--- title: "South Barwon: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "South Barwon: 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/south-barwon" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) Victorian state district # South Barwon In the Western Victoria region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darren_Cheeseman.jpg?width=96)**Darren Cheeseman** Independent, South Barwon ](https://politics.computer/mp/darren-cheeseman) ## On the ballot: 8 candidates In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them. 1. 1 Rebecca Thistleton Labor 2. 2 Ron Nelson Independent 3. 3 Alan Barron Family First 4. 4 Freya Hedley Socialist Alliance 5. 5 Madilyn Gorman Victorian Socialists 6. 6 Josh Geard One Nation 7. 7 Izzy Scherrer Greens 8. 8 Libby Pettit Liberal Source: [Victorian Electoral Commission nominations](https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-districts/south-barwon-district/nominations) (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members. About ## About South Barwon South Barwon is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electoral district in Western Victoria, covering 621 km² south of the Barwon River, including parts of Geelong, Torquay and several rural towns. The sitting member is Darren Cheeseman, who holds the seat as an Independent and is a former federal MP. The seat was created in 1976 and was originally considered safe for the Liberal Party. Created 1976 Area 621 km² Population at 2021 census 92,460 Previous members Aurel Smith, Harley Dickinson, Alister Paterson, Michael Crutchfield, Andrew Katos 2022 result for Darren Cheeseman Retained seat with 59.8% two-party-preferred vote Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FSouth%5FBarwon), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for South Barwon whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for South Barwon yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach South Barwon are on the [Victorian race](https://politics.computer/victoria) page. ## 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) - [Polwarth](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/polwarth) - [Ripon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/ripon) - [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.