrne (Ind)
Ferntree Gully	Liberal	Anne Eckstein	Hurtle Lupton (Lib)	Stephen Bullock
Footscray	Labor	Bruce Mildenhall	Conrad D'Souza (Lib)	Janet Rice	Catherine Cumming (Ind) Justine Kamprad (SA) Martin Nguyen (Ind)
Forest Hill	Liberal	Kirstie Marshall	Vasan Srinivasan (Lib)	Adam Pepper	Rodney Campbell (Ind) Noel Spurr (Ind)
Frankston	Liberal	Alistair Harkness	Andrea McCall (Lib)	Henry Kelsall	Carolyn Chapple (CEC)
Geelong	Liberal	Ian Trezise	Stretch Kontelj (Lib)	Elsie Teer	Andrea Battistella (Ind) Miles Hodge (Ind) Richard Nixon (Ind)
Gembrook	Liberal	Tammy Lobato	Neil Lucas (Lib)	Noel Ridgway	Frank Dean (Ind)
Gippsland East	Independent	Terry Grange	Darren Chester (Nat) Leigh Dent (Lib)	Kevin Thiele	Ben Buckley (Ind) Craig Ingram* (Ind) Jacqueline McKeown (Ind)
Gippsland South	National	Gregg Cook	Jim Forbes (Lib) Peter Ryan* (Nat)	Chris Aitken
Hastings	Liberal	Rosy Buchanan	Neale Burgess (Lib)	Willem Olivier	Henry Broadbent (CEC)
Hawthorn	Liberal	Avis Meddings	Ted Baillieu (Lib)	Tania Giles
Ivanhoe	Labor	Craig Langdon	Peter Nolan (Lib)	Glen Doreian	Martin Appleby (Ind) Anna Morton (Ind) Gary Schorel-Hlavka (Ind)
Keilor	Labor	George Seitz	Darren Buller (Lib)	Steve Nosal
Kew	Liberal	Maree Williams	Andrew McIntosh (Lib)	Cheryl Clark	Mary Dettman (Dem)
Kilsyth	Liberal	Dympna Beard	Lorraine Elliott (Lib)	Lorraine Leach
Kororoit	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	Joe Fenech (Lib)		Amanda George (Ind) Bernard Reilly (Ind)
Lara	Labor	Peter Loney	Linda Ristevski (Lib)	Kim Baranowski	Brigitte Ellery (SA)
Lowan	National	Charles Williams	Hugh Delahunty* (Nat) Howard Templeton (Lib)	David Brain
Lyndhurst	Labor	Tim Holding	Alan Hood (Lib)	Theos Patrinos	Gordon Ford (Ind)
Macedon	Liberal	Joanne Duncan	Bernie Finn (Lib)	Marcus Ward	Bradley Scott (CEC)
Malvern	Liberal	Rolf Sorensen	Robert Doyle (Lib)	Robert Trafficante	Norman Pollack (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	Sue Bourke (Lib)	Richard Di Natale	Jeremy Beck (CEC) Michael Cebon (Ind) Kevin Chamberlin (Ind) Maxine Fensom (Ind) Arun Pradhan (SA)
Melton	Labor	Don Nardella	Richard Gough (Lib)	Ken Stewart	John Goodman (Ind) John Hyett (Ind) Frank McColl (Ind) Terry Muscat (Ind)
Mildura	Independent	John Zigouras	Tom Crouch (Nat) Stan Sleep (Lib)	Bruce Rivendell	Tony Cursaro (Ind) Russell Savage* (Ind)
Mill Park	Labor	Lily D'Ambrosio	Lucas Kostadinoski (Lib)	Berhan Ahmed	Brian Mawhinney (Dem)
Mitcham	Labor	Tony Robinson	Russell Hannan (Lib)	Bill Pemberton	Liz Turner (Ind) Kaele Way (Ind)
Monbulk	Liberal	James Merlino	Steve McArthur (Lib)	Craig Smith	Tony Holland (Dem) Wolf Voigt (CDP)
Mordialloc	Liberal	Janice Munt	Geoff Leigh (Lib)	Shaun Monagle	Frank Gigliotti (CEC)
Mornington	Liberal	Judith Graley	Robin Cooper (Lib)	Paula Johnson
Morwell	Labor	Brendan Jenkins	Diane Blackwood (Lib) Jenny Hammett (Nat)	Catheryn Thompson	Harry Alexander (Ind) Brad Platschinda (Ind)
Mount Waverley	Liberal	Maxine Morand	Ron Wilson (Lib)	John Poppins	Therese Bennett (Dem) Matthew Bond (Ind)
Mulgrave	Labor	Daniel Andrews	Chris Kelly (Lib)	Colin Smith	Dikran Chabdjian (Ind)
Murray Valley	National	Lauren O'Neill	Ken Jasper* (Nat) Don Joyce (Lib)	Trisha Scott
Narracan	Liberal	Ian Maxfield	Ian Needham (Nat) Karen Stoll (Lib)	Kate Jackson	Tony Sayers (Ind)
Narre Warren North	Liberal	Luke Donnellan	Maree Luckins (Lib)	Glen Haywood
Narre Warren South	Liberal	Dale Wilson	Michael Shepherdson (Lib)	Thom Lyons
Nepean	Liberal	Carole Ford	Martin Dixon (Lib)	David De Rango
Niddrie	Labor	Rob Hulls	Susan Jennison (Lib)	Matthew Klugman	Pat Crea (DLP)
Northcote	Labor	Mary Delahunty	Graham Watt (Lib)	Sarah Nicholson	Paul Gallagher (CEC) Jackie Lynch (SA)
Oakleigh	Labor	Ann Barker	Peter Goudge (Lib)	Ollie Bennett	Tina Skouzis (Ind)
Pascoe Vale	Labor	Christine Campbell	Steve Clancy (Lib)	Peter Elgood	Craig Isherwood (CEC)
Polwarth	Liberal	Steve Gartland	Doug Chant (Nat) Terry Mulder* (Lib)	Natalie Atherden	Andrew Mitchell (Ind)
Prahran	Liberal	Tony Lupton	Leonie Burke (Lib)	Dinesh Mathew	John Gourlay (Dem) Abraham Lincoln (Ind)
Preston	Labor	Michael Leighton	Lawrence Dean (Lib)	Chris Chaplin	Noelene Isherwood (CEC)
Richmond	Labor	Richard Wynne	Paul Teiwes (Lib)	Gemma Pinnell	Stephen Jolly (Ind) Paul Mees (Ind)
Ripon	Labor	Joe Helper	Rob de Fegely (Lib) Kevin Erwin (Nat)	Phil Millar	John McCallum (Ind)
Rodney	National	Malcolm McCullough	Simon Frost (Lib) Noel Maughan* (Nat)	Peter Williams	Greg Toll (Ind)
Sandringham	Liberal	Justin Caruana	Murray Thompson (Lib)	Sam Watkins	Nicholas Eden (Ind)
Scoresby	Liberal	Pollyanne Williams	Kim Wells (Lib)	Genevieve O'Connell
Seymour	Labor	Ben Hardman	Mike Dalmau (Lib)	Chelsea McNab
Shepparton	National	Alan Calder	Stephen Merrylees (Lib) Jeanette Powell* (Nat)	John Griffiths	Chris Hazelman (Ind)
South Barwon	Liberal	Michael Crutchfield	Alister Paterson (Lib)	Iain Lygo	Eric Bullmore (Ind) Andrew Hepner (Ind)
South-West Coast	Liberal	Roy Reekie	Gerald Madden (Nat) Denis Napthine* (Lib)	Gillian Blair
Swan Hill	National	Graeme Hill	Suellen Tomamichel (Lib) Peter Walsh* (Nat)	Jacquie Kelly	Rob Sonogan (Ind)
Tarneit	Labor	Mary Gillett	James Hanrahan (Lib)		Christine Hudson (Ind)
Thomastown	Labor	Peter Batchelor	Adam Woolcock (Lib)	Zhivan Rendevski
Warrandyte	Liberal	Jarrod Panther	Phil Honeywood (Lib)	Barry Watson	Tim Petherbridge (HPA)
Williamstown	Labor	Steve Bracks	Alan Evers-Buckland (Lib)	Michele Finey	John Westbury (Ind)
Yan Yean	Liberal	Danielle Green	Matthew Guy (Lib)	Patrick Vaughan	Simon Steer (CEC)
Yuroke	Labor	Liz Beattie	Robert Dunstan (Lib)		Tanzir Chowdhury (CEC)

Legislative Council

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Democrats candidates	Other candidates
Ballarat	Labor	John McQuilten	Helen Bath (Lib)	Cherie Bridges	Geoff Lutz
Central Highlands	Liberal	Rob Mitchell	Cath Marriott (Lib) Rozi Parisotto (Nat)	Janet MacKenzie	Jos Vandersman
Chelsea	Liberal	Matt Viney	Vanthilda Lao (Lib)	Hilary Bray	Wendy Thacker
Doutta Galla	Labor	Monica Gould	Christina Tutone (Lib)	Jules Beckwith	Robert Livesay
East Yarra	Liberal	Tom Wilson	David Davis (Lib)	Peter Campbell	Kent Winzer	Bill French (Ind) Ronald Haack (HPA)
	Liberal	Will Fowles	Richard Dalla-Riva (Lib)	Wendy Salter	Ari Sharp
Eumemmering	Liberal	Adem Somyurek	Mick Morland (Lib)	Val Kay
Geelong	Liberal	John Eren	Ian Cover (Lib)	Bruce Murray	Erica Menheere-Thompson	Alan Barron (CDP) Val Nicholls (Ind)
Gippsland	National	Don Wishart	Peter Hall* (Nat) Peter Tyler (Lib)	Madelon Lane	Jo McCubbin
Higinbotham	Liberal	Noel Pullen	Michael Heffernan (Lib)	Tony McDermott	Derek Wilson
Jika Jika	Labor	Theo Theophanous	Thomas Flitner (Lib)	Alexandra Bhathal	Jess Healy
Koonung	Liberal	Helen Buckingham	Gerald Ashman (Lib)	Mick Kir		Jenny Manassa (HPA)
Melbourne	Labor	Gavin Jennings	Michael Christo (Lib)	Robyn Evans	Danii Coric
Melbourne North	Labor	Candy Broad	Henry Buch (Lib)	David Cuthbertson	Penelope Robertson
Melbourne West	Labor	Sang Nguyen	Peter Hammond (Lib)	Andrew Ellis	Barry Thomas
Monash	Liberal	Johan Scheffer	Peter Katsambanis (Lib)	Jo Lewis	David Zemdegs
North Eastern	National	Jackie Crothers	Kerrin Chambers (Nat) Wendy Lovell* (Lib)	Carol Kunert	Leanne Pleash	Phil Seymour (CDP)
North Western	National	Marg Lewis	Damian Drum* (Nat) Peter Kennedy (Lib)	Julie Rivendell		Laurie Whelan (Ind)
Silvan	Liberal	Carolyn Hirsh	Wendy Smith (Lib)	Michael Abson	Tony Carden	Leo Tischler (HPA)
Templestowe	Liberal	Lidia Argondizzo	Carlo Furletti (Lib)	Robyn Roberts		Lee-Anne Poynton (HPA) Reginald Temple (Ind)
Waverley	Labor	John Lenders	Denise McGill (Lib)	Heather Welsh	Polly Morgan
Western	Liberal	Lesley Jackson	John Vogels* (Lib) Greg Walcott (Nat)	Viola Spokes
	National	Stephen Clegg	David Koch* (Lib) David Miller (Nat)	Sally-Anne Brown
Western Port	Liberal	Geoff Hilton	Cameron Boardman (Lib)	Ian Hutchison

See also

• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 2002-2006
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2002-2006
• 2002 Victorian state election

References

• Victorian Electoral Commission Official Results
• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive