--- title: "Gippsland: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Gippsland: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gippsland" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, rural # Gippsland In Victoria. The advertiser we follow here has spent under $100 on Facebook and Instagram ads. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darren_Chester%2C_Aus_Nat_Party%2C_Fed_MP_Gippsland%2C_2009.jpg?width=96)**Darren Chester** Nationals, Gippsland ](https://politics.computer/mp/darren-chester) About ## About Gippsland Gippsland is a rural electoral division of the House of Representatives in eastern Victoria. It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Morwell, Sale and Traralgon. The seat is held by Darren Chester of The Nationals. Created Proclaimed in 1900; one of the original 65 divisions Named after Gippsland region, named for Sir George Gipps Held by the same party since 1922, by the National Party or its predecessor, the Country Party Previous members Allan McLean; Peter Nixon Classification Rural Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FGippsland), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Gippsland whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. 1. [Darren Chester MP](https://politics.computer/mp/darren-chester) MP, Nationals under $100 1 ad, 1 running At least Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) ## Their biggest ads - [![Backing Gippsland families… Regional families need access to affordable childcare. I visited Paynesville Child Care and caught up with Pa](https://politics.computer/media/eed7b55ec1bd22c4182348acd2fc5fe14289294f86f6689c5e0bcaa7f88c0620?w=480) Darren Chester MPUnder $100 spent Running since 5 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/eed7b55ec1bd22c4182348acd2fc5fe14289294f86f6689c5e0bcaa7f88c0620) ## Other divisions in Victoria - [Aston](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/aston) - [Ballarat](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/ballarat) - [Bendigo](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bendigo) - [Bruce](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bruce) - [Calwell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calwell) - [Casey](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/casey) - [Chisholm](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chisholm) - [Cooper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cooper) - [Corangamite](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/corangamite) - [Corio](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/corio) - [Deakin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/deakin) - [Dunkley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dunkley) - [Flinders](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/flinders) - [Fraser](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fraser) - [Gellibrand](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gellibrand) - [Goldstein](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/goldstein) - [Gorton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gorton) - [Hawke](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hawke) - [Holt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/holt) - [Hotham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hotham) - [Indi](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/indi) - [Isaacs](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/isaacs) - [Jagajaga](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/jagajaga) - [Kooyong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kooyong) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.