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Six incumbents explicitly identified as candidates by official 2026 reference data.", "One Nation": "All 93 headings including featured Pakenham outside candidate-grid; normalize region names.", "Victorian Socialists": "92 candidate anchors, names and adjacent electorate text in official directory.", "AJP": "27 directory candidates; profiles resolve two conflicting pod assignments.", "Family First": "5 Council bullets and 15 named Assembly table cells; blanks are recruiting gaps, not people.", "Sustainable Australia": "8 linked regional pages yield 10 names; do not stop at nameless landing page.", "The West Party": "Include linked Tarneit and Sydenham titles, not only h4.", "Socialist Alliance": "Official directory repeated; dedupe to 9. Unregistered affiliation distinct from ballot label.", "Legalise Cannabis": "Current candidate entries only; no incumbent inference or Nepean by-election import.", "Libertarian": "Jim Penman primary issuer PR, 11 February 2026; no directory or David Limbrick inference." }, "manualReviewClaims": [ { "name": "Chloe Nicolosi", "electorate": "Northern Metropolitan", "source": "https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/northern_metro_cp", "publishable": false, "reason": "Current directory and profile agree on Bundoora." }, { "name": "Rachel Unicomb", "electorate": "Preston", "source": "https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/northern_metro_cp", "publishable": false, "reason": "Current directory and profile agree on Broadmeadows." }, { "name": "Candace Field", "electorate": "Broadmeadows", "source": "https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/northern_metro_cp", "publishable": false, "reason": "Pod claim conflicts with current directory; no corroborating individual profile found." }, { "name": "Tim Gooden", "electorate": "Western Victoria", "source": "https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1462/news/socialist-alliance-trade-unionists-contest-western-victoria-region", "publishable": false, "reason": "Secondary 17 September report not corroborated in official party directory; excluded under primary-only scope." }, { "name": "Sue Bull", "electorate": "Western Victoria", "source": "https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1462/news/socialist-alliance-trade-unionists-contest-western-victoria-region", "publishable": false, "reason": "Secondary 17 September report not corroborated in official party directory; excluded under primary-only scope." }, { "name": "Ross Smith", "electorate": "Western Victoria", "source": "https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1462/news/socialist-alliance-trade-unionists-contest-western-victoria-region", "publishable": false, "reason": "Secondary 17 September report not corroborated in official party directory; excluded under primary-only scope." } ], "historicalEvents": [ { "name": "Moira Deeming", "party": "Liberal", "electorate": "Western Metropolitan", "status": "disendorsed", "statusDate": null, "sourcePublicationDate": "2026-07-30", "source": "https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-36094", "checked": "2026-10-02", "note": "Separate sourced historical event, not a current candidate. Publication date is not asserted to be earliest event date. Disputed reasons are not repeated." }, { "name": "Tim Bull", "party": "Nationals", "electorate": "Gippsland East", "status": "not recontesting", "statusDate": null, "sourcePublicationDate": "2026-06-09", "source": "https://vic.nationals.org.au/media-releases/danny-obrien-mp-statement-from-the-leader-of-the-nationals-2/", "checked": "2026-10-02", "note": "Separate sourced historical event, not a current candidate. Publication date is not asserted to be earliest event date. Disputed reasons are not repeated." }, { "name": "Shaun Leane", "party": "Labor", "electorate": "North-Eastern Metropolitan", "status": "not recontesting", "statusDate": null, "sourcePublicationDate": "2025-12-01", "source": "https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-premier-161", "checked": "2026-10-02", "note": "Separate sourced historical event, not a current candidate. Publication date is not asserted to be earliest event date. Disputed reasons are not repeated." }, { "name": "Natalie Hutchins", "party": "Labor", "electorate": "Sydenham", "status": "not recontesting", "statusDate": null, "sourcePublicationDate": "2025-12-17", "source": "https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/continuing-strong-leadership", "checked": "2026-10-02", "note": "Separate sourced historical event, not a current candidate. Publication date is not asserted to be earliest event date. Disputed reasons are not repeated." } ], "independentUnverifiedLeads": [ { "name": "Ali Cupper", "electorate": "Mildura" }, { "name": "Ron Nelson", "electorate": "South Barwon" }, { "name": "Raymond French", "electorate": "Pakenham" }, { "name": "Steve Manning", "electorate": "Ovens Valley" } ], "unknownPartyCoverage": [ "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Victoria", "Fusion Party Victoria", "Australian Citizens Party (Victorian Division)", "Christian Alliance Party - Reform AU", "Democratic Labour Party", "Free Palestine", "Put Australia First, Save the Environment", "Safety Victoria - Violent Crime Prevention", "The Republican Make Australia Great Again", "Frontline Workers Party", "Ian Cook’s Fair Go Party", "Victorians Party" ] }