Meet Clive Jackson, our candidate for the Southern Metropolitan Region

Meet Clive. 👋

We’re proud to introduce Clive Jackson as our lead candidate for the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council at the Victorian State Election on 28 November 2026.

Formerly Victorian President of the Democrats 2017-2023, Clive is currently campaign lead for the southern metropolitan region of Melbourne. He has served on the National Executive and worked in many roles for the Victorian Division.

He wants to advocate for improvement in the living standards for all Victorians, with main concerns being the cost of living and unaffordable housing. These issues are rated high as concerns by the community. The cost of living needs more attention from government regarding increases in service charges, energy, health, insurance and the rental housing sectors. Housing affordability affects livelihoods.

Clive has experience in policy development having led the work for the Democrats on the recycling and waste policy in 2022 and 2025, and by contributing on other platforms.

The Victorian Parliament is missing a party in the Legislative Council that is broadly-based and interested in reviewing bills in the community interest. The Government is not helped by needing to rely upon single-issue or sectional based minor parties.

Clive has worked as an urban statutory planner for 30 years and is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, Victorian Division.

Clive has always lived in the region. He grew up in Caulfield South, received education at Caulfield Grammar and CIT (now Monash University) and lives in Oakleigh.

He is active in several community groups involving music, church history societies, heritage railways and in recycling, and is a member of the Geelong Football Club.

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