--- title: "Polwarth: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Polwarth: 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/polwarth" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) Victorian state district # Polwarth In the Western Victoria region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days. The advertiser we follow here has spent $1.4K–$2.3K on Facebook and Instagram ads. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Riordan_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Richard Riordan** Liberal, Polwarth ](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-riordan) ## On the ballot: 7 candidates In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them. 1. 1 Lula Tolley Victorian Socialists 2. 2 [Richard Riordan](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-riordan) Liberal 3. 3 Hutch Hussein Labor 4. 4 Jesse Holden Greens 5. 5 Brenton Carbins Citizens Party 6. 6 Anna Malcolm One Nation 7. 7 Vince Colla Family First Source: [Victorian Electoral Commission nominations](https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-districts/polwarth-district/nominations) (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members. About ## About Polwarth Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in south-west rural Victoria, west of Geelong. Richard Riordan of the Liberal Party is the sitting member. The Liberal Party has held the seat continuously since 1970, according to Wikipedia. Created 1889 Region Western Victoria Held by the same party since 1970 (Liberal Party) Previous members Terry Mulder (Liberal), resigned 3 September 2015 By-election 31 October 2015, won by Richard Riordan Covers Colac and Corangamite LGAs, parts of Moyne, Golden Plains and Surf Coast Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FPolwarth), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Polwarth whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. 1. [Richard Riordan](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-riordan) MP, Liberal $1.4K –$2.3K 9 ads, 9 running At least Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) ## Other districts in Western Victoria - [Bellarine](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/bellarine) - [Eureka](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/eureka) - [Geelong](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/geelong) - [Lara](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/lara) - [Lowan](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/lowan) - [Melton](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/melton) - [Ripon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/ripon) - [South Barwon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/south-barwon) - [South-West Coast](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/south-west-coast) - [Wendouree](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/wendouree) --- [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.