Rachel Payne

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rachel Payne

| office = Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

| honorific_suffix = MLC

| termstart = 26 November 2022

| predecessor = Adem Somyurek

| party = Legalise Cannabis

| otherparty = Reason (2019–2020)

| website = {{Nowrap|https://rachelpayne.com.au/}}

}}

Rachel Payne is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region since 26 November 2022. Payne is a member of Legalise Cannabis Victoria.{{Cite web |last=Eddie |first=Rachel |date=2022-12-14 |title=Left-wing parties to hold sway in upper house as Greens quadruple seats |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/left-wing-parties-to-hold-sway-in-upper-house-as-greens-quadruple-seats-20221212-p5c5ld.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Age |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Rachel Payne {{!}} Parliament of Victoria |url=https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/rachel-payne/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=new.parliament.vic.gov.au |language=en}}

Payne ran for the Reason Party in the 2019 federal election in the seat of Menzies, receiving just over 2% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Federal election 2019: Ex-burlesque dancer Rachel Payne candidate in Menzies |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/federal-election-2019-exburlesque-dancer-rachel-payne-candidate-in-menzies/news-story/8d1ad0816a5d0bfbcc1a687431f2139e |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=26 February 2023}}

A year later, she again ran for Reason, this time in the City of Moreland in the 2020 Victorian local elections.{{cite web |title=Rachel Payne for Moreland – South Ward |url=https://www.reason.org.au/rachel_payne_for_moreland_south_ward |publisher=Reason Party}}