Let the games begin!
One hundred and forty-nine candidates – 12 more than in the 2020 election – will compete to become the next 25 Members of the Legislative Assembly, five in each electorate.
Thirty-four candidates will vie for Kurrajong, including Chief Minister Andrew Barr, opposition leader Elizabeth Lee, ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury, ministers Rachel Stephen-Smith and Rebecca Vassarotti, Independents for Canberra leader Thomas Emerson, and Peter Strong and Ann Bray from the Strong Independents. God help ’em all.
The candidates include 142 nominated by registered political parties and seven non-party candidates.
The ACT Electoral Commissioner, Damian Cantwell AM CSC, confirmed the list of candidates and the ballot paper order yesterday.
According to Elections ACT, the Robson Rotation method will be used, meaning candidates’ names within each column will be appear in a different order on each consecutive ballot paper, For each of the five-member electorates, 60 different ballot paper configurations will be printed.
Postal voting will begin on Monday, while all Canberrans will be able to vote at 11 early voting centres (list online) from Tuesday 8 October.
Below is the complete list of candidates running in next month’s election, as provided by the ACT Electoral Commission:
| Brindabella | Ginninderra | Kurrajong | Murrumbidgee | Yerrabi | |
| ACT Greens | Sam Nugent Laura Nuttall Troy Swan | Jo Clay Dani Hunter Tim Liersch Adele Sinclair | James Cruz Isabel Mudford Shane Rattenbury Jillian Reid Rebecca Vassarotti | Michael Brewer Sam Carter Emma Davidson Harini Rangarajan | Andrew Braddock Soëlily Consen-Lynch Alex Gias  |
| ACT Labor | Louise Crossman Brendan Forde Mick Gentleman Caitlin Tough Taimus Werner-Gibbings | Tim Bavinton Yvette Berry Tara Cheyne Heidi Prowse Sean Sadimoen | Andrew Barr Aggi Court Martin Greenwood Rachel Stephen-Smith Marina Talevski | Noor El-Asadi Marisa Paterson Chris Steel Nelson Tang Anna Whitty | Suzanne Orr Michael Pettersson Mallika Raj Ravinder Sahni Pradeep Sornaraj |
| Animal Justice Party | Gareth Ballard Robyn Soxsmith | Carolyne Drew Lara Drew | Walter Kudrycz Teresa McTaggart | Gwenda Griffiths Ashleigh Griffiths-Smith | Joanne McKinley |
| Belco Party | Angela Lount Bill Stefaniak Alan Tutt | Gregory Burke Jason Taylor | |||
| Canberra Liberals | James Daniels Rosa Harber Sandi Mitra Deborah Morris Mark Parton | Chiaka Barry Peter Cain Joe Prevedello Darren Roberts | Ramon Bouckaert Efthimios Calatzis Elizabeth Lee Sarah Luscombe Patrick Pentony | Ed Cocks Jeremy Hanson Elyse Heslehurst Amardeep Singh Karen Walsh | Leanne Castley Ralitsa Dimitrova John Mikita James Milligan Krishna Nadimpalli |
| Family First | Bruce Gartshore Merle Graham | Sunil Baby Elizabeth Kikkert Andrew Wallace | Andrew Charles Adair Jenny Hentzschel | Andrew Copp Andy Verri | Greg Amos Henry Kivimaki |
| Fiona Carrick Independent | Fiona Carrick Marea Fatseas Bruce Paine | ||||
| First Nations Party | Rhiannon Connors Thaddeus Connors Paul Girrawah House Harrison Pike Jessika Spencer | Lisa Barnes Michael Duncan Kye Moggridge Cooper Pike Tyson Powell | |||
| Independents for Canberra | Riley Fernandes Vanessa Picker Elise Searson | Leanne Foresti Suzanne Nucifora Mark Richardson | Thomas Emerson Ben Johnston Tenzin Mayne Sara Poguet Sue Read | Kathleen Bolt Anne-Louise Dawes Robert Knight Paula McGrady Nathan Naicker | Sneha KC Vikram Kulkarni David Pollard Trent Pollard |
| Labour DLP | Douglas Cooper Helen Crowe Rick Howard Maxwell Spencer John Vanderburgh | Belinda Haley Boston White | Michael Hanna Colin Jory | ||
| Libertarian Party | Guy Jakeman Arved Von Brasch | ||||
| Strong Independents | Ann Bray Peter Strong | ||||
| Ungrouped | Emmanuel Ezekiel-Hart | Mignonne Cullen Janine Haskins | Marilena Damiano | Rima Diab | Mohammad Munir Hussain Fuxin Li |
