Federal electorate · House of Representatives · VIC

Bruce

Current member

Julian Hill, Australian Labor Party

Won at the 2025 federal election

Labor

Julian Hill, re-elected

Margin after preferences

14.6 pts

A safe seat

Announced candidates, next election

None with a source so far

Next federal election

Candidates publicly announced or preselected so far.

No candidates have been announced for Bruce yet.

Sitting member

Julian Hill (Australian Labor Party) holds the seat, but no source yet confirms they'll recontest it, so they aren't counted above.

Where Bruce is

Boundary used at the 2025 federal election, from the ABS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

2025 federal election result

Bar colours show each candidate's party.

First preferences

Julian Hill (ALP)Elected49,61045.3%

Zahid Safi (LIB)25,16223.0%

Rhonda Garad (GRN)13,21312.1%

Bianca Colecchia (ONP)8,9318.2%

Wendy Birchall (FF)4,1963.8%

Andrew Louth (LC)3,5633.3%

Samuel James Anderson (TP)3,5303.2%

Christine Skrobo (LBT)1,2891.2%

Bars show each candidate's share of formal first-preference votes on a 0–100% scale. Swing is the change in share, in percentage points, as published by the AEC.

After preferences (two-candidate preferred)

64.6%35.4%

Julian Hill (ALP)Zahid Safi (LIB)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 14.6 pts (Labor): safe by the AEC's thresholds (under 6 points marginal, 6–10 fairly safe, over 10 safe). This describes this result, not a forecast.

Results as a table

Candidate	Party	Votes	First pref.	Swing
Julian Hill	Australian Labor Party	49,610	45.31%	+5.0 pts
Zahid Safi	Liberal	25,162	22.98%	-8.7 pts
Rhonda Garad	The Greens	13,213	12.07%	+2.4 pts
Bianca Colecchia	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	8,931	8.16%	+3.5 pts
Wendy Birchall	Family First	4,196	3.83%	+3.8 pts
Andrew Louth	Legalise Cannabis Party	3,563	3.25%	+3.3 pts
Samuel James Anderson	Trumpet of Patriots	3,530	3.22%	+3.1 pts
Christine Skrobo	Libertarian	1,289	1.18%	+1.2 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission