Bendigo West

Labor-held. Held by Labor on a two-candidate-preferred margin of 14.6.

ABC Tally Room Wikipedia

What is happening herethe 2026 record for this seat

2026 note

Retiring; NAT + O-N

Member

Edwards (Labor). The 2026 note above records a retiring member.

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Who is coming for it

The research does not name a projected challenger for this seat.

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Who is standing

5 candidates announced · 5 with a party logo instead

Brenton Baldwin Labor
David Hutchings The Nationals
Ellen Morgan One Nation
Liza Shaw The Greens
Tayne Shalevski Victorian Socialists

Announced candidacies as the ABC's candidate tracker records them. Nominations close 9 November 2026, so this list can change; it is not a ballot paper and the order carries no meaning. ABC VEC

Incumbent win chance

No probability is published for this seat — the model runs an incumbent win figure for the seven districts on its own list, and Bendigo West is not among them.

The Swing Is On

Evidence

No separate evidence line is recorded for this seat.

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Where it sits

Bendigo West is one of the 11 Legislative Assembly districts that make up the Northern Victoria Region, which elects five members to the Legislative Council. The region covers 102,170 km².

2022 Council result

Lib 1 (Lovell), ALP 1 (Symes), Nat 1 (Broad), AJP 1 (Purcell), ON 1 (Tyrrell)

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The district

Bendigo West filled in, among all 88 districts. Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to pan, double-click to go in and back out. Boundaries: Vicmap State Assembly Polygon 2022, simplified for drawing. Vicmap

Held by, challenged by

Holding Labor Edwards, since the 2022 election.
Challenging Not named in the research

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Are you in this seat?

The percentage is how much of each postcode’s enrolment falls in this district.

3555 14,849 voters · 92% Big Hill, Golden Gully, Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat
3550 9,375 voters · 30% Bendigo, East Bendigo, Flora Hill, Ironbark, Kennington and 7 more
3450 5,829 voters · 100% Castlemaine, Moonlight Flat
3551 5,578 voters · 20% Arnold, Arnold West, Ascot, Axe Creek, Axedale and 30 more
3451 4,492 voters · 93% Barkers Creek, Campbells Creek, Chewton, Chewton Bushlands, Faraday and 10 more
3556 2,607 voters · 24% California Gully, Campbells Forest, Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, Jackass Flat and 5 more
3515 2,082 voters · 100% Marong, Shelbourne, Wilsons Hill
3463 2,057 voters · 92% Baringhup, Baringhup West, Bradford, Eastville, Gower and 7 more
3453 1,242 voters · 83% Harcourt, Harcourt North, Ravenswood, Ravenswood South
3462 1,056 voters · 100% Green Gully, Muckleford South, Newstead, Sandon, Welshmans Reef
3461 100 voters · 3% Bullarto, Bullarto South, Clydesdale, Coomoora, Denver and 23 more
3516 88 voters · 14% Bridgewater, Bridgewater North, Bridgewater On Loddon, Derby, Leichardt and 1 more
3364 82 voters · 5% Allendale, Ascot, Bald Hills, Barkstead, Blampied and 18 more
3472 23 voters · 2% Bet Bet, Betley, Bromley, Dunluce, Dunolly and 6 more

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Elsewhere

The full pendulum The players

Where no player is listed, the research places none here — a gap in the record, not a seat with no activity.