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Legislative Council · Southern Metropolitan Region

Georgie Crozier

Last verified 30 Sept 2026

LiberalIncumbent · seeking re-election
Candidate photo — pending
Seat context — Southern Metropolitan Region›
Illustration pending

Southern Metropolitan elects 5 MLCs and comprises 11 Legislative Assembly districts covering some of Melbourne's wealthiest inner-southeastern suburbs — Albert Park, Ashwood, Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Oakleigh, Prahran and Sandringham — with Oakleigh the only traditionally safe Labor seat among them. A bill abolishing group voting tickets for the Council has passed the Assembly and is before the Legislative Council's 11–13 August sitting.

Identity & ballot position§ 01
House
Legislative Council
Seat
Southern Metropolitan Region
Incumbent
Yes — since 27 Nov 2010 Sitting Liberal MLC for Southern Metropolitan since 27 November 2010; her parliamentary profile lists her as Shadow Minister for Health, Ambulance Services and Medical Research. VVerified — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source
Party
Liberal
Ballot position
Not yet assigned
Group ticket order
Listed second among the Liberal candidates in Wikipedia's numbered list. RReported — WIKI-2026CANDSWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election"View source
§ 02

Background

Occupation / profession

Is a former nurse, midwife, diabetes educator and hospital supervisor, and worked in consulting, executive search and recruiting. SSelf-stated — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

Says she worked in public and private health for 17 years, including 10 years at the Royal Women's Hospital. SSelf-stated — LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIERLiberal Victoria, "Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile" (27 Dec 2024)View source

Prior public roles

Says she chaired the Family and Community Development Committee, whose 2013 inquiry produced the Betrayal of Trust report. SSelf-stated — LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIERLiberal Victoria, "Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile" (27 Dec 2024)View source

Says she was Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Deputy Opposition Leader in the Council from 2018 to 2022, and Council Liberal leader from 2022 to 2024. SSelf-stated — LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIERLiberal Victoria, "Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile" (27 Dec 2024)View source

Local ties

Her electorate office is at 780 Riversdale Road, Camberwell. SSelf-stated — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

Says she grew up on a farm in far Western Victoria and attended Wando Vale Primary, Casterton High and Geelong Grammar. SSelf-stated — LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIERLiberal Victoria, "Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile" (27 Dec 2024)View source

Education

Holds a Bachelor of Nursing and a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education from Deakin University, per Wikipedia. RReported — WP-GCWikipedia, "Georgie Crozier"View source

Says she trained as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital and in midwifery at the Royal Women's Hospital. SSelf-stated — LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIERLiberal Victoria, "Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile" (27 Dec 2024)View source

§ 03

Platform

Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.

Stated top campaign priorities

Healthcare accessibility and chronic disease prevention, educational outcomes, small business support, local amenity protection, transparency in government and support for vulnerable people.

SSelf-stated — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

What Victorians say matters most

5 poll-led issues

Cost 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

iWhat this coversPosition on everyday household costs — groceries, utilities, insurance, transport.
Candidate’s priority3 / 10

Names small business support among her interests.

VVerified — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

Crime and community safety

iWhat this coversPosition on crime rates, policing and community safety, including youth crime and bail law.
Candidate’s priority1 / 10

The Coalition's bail and sentencing policy, per the ABC, would automatically deny bail to reoffenders under a one-strike rule.

RReported — ABC-BAIL-2026ABC News, "Victorian opposition announces bail, sentencing policy including 'one strike' bail rule"View source

Housing affordability and supply

iWhat this coversPosition on home ownership costs, rental affordability, and housing supply/planning.
Candidate’s priority1 / 10

The Coalition would lift the first-home buyer threshold to remove stamp duty on homes up to $1 million, per a housing-policy comparison.

RReported — UFINANCIAL-HOUSINGUFinancial, "Victoria State Election 2026: which housing policies are the best?"View source

State government debt and fiscal management

iWhat this coversPosition on debt levels and what they mean for future taxes and service funding.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Infrastructure and public transport delivery

iWhat this coversPosition on congestion, commute reliability, and cost/timeline overruns on major projects.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Also on the record

6 substance issues

These don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.

Education and training

iWhat this coversPosition on school funding and infrastructure, curriculum and teaching quality, university funding and research, and TAFE/VET.
Candidate’s priority3 / 10

Names educational outcomes among her interests.

VVerified — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

Health and healthcare access

iWhat this coversPosition on hospital and clinic funding, GP/specialist access and wait times, and ambulance performance including ramping.
Candidate’s priority7 / 10

Holds the Shadow Health, Ambulance Services and Medical Research portfolios, and is a former nurse, midwife and diabetes educator.

VVerified — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source

Urban planning and housing density

iWhat this coversPosition on zoning and density, heritage and consultation processes, urban sprawl versus infill, and access to parks and green space.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Climate and energy transition

iWhat this coversPosition on renewable energy targets, offshore wind delivery, transmission infrastructure, and the reinstated State Electricity Commission.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Treaty and First Nations affairs

iWhat this coversPosition on implementing the Statewide Treaty and the new Gellung Warl representative body, and on future local treaties.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Regional and rural Victoria

iWhat this coversPosition on water security, the native-forest-logging transition, road and service funding, and population decline in country towns.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Local & party context

2 fields

Not 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.

Seat-specific issues
No region-specific project is named in the sources retrieved.
Party platform alignment

Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table lists her second on the Liberal list for the Southern Metropolitan Region. RReported — WIKI-2026CANDSWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election"View source

As a shadow minister her positions follow the Liberals' platform; no divergence was found.

V VerifiedS Self-statedR Reported— hover or tap any mark for what it means
§ 04

Track record & prior candidacies

Terms served
Member of the Legislative Council for Southern Metropolitan Region since 27 November 2010. SSelf-stated — PARL-GCParliament of Victoria, "Georgie Crozier MLC"View source
Portfolios held
Wikipedia records her as Parliamentary Secretary for Health from 2010 to 2014, a shadow minister for families and children, family violence prevention, women, housing, health and ambulance services in opposition, and Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 2022 to 2024. RReported — WP-GCWikipedia, "Georgie Crozier"View source
Notable votes, bills, committee work
Chaired the 2013 Betrayal of Trust Inquiry into child abuse in organisations, whose 750-page report led to reforms removing the statute of limitations on historical abuse claims and helped prompt the Commonwealth Royal Commission, per Wikipedia. RReported — WP-GCWikipedia, "Georgie Crozier"View source
Previous candidacies
Her parliamentary profile lists no earlier candidacy beyond her election in 2010.
§ 05–08

Campaign, money & endorsements

Campaign logistics

Social
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Contact
georgie.crozier@parliament.vic.gov.au, (03) 7005 8699 (per her parliamentary profile).
How-to-vote card
Not yet published

Endorsements & Donations

Organisational
None reported in sources reviewed.
Individual
None reported in sources reviewed.
VEC disclosure
Not yet available.
Public funding

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, Crozier met the "elected" limb of the test for that contest, so her campaign qualified for public funding.

Dataset housekeeping

Nomination status
Expected — Long-serving Liberal member for Southern Metropolitan; listed on the Liberal list by Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table. No retirement signal was found. No VEC nomination lodged yet — nominations close 4 November 2026.
Last verified
30 Sept 2026
Sources
See the Source register below — every V/S/R mark on this page names its specific source on hover.

Source register

PARL-GC
Parliament of Victoria, “Georgie Crozier MLC” — Official record — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026
WIKI-2026CANDS
Wikipedia, “Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election” — Encyclopedia (crowdsourced) — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026
ABC-BAIL-2026
ABC News, “Victorian opposition announces bail, sentencing policy including 'one strike' bail rule” — News outlet — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026
UFINANCIAL-HOUSING
UFinancial, “Victoria State Election 2026: which housing policies are the best?” — Commercial commentary — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026
WP-GC
Wikipedia, “Georgie Crozier” — Encyclopedia (crowdsourced) — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026
LIBV-GEORGIE-CROZIER
Liberal Victoria, “Georgie Crozier — Liberal candidate profile” (27 Dec 2024) — Party's own material — View source · accessed 30 Sept 2026