David Limbrick

David Boyd Limbrick^[1] is an Australian politician. He became a Libertarian member of the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 2018, representing the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region.^[2] He resigned in April 2022 and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 federal election as a Senate candidate for his party. In June 2022, he returned to the Victorian Parliament, and was subsequently re-elected at the 2022 state election.

David Limbrick MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2022
In office 24 November 2018 – 11 April 2022
Personal details
Born	David Boyd Limbrick
Political party	Libertarian
Website	davidlimbrick.com.au

Political career

In 2018, Limbrick stood as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Legislative Council. He was elected with 0.84% of first preference votes.^[3]

On 25 November 2021, Limbrick announced his intention to run for the Australian Senate at the 2022 federal election, and resigned from the Legislative Council on 11 April 2022.^[4][5]

On 22 June 2022, after failing to gain a Senate seat in the 2022 federal election, Limbrick was reappointed to the Legislative Council as a member for the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, following a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation.

He successfully ran for re-election at the November 2022 Victorian state election.^[6][7]

Personal life

Natalie Russell, Limbrick's girlfriend during the 1990s, was a victim of the serial killer Paul Denyer.^{[8][9][10][11]}