Legislative Assembly · District of Northcote
Campbell Gome
Last verified 29 Sept 2026
Seat context — Northcote›
Northcote is Victoria's most marginal Labor seat. Labor's Kat Theophanous won it in 2018 from the Greens, who had won a 2017 by-election after the death of Labor MP Fiona Richardson. At the 2022 election she won 40.6% of first preferences and beat the Greens' Campbell Gome 50.2% to 49.8% after preferences, a margin of 184 votes. Both are recontesting. The 2026 field is five candidates: Theophanous, Gome, the Liberals' Lynda Awad, the Victorian Socialists' Kath Larkin (also a 2022 candidate) and the Libertarian Party's Jim Penman. The Tally Room says the Greens would hope a slumping Labor vote lets them win.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Climate action (ending new coal and gas projects), affordable housing and renter protections, and reversing Labor's school funding cuts.
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
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would make public transport permanently free and freeze rents for two years; nothing is attributed to Gome personally.
Crime and community safety
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14; nothing is attributed to Gome personally.
Housing affordability and supply
Wants affordable housing secured, renters protected and better first-home-buyer opportunities.
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would build 88,000 public homes with $4 billion initial investment.
State government debt and fiscal management
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would raise land tax to 5.3% for investors with $5 million or more of residential property; nothing is attributed to Gome personally.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would make trains, trams and buses permanently free; nothing is attributed to Gome personally.
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
Wants to reverse what he calls Labor's $2.4 billion school cuts, and is a public school teacher.
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would reinstate $2.4 billion in delayed public-school funding.
Health and healthcare access
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would fund 500 more psychologists and psychiatrists; nothing is attributed to Gome personally.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
Says climate change is "the defining challenge of our time" and he will fight to end new coal and gas projects.
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would reach 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and ban new coal and gas projects.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
The Greens' platform, as summarised by the Australian Election Tracker, would back the Statewide Treaty Bill without amendment; nothing is attributed to Gome 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.
His priorities sit within the Victorian Greens' statewide platform. SSelf-stated — GREENS-BIO-GOME, ET-GREENS-POLICYVictorian Greens, "Campbell Gome"View sourceAustralian Election Tracker, "Greens policy profile — 2026 Victorian election"View source
No point of divergence was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
He was the Greens' candidate for Northcote in 2022, receiving 12,797 votes (30.0% of first preferences) and 49.8% two-candidate-preferred against Labor's Kat Theophanous. VVerified — WIKI-NC-RESWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Northcote"View source
His Victorian Greens profile as retrieved does not mention the 2022 campaign.
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.
Gome polled 30.0% in Northcote in 2022, well above the 4% mark, so that campaign qualified for public funding.