South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

South Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of South Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Lee Tarlamis (Labor) Tien Kieu (Labor) David Limbrick (Liberal Democrats) Gordon Rich-Phillips (Liberal) Adem Somyurek (Independent)
Party	Labor (2)   Liberal (1)   Liberal Democratic (1)   Independent (1)
Electors	499,435 (2018)
Area	576 km2 (222.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	38°3′S 145°13′E

South Eastern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.

The region covers the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Keysborough, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville.

Members

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Gavin Jennings	Labor	2006–2020		Gordon Rich-Phillips	Liberal	2006–present		Adem Somyurek	Labor	2006–2020		Inga Peulich	Liberal	2006–2018		Bob Smith	Labor	2006–2010
																	Lee Tarlamis	Labor	2010–2014
																	Nina Springle	Greens	2014–2018
													David Limbrick	Liberal Democrats	2018–present		Tien Kieu	Labor	2018–present
	Lee Tarlamis	Labor	2020–present							Independent	2020–present

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2018 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § South Eastern Metropolitan.[edit]

Liberal and Labor were defending two seats each. The Greens were defending one.

2018 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			72,830
	Labor	1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 2) 3. Tien Kieu (elected 4) 4. Nessie Sayar 5. Ian Spencer	218,209	49.93	+9.83
	Liberal	1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 3) 2. Inga Peulich 3. George Hua 4. Kuldeep Kaur 5. Robert Hicks	126,615	28.97	−6.24
	Greens	1. Nina Springle 2. Matthew Kirwan 3. Jacqueline Mitchell 4. Jake Vos 5. James Bennett	24,390	5.58	−0.71
	Justice	1. Peter Davy 2. Kerri Guy	13,265	3.03	+3.03
	Animal Justice	1. Elizabeth Johnston 2. Derrin Craig	9,727	2.23	+0.37
	Democratic Labour	1. Peter Stevens 2. Michael Palma	6,396	1.46	−0.76
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Chris Banhidy 2. Vincent Leone	6,326	1.45	+0.21
	Transport Matters	1. Ali Khan 2. Chetan Sharma 3. Roona Fazal 4. Inderpal Singh 5. Deepakbir Kaur	5,553	1.27	+1.27
	Health Australia	1. Tamsin King 2. Carly Meaden	3,722	0.85	+0.85
	Reason	1. Laura Chipp 2. Brett Kagan	3,719	0.85	−1.82
	Liberal Democrats	1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Matt Ford	3,681	0.84	−0.89
	Sustainable Australia	1. Anthony Cresswell 2. Daryl Budgeon	3,028	0.69	+0.69
	Voluntary Euthanasia	1. Kassandra Hall 2. Mardi Hill	3,019	0.69	+0.12
	Aussie Battler	1. David Armstrong 2. Michael Chamberlain	2,822	0.65	+0.65
	Liberty Alliance	1. David Maddison 2. Ralf Schumann	2,314	0.53	+0.53
	Independent	1. Tarang Chawla 2. Nicole Lee	1,441	0.33	+0.33
	Victorian Socialists	1. Aran Mylvaganam 2. Ben Reid	1,239	0.28	+0.28
	Country	1. Andrew Hepner 2. Marilyn Danieli	1,202	0.28	+0.28
	Hudson for Northern Victoria	1. Jannette Sinclair 2. Holly Madill	402	0.09	+0.09
	Independent	1. Stewart Hine	62	0.01	+0.01
	Independent	1. Bobby Singh	49	0.01	+0.01
	Independent	1. Peter Mack	27	0.01	+0.01
Total formal votes			436,977	95.86	−0.25
Informal votes			18,962	4.16	+0.25
Turnout			455,939	89.77	−3.10

External links

• South Eastern Metropolitan Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission