Eastern Victoria Region
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| Eastern Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 Location of Eastern Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 2006 |
| MP | Melina Bath (National) Jeff Bourman (Shooters) Renee Heath (Liberal) Tom McIntosh (Labor) Harriet Shing (Labor) |
| Party | Labor (2) Liberal (1) National (1) Shooters, Fishers, Farmers (1) |
| Electors | 546,122 (2022) |
| Area | 44,420 km2 (17,150.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | 37°53′S 147°19′E / 37.883°S 147.317°E |
Eastern Victoria 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 comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bass, Evelyn, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Hastings, Monbulk, Mornington, Morwell, Narracan, Nepean and Pakenham.
Members[edit]
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Matt Viney | Labor | Johan Scheffer | Labor | Philip Davis | Liberal | Edward O'Donohue | Liberal | Peter Hall | Nationals | |||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Andrew Ronalds | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Harriet Shing | Labor | Daniel Mulino | Labor | Jeff Bourman | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers |
Danny O'Brien | Nationals | |||||||
| 2015 | Melina Bath | Nationals | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Jane Garrett | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Cathrine Burnett-Wake | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Tom McIntosh | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Renee Heath | Liberal | |||||||||||||
Returned MLCs by seat[edit]
Seats are allocated by single transferable vote using group voting tickets. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity.[1][2][3]
| Election | 1st MLC | 2nd MLC | 3rd MLC | 4th MLC | 5th MLC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Liberal (Philip Davis) |
Labor (Matt Viney) |
Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Johan Scheffer) |
Nationals (Peter Hall) | |||||
| 2010 | Liberal (Philip Davis) |
Labor (Matt Viney) |
Nationals (Peter Hall) |
Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Johan Scheffer) | |||||
| 2014 | Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Harriet Shing) |
Nationals (Danny O'Brien) |
SFF (Jeff Bourman) |
Labor (Daniel Mulino) | |||||
| 2018 | Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Jane Garrett) |
Nationals (Melina Bath) |
Labor (Harriet Shing) |
SFF (Jeff Bourman) | |||||
| 2022 | Liberal (Renee Heath) |
Labor (Tom McIntosh) |
Nationals (Melina Bath) |
Labor (Harriet Shing) |
SFF (Jeff Bourman) | |||||
Election results[edit]
Labor and the Liberal/National coalition were defending two seats each. The Shooters, Farmers and Fishers were defending one seat.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 78,887 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Renee Heath (elected 1) 2. Melina Bath (elected 3) 3. David Burgess 4. Sharn Coombes 5. Mick Harrington |
172,208 | 36.38 | +2.28 | |
| Labor | 1. Tom McIntosh (elected 2) 2. Harriet Shing (elected 4) 3. Amie Templar-Kanshlo 4. Jannette Langley 5. Marg D'Arcy |
125,481 | 26.51 | -7.07 | |
| Greens | 1. Mat Morgan 2. Adam Frogley 3. Jessica Wheelock 4. Lynda Wheelock 5. Rodrigo Bardales |
37,795 | 7.99 | +1.26 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 1. Thomas Forrest 2. Mark Smith |
19,654 | 4.15 | +4.15 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Philip Semmel 2. Catherine Kennedy |
18,117 | 3.83 | +2.32 | |
| One Nation | 1. Warren Pickering 2. Jeff Waddell |
16,964 | 3.58 | +3.58 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Jeff Bourman (elected 5) 2. Kerrie-Anne Muir |
14,217 | 3.00 | -2.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Rob McCathie 2. Angus Ward |
12,130 | 2.56 | −1.47 | |
| Justice | 1. Ruth Stanfield 2. Lachlan O'Connell |
9,500 | 2.00 | -2.47 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Austin Cram 2. Jennifer McAdam |
8,413 | 1.78 | -1.45 | |
| Freedom | 1. Greg Hansford 2. Ray Akers |
8,385 | 1.77 | +1.77 | |
| Family First | 1. Milton Wade 2. Natasha Sawtell |
7,634 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
| Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Cengiz Coskun 2. Connie Coskun |
3,984 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
| Reason | 1. Dean Barnes 2. Eve Cash |
3,498 | 0.74 | −0.07 | |
| United Australia | 1. James William Unkles 2. Paul Wilson |
3,382 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Richard Mann 2. Natalie Acreman |
2,300 | 0.49 | +0.27 | |
| Angry Victorians | 1. Shane Casey 2. Virginia Rizzo 3. Ben Marshall |
2,280 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
| Companions and Pets | 1. John Hutchison 2. Sean Eddy |
2,251 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Kristy Michelle Wallace 2. Tania White |
1,921 | 0.41 | -0.48 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Sophie Paterson 2. Anthony Cresswell |
1,772 | 0.37 | -0.50 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Ralf Troshen 2. Mark Dunn |
729 | 0.15 | -0.41 | |
| New Democrats | 1. Srilakshmi Ajjampura 2. Komalben Rasiklal Darji 3. Namrata Rajan Shah |
533 | 0.11 | +0.11 | |
| Independent | 1. John O'Brien | 170 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
| Total formal votes | 473,318 | 96.94 | +0.73 | ||
| Informal votes | 14,948 | 3.06 | −0.73 | ||
| Turnout | 488,266 | 89.41 | -1.67 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "State Election 2006 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2010 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2014 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Eastern Victoria Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
External links[edit]
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