Official completed election data. Historical figures on this page use final VEC results. The 2026 candidate field and election-night classifications are identified separately.

Legislative Assembly district

Hastings

Held by Australian Labor Partygeneral-election margin 1.4%

Current memberPaul MercurioALP held since 2022

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2026 Hastings candidates

Pre-nomination

Pre-nomination fieldIncumbent and verified public announcements

Australian Labor Party

Paul MercurioParliament of Victoria

Incumbent

Liberal

Frank SchieflerLiberal Victoria

Announced candidate

Australian Greens

Isaac WilloughbyVictorian Greens

Preselected candidate

Chloe Coulson, Animal Justice Party candidate for Hastings

Animal Justice Party Victoria

Chloe CoulsonAnimal Justice Party Victoria

Preselected candidate

PAPhoto pending

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

Peter Angelico

Announced candidate

Candidate information is based on publicly announced or confirmed candidacies. The official ballot will be updated following confirmation by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Candidate field last checked: 28 September 2026

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Official VEC record

Past results

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26 November 20222022 state electionAustralian Labor Party won

First preferences

Candidate vote

Official VEC source

CandidateVotesVote

Tyson JackAnimal Justice Party

1,7364.21%

4.2%

Paul SaundersAustralian Greens

4,1189.99%

10.0%

Paul MercurioAustralian Labor Party

15,36137.26%

37.3%

Camille de WitLabour DLP

8332.02%

2.0%

Tom SaboFamily First Victoria

1,0012.43%

2.4%

Janet Felicity BensonFreedom Party of Victoria

1,2353.00%

3.0%

Briony HuttonLiberal

16,41539.81%

39.8%

Robert WhitehillIndependent

5331.29%

1.3%

Final recheck figures published by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Final count

Preference distribution

Paul MercurioAustralian Labor Party · 21,174 votes51.35%

51.4%

Briony HuttonLiberal · 20,058 votes48.65%

48.6%

24 November 20182018 state electionLiberal won

First preferences

Candidate vote

Official VEC source

CandidateVotesVote

Nathan LesslieAustralian Greens

3,8118.67%

8.7%

Simon MeyerAustralian Labor Party

16,91638.47%

38.5%

Neale BurgessLiberal

20,36146.31%

46.3%

Georgia KnightAnimal Justice Party

2,8806.55%

6.5%

Final recheck figures published by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Final count

Preference distribution

Simon MeyerAustralian Labor Party · 21,516 votes48.94%

48.9%

Neale BurgessLiberal · 22,452 votes51.06%

51.1%

29 November 20142014 state electionLiberal won

First preferences

Candidate vote

Official VEC source

CandidateVotesVote

Scot LeslieAustralian Country Alliance

9402.26%

2.3%

Paul MadiganIndependent

3430.82%

0.8%

Derek FaganAustralian Greens

3,0967.44%

7.4%

Neale BurgessLiberal

21,31651.20%

51.2%

Steven HoskingAustralian Labor Party

13,10931.49%

31.5%

Colin RobertsonRise Up Australia Party

6971.67%

1.7%

Robert AnderssonIndependent

2,1335.12%

5.1%

Final recheck figures published by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Final count

Preference distribution

Neale BurgessLiberal · 24,036 votes57.65%

57.6%

Steven HoskingAustralian Labor Party · 17,657 votes42.35%

42.4%

Local voting pattern

First-preference votes by voting booth

Official completed VEC figures for the most recent election

First-preference votes by voting booth2022 state election · 26 November 2022

Completed first-preference recheck figures supplied by the Victorian Electoral Commission. This table lists ordinary voting centres only. Early, postal, absent and other declaration votes are excluded.

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Hastings voting centreBalnarring

Tyson JackAnimal Justice Party23 votes

Paul SaundersAustralian Greens170 votes

Paul MercurioAustralian Labor Party253 votes

Camille de WitLabour DLP22 votes

Tom SaboFamily First Victoria7 votes

Janet Felicity BensonFreedom Party of Victoria20 votes

Briony HuttonLiberal251 votes

Robert WhitehillIndependent12 votes

Informal votes 29Total ordinary votes 787

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Hastings first-preference votes by ordinary voting centre at the 2022 state election
Voting booth	Tyson JackAnimal Justice Party	Paul SaundersAustralian Greens	Paul MercurioAustralian Labor Party	Camille de WitLabour DLP	Tom SaboFamily First Victoria	Janet Felicity BensonFreedom Party of Victoria	Briony HuttonLiberal	Robert WhitehillIndependent	Informal	Total
Balnarring	23	170	253	22	7	20	251	12	29	787
Baxter	45	87	399	17	33	35	414	15	70	1,115
Bittern	17	73	216	3	18	26	159	5	35	552
Crib Point	43	95	204	4	24	26	191	11	37	635
Hastings	41	97	334	27	23	68	399	13	82	1,084
Langwarrin	76	134	499	44	48	67	520	11	70	1,469
Langwarrin Hall	57	116	415	46	53	40	413	21	80	1,241
Langwarrin Park	53	125	534	33	25	40	475	10	55	1,350
Somers	11	101	125	2	4	10	144	5	18	420
Somerville	56	101	554	41	26	44	522	22	80	1,446
Somerville West	68	206	651	40	41	55	720	27	106	1,914
Tyabb	23	65	233	14	18	21	258	6	34	672
Westpark	17	41	116	2	10	12	95	7	14	314
Woodlands	35	93	429	17	25	24	340	6	60	1,029

Source: Victorian Electoral Commission completed results. View the VEC voting-centre table

District information

About Hastings

VEC district profile ↗

District area395.48 km²

Legislative Council regionEastern Victoria Region

Most recent election2022 state election26 November 2022

Current memberPaul MercurioAustralian Labor Party

District area and region are from the current Victorian Electoral Commission district profile. Election figures are from the completed results linked above.

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