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Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election
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Candidates have been reported to be contesting seats for the House of Representatives and Senate at the 2025 Australian federal election.
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Nominations were closed at 3 pm on Thursday 11th April. The Australian Electoral Commission declared the nominations on 12pm, Friday 11 April.
There were 1,456 candidates in total (1,126 for the House of Representatives and 330 for the Senate). 898 were male, 547 were female and 11 unspecified.[1][2]
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Retiring members
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The seats of Hinkler (Queensland) and Maribyrnong (Victoria) were vacant at the time the federal election was called, following the resignation of Keith Pitt (Nationals) and Bill Shorten (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively. No by-elections were held for the seats due to their proximity to the general election.[3][4]
Labor
- Linda Burney MP (Barton, NSW) – announced retirement on 25 July 2024[5]
- Stephen Jones MP (Whitlam, NSW) – announced retirement on 30 January 2025[6]
- Brian Mitchell MP (Lyons, Tas) – announced retirement on 15 November 2024[7]
- Brendan O'Connor MP (Gorton, Vic) – announced retirement on 25 July 2024[5]
- Graham Perrett MP (Moreton, Qld) – announced retirement on 22 August 2024[8]
- Maria Vamvakinou MP (Calwell, Vic) – announced retirement on 9 June 2024[9]
- Senator Catryna Bilyk (Tas) – announced retirement on 22 November 2024[10]
- Senator Louise Pratt (WA) – announced retirement on 20 February 2024[11]
Liberal
- Karen Andrews MP (McPherson, Qld) – announced retirement on 18 April 2023[12]
- Warren Entsch MP (Leichhardt, Qld) – announced retirement on 9 April 2023[13]
- Paul Fletcher MP (Bradfield, NSW) – announced retirement on 10 December 2024[14]
- Nola Marino MP (Forrest, WA) – announced retirement on 4 December 2023[15]
- Gavin Pearce MP (Braddon, Tas) – announced retirement on 11 June 2024[16]
- Rowan Ramsey MP (Grey, SA) – announced retirement on 25 March 2024[17]
- Senator Linda Reynolds (WA) – announced retirement on 12 February 2024[18]
Nationals
- Mark Coulton MP (Parkes, NSW) – announced retirement on 25 March 2024[19]
- David Gillespie MP (Lyne, NSW) – announced retirement on 19 October 2024[20]
Independent
- Kylea Tink MP (North Sydney, NSW; abolished) – announced retirement on 7 December 2024[21]
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House of Representatives
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Sitting members are listed in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of New South Wales was reduced from forty-seven to forty-six in this determination.[22] On 12 September 2024, the Electoral Commission determined that the division of North Sydney will be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Warringah, Bradfield and Bennelong.
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Victoria was reduced from thirty-nine to thirty-eight in this determination.[22] On 5 September 2024, the Electoral Commissioner determined that the Division of Higgins will be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Chisholm, Hotham, Kooyong, Macnamara, and Melbourne.
Western Australia
On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Western Australia was increased from fifteen to sixteen in this determination.[22] In January 2024, a redistribution began in Western Australia.[23] In September 2024, the AEC announced the creation of the Division of Bullwinkel, and adjusted the boundaries of the surrounding electorates.[24] Bullwinkel is notionally Labor-held based on a margin from the 2022 election estimated by psephologist Antony Green.[25]
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Senate
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In an ordinary half-Senate election, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election, six (out of twelve) in each state and all four territory seats. Parties are ordered based on ballot order in the respective state or territory.
Australian Capital Territory
Two seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. Independent David Pocock (who runs for electoral purposes under his eponymous party) is defending one seat. Both incumbents are up for re-election.[26]
New South Wales
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal–National coalition is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Senators Deborah O'Neill (Labor), Dave Sharma (Liberal), Ross Cadell (National), David Shoebridge (Greens), Maria Kovacic (Liberal) and Jenny McAllister (Labor) are not up for re-election.
Northern Territory
Two seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party is defending one seat. Both incumbents are up for re-election.
Queensland
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. The Liberal National Party is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. One Nation is defending one seat. People First Party is defending one seat. Senators Penny Allman-Payne (Greens), Anthony Chisholm (Labor), James McGrath (Liberal National), Matt Canavan (Liberal National), Pauline Hanson (One Nation) and Murray Watt (Labor) are not up for re-election.
South Australia
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Senators Leah Blyth (Liberal), Don Farrell (Labor), Kerrynne Liddle (Liberal), Andrew McLachlan (Liberal), Barbara Pocock (Greens) and Penny Wong (Labor) are not up for re-election.
Tasmania
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. The Jacqui Lambie Network is defending one seat. Wendy Askew (Liberal), Jonathon Duniam (Liberal), Helen Polley (Labor), Anne Urquhart (Labor), Tammy Tyrrell (independent) and Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) are not up for re-election.
Victoria
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal–National coalition is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Independent David Van is defending one seat. Ralph Babet (UAP), Sarah Henderson (Liberal), Bridget McKenzie (National), Jana Stewart (Labor), Lisa Darmanin (Labor) and Lidia Thorpe (independent) are not up for re-election.
Western Australia
Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Michaelia Cash (Liberal), Dorinda Cox (Greens), Sue Lines (Labor), Fatima Payman (Australia's Voice), Dean Smith (Liberal) and Glenn Sterle (Labor) are not up for re-election.
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Summary by party
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Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party is contesting the Senate election in the respective state.
Unregistered parties and groups
- The Socialist Equality Party ran for the Senate as Group B in New South Wales and Group G in Victoria. They also endorsed candidates for the seats of Calwell (Morgan Peach), Newcastle (Robert Creech) and Oxley (Mike Head) in the House of Representatives.[27]
- The Good Party endorsed candidates for the seats of Kingsford Smith (Elsa Parker) and Page (Jordan Colless) in the House of Representatives.[28]
- The Australia First Party endorsed candidate Jim Saleam for the seat of Lindsay in the House of Representatives.[29]
- Public Interests Before Corporate Interests endorsed candidate Joseph Toscano for the seat of Flinders in the House of Representatives.[30]
- The United People's Party endorsed candidate Aijaz Moinuddin for the seat of Lalor in the House of Representatives.[31]
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Disendorsements and resignations
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Candidates who resign or are disendorsed as candidates after the close of nominations (10 April 2025) will still be listed as a candidate of their party on the ballot paper.
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Notes
- Candidates in this group were endorsed by the Socialist Equality Party, which does not have registered party status but still ran candidates as independents.
- Bradlow and Bock intended to run as "job sharing candidates". The AEC stated they would be required to reject the nomination, as electoral law does not allow two people to share a nomination for one seat.
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