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title: "Bass: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer"
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# Bass

In the Eastern Victoria region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/4aac19/contentassets/f76f5b762f51438fa4881c06b37986af/member-photo/1740.jpg?width=96&height=96&rmode=crop)**Jordan Crugnale** Labor, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/jordan-crugnale)

## On the ballot: 6 candidates

In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them.

1. 1 Chris Jobe Victorian Socialists
2. 2 Sophie Thorn Greens
3. 3 Nikole Schellekens One Nation
4. 4 Rochelle Halstead Liberal
5. 5 Ben Cauneac Family First
6. 6 Chris Buckingham Labor

Source: [Victorian Electoral Commission nominations](https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-districts/bass-district/nominations) (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members.

About

## About Bass

Bass is an electoral district in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, covering an area south-east of Melbourne from Clyde through rural areas to the coast at Inverloch and Phillip Island. The seat is held by Jordan Crugnale of the Australian Labor Party. The area includes Wonthaggi, Cowes, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup.

Created

Redistribution for the 2002 election

Area

1,358 square kilometres

Region

Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council

Previous members

Ken Smith (Liberal); Brian Paynter (Liberal)

Party history

First Labor member to win the seat or its predecessors

Re-contest announcement

Said in October 2025 she would not re-contest at 2026 election

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FBass), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Bass whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Bass yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Bass are on the [Victorian race](https://politics.computer/victoria) page.

## Other districts in Eastern Victoria

- [Evelyn](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/evelyn)
- [Gippsland East](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/gippsland-east)
- [Gippsland South](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/gippsland-south)
- [Hastings](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/hastings)
- [Monbulk](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/monbulk)
- [Mornington](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/mornington)
- [Morwell](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/morwell)
- [Narracan](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/narracan)
- [Nepean](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/nepean)
- [Pakenham](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/pakenham)

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