Legislative Assembly · District of Glen Waverley
Nicholas Siow
Last verified 29 Sept 2026
Seat context — Glen Waverley›
Glen Waverley is a marginal seat in Melbourne's east, recreated at the 2021 redistribution, with a diverse, multicultural population that includes a significant Chinese-Australian community. Labor's John Mullahy won it in 2022 with 40.6% of first preferences and 53.3% to 46.7% two-party-preferred against sitting Liberal MP Neil Angus, a notional Labor gain. Mullahy is recontesting. The 2026 field is four candidates: Mullahy, the Liberals' Jacky Sun, the Greens' Toyo White and the Victorian Socialists' Nicholas Siow (whom Wikipedia's candidates table labels independent). An earlier pass recorded that Sun drew scrutiny in August 2026 over a campaign-recruitment program aimed at international students, but the underlying report could not be retrieved for this pass.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
The housing shortage, public services and infrastructure, countering the far right, and advocating for working-class interests against corporate power.
"Our community deserves a representative in parliament who will fight for working-class people."
What Victorians say matters most
5 poll-led issuesCost of living and crime have ranked 1st or 2nd in every Victorian poll since mid‑2025, with debt and housing close behind — see schema §3 for the polling this grouping is based on (DemosAU, Ipsos Issues Monitor, Roy Morgan). The 0-10 'priorityScore' on each candidate's issue entries is NOT a measure of true importance or an independent ranking of what a candidate actually cares about. It reflects how much detail and specificity exists in what that candidate has actually said publicly on that issue -- a named policy mechanism and a verified voting record score higher than a one-line stated priority, regardless of the issue's real-world weight. Render this distinction in the UI wherever the score appears; do not label it just 'Priority' without the qualifier.
Cost of living
Advocates for working-class interests against corporate influence.
The party's fiscal policy would fund services with a 10% annual wealth tax on billionaires, a 20% bank profits tax and a 20% super-profits tax on retailers earning over $100 million.
Crime and community safety
Wants to counter far-right political movements.
Housing affordability and supply
Names the housing shortage as a priority.
The party's housing policy would cut all residential rents 25% then freeze them for five years, and build at least 15,000 public housing units a year for ten years.
State government debt and fiscal management
The party's fiscal policy centres on new revenue including a 10% annual billionaire wealth tax; nothing on debt levels is attributed to Siow.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Names improving public services and infrastructure as a priority.
Also on the record
6 substance issuesThese don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.
Education and training
A summary of the party's education policy says it would provide universal preschool and childcare and end NAPLAN testing; nothing is attributed to Siow personally.
Health and healthcare access
A summary of the party's health policy says it would fully fund public healthcare and expand free community clinics; nothing is attributed to Siow personally.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
A summary of the party's energy policies says it would move to 100% publicly owned renewable energy; nothing is attributed to Siow personally.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
A summary of the party's First Nations policy says it wants a treaty with material change beyond symbolic recognition; nothing is attributed to Siow personally.
Regional and rural Victoria
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Local & party context
2 fieldsNot scored the way the eleven issues above are — these are fixed facts about the seat and the party, not positions with more or less emphasis behind them.
Siow runs on the Victorian Socialists' statewide platform, and his priorities match it. SSelf-stated — VS-SIOW, VS-POLICIESVictorian Socialists, "Nicholas Siow"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Policies"View source
No point of divergence was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
His profile mentions no prior candidacy. SSelf-stated — VS-SIOWVictorian Socialists, "Nicholas Siow"View source
He is not among the candidates in the 2022 Glen Waverley results, where no Victorian Socialists candidate is listed. VVerified — WIKI-GW-RESWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Glen Waverley"View source
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the Victorian Electoral Commission's funding guidance (vec.vic.gov.au, accessed 2026-09-29 via search snippets of its independent-candidate and registered-party funding pages), a candidate is eligible for public election funding if they receive at least 4% of first-preference votes in their contest, or are elected. Funding is reimbursed against an audited statement of campaign expenditure, and advance funding must be repaid in full if the threshold is missed.
Siow has not previously contested an election, so he has no funding entitlement from an earlier contest.