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title: "Bendigo West: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Bendigo West: who holds the seat, who's running at the Victorian election on 28 November, and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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# Bendigo West

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

## Sitting member

- [![](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/4aaf94/contentassets/f912ab23a4934163a38bb7b92351296e/member-photo/69.jpg?width=96&height=96&rmode=crop)**Maree Edwards** Labor, Bendigo West ](https://politics.computer/mp/maree-edwards)

## On the ballot: 7 candidates

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

1. 1 Tayne Shalevski Victorian Socialists
2. 2 David Hutchings Nationals
3. 3 Debra Tranter Animal Justice Party
4. 4 Brenton Baldwin Labor
5. 5 Liza Shaw Greens
6. 6 Christos Harisopoulos Family First
7. 7 Ellen Morgan One Nation

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

About

## About Bendigo West

Bendigo West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly centred on the city of Bendigo, covering 1,524 square kilometres and including Castlemaine, Harcourt and Maldon. It is held by Maree Edwards of the Australian Labor Party. The seat has generally been a safe seat for Labor.

Sitting member

Maree Edwards, Australian Labor Party

Region

Northern Victoria

Created

1904

Area

1,524 square kilometres

Previous members

David Smith, Arthur Cook, Bob Cameron

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

## Other districts in Northern Victoria

- [Benambra](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/benambra)
- [Bendigo East](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/bendigo-east)
- [Eildon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/eildon)
- [Euroa](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/euroa)
- [Macedon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/macedon)
- [Mildura](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/mildura)
- [Murray Plains](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/murray-plains)
- [Ovens Valley](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/ovens-valley)
- [Shepparton](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/shepparton)
- [Yan Yean](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/yan-yean)

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