People in Lismore and the Northern Rivers will head to the polls for the 2025 Federal Election on Saturday, May 3.

The Federal Seat of Page covers 19,335 kilometres and includes Lismore, Casino Kyogle, Grafton, and Woolgoolga (just north of Coffs Harbour) as its main populous towns.

It runs from Woodenbong, near the Queensland border, west to Malanganee and south to Korora, just north of Coffs.

According to the ABC, there are four declared candidates at this moment. They are:

• Kevin Hogan - The Nationals (Lismore)

• Luke Robinson - The Greens (Lismore)

• Andrew Grady - Family First (Grafton)

• Jennifer Baker - Australian Citizens Party (Casino)

The Lismore App understands the Labor candidate will be Grafton's Wendy Backhous, although she is not a registered candidate at this point and is not on the ALP candidate website. We hear that final checks and approvals have been completed over the weekend.

For the 2022 Federal Election, there were ten (10) candidates.

The Nationals Kevin Hogan has held the seat since 2013, when he won the election from Labor's Janelle Saffin. In the 2022 election, Kevin Hogan increased his two-party preferred vote to 60.7%, which pushes Page to a 'safe seat' for The Nationals (above 60%).

In 2022, there was a first-preference swing against the three prominent parties, with The Nationals (Kevin Hogan) down 4%, Labor (Patrick Deegan) down 7.7%, and The Greens (Kashmir Miller) down 3.2%. Those votes ended up with Independent candidate Hanabeth Luke, who won 13.1% of the vote and finished third. Hanabeth Luke has since left the area.

Important dates

If you are an Australian citizen aged 18 years or older, you are required to vote in the federal election. You must be correctly enrolled by 8pm local time Monday, 7 April 2025.

Early voting starts on Tuesday, 22 April.

Close of postal vote applications is 6pm Wednesday, 30 April.