Liberal
Registered Liberal Party of Australia – Victorian Division, first registered 26 March 1985 VEC
As the research records itcurrent composition, not a forecast
- Assembly seats
- 20
- Council seats
- 12
Status & organisation
The party is registered as “Liberal Party of Australia – Victorian Division”. It registered on 26 March 1985 and re-registered on 3 October 2024, with Alyson Hannam as registered officer on Collins Street VEC . The leader is Jess Wilson (Kew), who has held the job since 18 November 2025 and is the first woman to lead the Victorian Liberals. David Southwick is her deputy. The party holds 20 Assembly and 12 Council seats Election Tracker .
Current position
The Liberals lead on a 28–30% primary. Wilson’s net likeability is +23 against Carroll on −11, and she leads the preferred-premier contest 28–29% to Carroll’s 19–22% Poll Bludger . The party needs 16 net gains for a majority. Wilson says “the only way to do that is to elect a Liberal and Nationals government” ABC . She refuses to name One Nation as an ally, and Victorian Liberal president Phil Davis warned against chasing One Nation “to the fringe” Wikipedia . Former premier Jeff Kennett urged an “anti-Labor partnership” with One Nation Wikipedia .
Policy platform
The Liberals promise a coercive-control ban, which Labor has matched Wikipedia , and April 2026 bail and sentencing reform including a one-strike bail rule and “adult crime adult time” ABC . They would run a 10-year economic plan with a hiring freeze on non-frontline staff AFR . They would cut payroll tax and land tax, and restore a weekly red-bin collection Guardian . They promise $1.27bn for 25,000 extra surgeries The Saturday Paper and $1.7bn for 25 hybrid trains on the Melton and Wyndham Vale lines Poll Bludger . They would hire 3,000 police ABC . They would scrap VNI West and the Western Renewables Link, reverse the gas ban, and leave abortion law unchanged ABC . The party won the Nepean by-election in May 2026 despite challenges from One Nation and an independent ABC .
Recent results
In 2022 the Liberals won 19 seats and the Nationals 9. The party gained Prahran at the February 2025 by-election and held Nepean in May 2026 Wikipedia . Leadership has churned: Guy, then Pesutto in 2022, Battin in December 2024 and Wilson in November 2025 Wikipedia .
Policy record
Liberal-only 2026 commitment list: Liberals . Nationals commitments are kept separately at Nationals , with the eight documented divergences listed there. Cross-party comparison is on the front page.