--- title: "Murray Plains: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Murray Plains: who holds the seat, who's running at the Victorian election on 28 November, and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/vic/murray-plains" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) Victorian state district # Murray Plains In the Northern Victoria region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days. ## Sitting member - [![](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/4aaf86/contentassets/584c547566e543d0a5f7e109162379ce/member-photo/46.jpg?width=96&height=96&rmode=crop)**Peter Walsh** Nationals, Murray Plains ](https://politics.computer/mp/peter-walsh) ## On the ballot: 7 candidates In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them. 1. 1 Peita Collard Animal Justice Party 2. 2 Brett Hosking Nationals 3. 3 Ewan McDonald Family First 4. 4 Garner Smith One Nation 5. 5 Christine Grundy Labor 6. 6 Asyiqin Sanif Victorian Socialists 7. 7 Zoe Cook Greens Source: [Victorian Electoral Commission nominations](https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-districts/murray-plains-district/nominations) (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members. About ## About Murray Plains Murray Plains is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Northern Victoria, centred on the Murray River cities of Swan Hill and Echuca. It is held by Peter Walsh of The Nationals. The district was created in the 2013 redistribution and came into effect at the 2014 state election. Created Redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013 Came into effect 2014 state election Area covered Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Loddon and Campaspe local government areas Sitting member Peter Walsh, The Nationals Previous seat Swan Hill (abolished district), held by Peter Walsh Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FMurray%5FPlains), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Murray Plains whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Murray Plains yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Murray Plains 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) - [Bendigo West](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/bendigo-west) - [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) - [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) --- [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.