Legislative Council · Northern Victoria Region
Georgie Purcell
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — Northern Victoria Region›
Northern Victoria elects 5 MLCs and comprises 11 Legislative Assembly districts across north-central Victoria — Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Eildon, Euroa, Macedon, Mildura, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley, Shepparton and Yan Yean. A bill abolishing group voting tickets for the Council has passed the Assembly and is before the Legislative Council's 11–13 August sitting.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Banning duck shooting, an inquiry into greyhound racing, supporting wildlife rescuers and carers, stopping commercial kangaroo slaughter, and more accessible, subsidised vet care.
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
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Crime and community safety
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Housing affordability and supply
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
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
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Health and healthcare access
Wants vet care more accessible, with a subsidised vet care system.
Wikipedia records she has pushed for expanded abortion access in regional areas.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
Advances animal protection and wildlife conservation at a legislative level.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Regional and rural Victoria
Wants duck shooting banned, an inquiry into greyhound racing, support for wildlife rescuers and carers, and commercial kangaroo slaughter stopped.
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.
Wikipedia records she is the Animal Justice Party's only Victorian MP. RReported — WP-GPWikipedia, "Georgie Purcell"View source
No divergence from Animal Justice Party positions was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
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.
As a sitting MLC elected in 2022, Purcell met the "elected" limb of the test for that contest, so the Animal Justice Party's campaign qualified for public funding despite a first-preference vote under 4%.