Darren Cheeseman

Darren Leicester Cheeseman (born 8 June 1976) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of South Barwon. He previously held the federal seat of Corangamite from 2007 to 2013.

Cheeseman was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He grew up in Ballarat and attended Mount Clear College. He later studied for a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology at the University of Ballarat. He worked for the Association for the Blind, and during that time also served as a councillor for the City of Ballarat. He later worked for the Community and Public Sector Union.

In 2006, Cheeseman contested Labor preselection for Corangamite against the Labor candidate at the 2004 election, former Geelong mayor Peter McMullin. Cheeseman was only the third Labor member ever to win Corangamite, and the first since 1929. In 2022, Cheeseman was re-elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor Member for South Barwon.

In 2024, Cheeseman was forced to resign from the Parliamentary Labor Party after allegations that he had harassed a staffer.