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Paul Mercurio

LaborVictorian Legislative Assembly

Paul Mercurio

Member for Hastings, Labor

Acting Speaker.

About

About Paul Mercurio

Paul Mercurio is the Australian Labor Party member for Hastings in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and currently serves as Acting Speaker. He is a former actor, choreographer and TV presenter who was a Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor before entering Parliament. His Facebook and Instagram ads focus on infrastructure transport, health and education.

Born
31 March 1963, Swan Hill, Victoria
Member since
2022, Hastings
Previous role
Councillor, Mornington Peninsula Shire, elected November 2020
Before parliament
Dancer, choreographer, actor, TV presenter, brewer, cook and restaurateur
Education
Studied at the Australian Ballet School

Summarised by AI from Paul Mercurio, Parliament of Victoria and Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Promises

What Paul Mercurio is promising

Quoted from their own Facebook and Instagram ads, most repeated first.

  1. Dental care

    A re-elected Carroll Labor Government will make dental free!

    See the adFrom Paul Mercurio

  2. Dental clinics

    The Premier made just recently about building 20 free dental clinics right around the region.

    See the adFrom Paul Mercurio

Ads

What Paul Mercurio spends on ads

Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library.

Spent on ads
under $300
Ads seen
3
Running now
3

Paid for by Paul Mercurio MP, according to the ads' disclaimers.

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Biggest ads

Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it.

What the ads are about

Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads.

  • Infrastructure transport1 ad
  • Health1 ad
  • Education1 ad

Votes

How Paul Mercurio voted

Recorded votes in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 20 December 2022, from Hansard.

All votes in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
340votes cast
92%of 368 divisions held
0votes against their party line

  1. Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026: introduction and first reading

    Voting yes supported introducing the Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026, which would amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 to give police greater powers to search persons for weapons. The motion was defeated, so the bill was not introduced.

    Voted noDefeated 29 to 51

  2. Community leaders

    Voting yes supported keeping the original wording of the motion titled Community leaders, which rejects the proposed amendment to omit that word.

    Voted yesPassed 52 to 27

  3. Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Bill 2026: introduction

    Voting yes supported the Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Bill 2026 being introduced to Parliament, which only starts its formal progress and does not agree to its contents.

    Voted noDefeated 31 to 48

  4. Education and Training Reform Amendment (Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Schools and Other Matters) Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Schools and Other Matters) Bill 2026 being read a second and third time, which agrees with its main idea and passes it.

    Voted yesPassed 52 to 27

  5. Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026 being read a second time, agreeing to government amendments 1 to 3, and passing its third reading.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 29

  6. Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026: third reading

    Voting yes supported the Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 0

  7. Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 29

  8. Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026: council’s amendments

    Voting yes supported the Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026 having the Council's amendments agreed to, which adds those amendments to the bill.

    Voted yesPassed 72 to 2

A member can miss a division for many reasons: illness, leave, ministerial duties, being in the chair or a pair arrangement. "Against their party" means at least three quarters of the rest of their party voted the other way; votes where any party split (usually free or conscience votes) don't count. Votes on procedure aren't listed.

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