One Nation has named 26 candidates for November’s Victorian election, including contenders in Werribee, Point Cook, Carrum and St Albans as the party expands its campaign across metropolitan and regional seats.
The new group includes candidates for lower house electorates and several Legislative Council regions. The party will field Paul Pateras in Werribee, Cameron Reid in Point Cook, Joshua Mathew in Carrum and John Cowell in St Albans.
Pateras will contest Werribee against Labor MP John Lister, who entered Parliament after winning the February 2025 by-election triggered by former treasurer Tim Pallas’s retirement.
Born in Werribee, Pateras has longstanding family ties to the district. His great-grandfather began farming locally in 1936, and Pateras worked on the family farm while growing up.
The husband, father and small-business owner has spent more than 22 years working as a security contractor. One Nation said his campaign would focus on crime, household costs, energy, housing, government spending and infrastructure.
“Every person in Werribee deserves to feel safe in their home, on their street and in their community,” Pateras said.
He said the electorate’s rapid population growth had not been matched by investment in public services.
“Werribee’s population has grown rapidly, but infrastructure and essential services haven’t always kept pace. The community deserves its fair share of roads, public transport, healthcare, schools and other essential services,” he said.
In neighbouring Point Cook, Reid will campaign on community safety, housing affordability, support for emergency workers and government spending.
Reid has lived in Point Cook with his family for more than 20 years and has worked in emergency response roles within the Department of Justice for three decades. He is also a licensed real estate agent and buyer’s agent, working with renters, first-home buyers, investors and families.
“Point Cook deserves representation that puts local residents first. My focus is simple: safer communities, affordable housing, support for frontline workers and ensuring government delivers real value for taxpayers,” Reid said.
He is also involved with the Wyndham Basketball Association, coaching junior teams from under-10 to under-14 level.
Mathew, One Nation’s candidate for Carrum, studied for an Advanced Diploma in Legal Practice at Victoria University and has worked in his family’s construction business and as a school bus driver.
The party described Mathew as concerned about cost overruns and waste connected with Victoria’s infrastructure program, as well as road conditions, crime, pressure on emergency services and taxes. His campaign will focus on government spending, employment, family finances and services.
The full candidate group includes Geoff Goddard for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, Anna Malcolm for Polwarth, James Rouel for Ovens Valley, Catherine Loughnan for Williamstown, Wayne Hutchinson for Ivanhoe and Richard Hughes for South-West Coast.
Tim Barber will contest Eildon, Daniel Killey will stand in Evelyn, Edward Bode in Malvern, Gavin Bain in Clarinda, Ethan Keirs in Broadmeadows and Nadia Ticehurst in Mordialloc.
The party has also selected Paul Stafford for Frankston, Anthony Blight for Sandringham, Troy Steans for Kalkallo, Athol Thomas for Northern Victoria Region, Neil Davison for Eastern Victoria Region and Kristina Kaulenas for Southern Metropolitan Region.
Ross McRae will contest Bellarine, Bruce Whalley will stand in Bundoora, Mark Burnside in Warrandyte and Shaun Virsu in Prahran.
The candidate rollout gives One Nation a presence across established Labor-held electorates in Melbourne’s west and north, traditionally Liberal-held districts in the east and south-east, and regional contests.
The party has yet to release detailed electorate-level policies or explain how the spending commitments and tax reductions promoted by its candidates would be funded.
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