South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Coordinates: 38°3′S 145°13′E / 38.050°S 145.217°E / -38.050; 145.217
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South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
Location of South Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MPMichael Galea (Labor)
Ann-Marie Hermans (Liberal)
David Limbrick (Liberal Democrats)
Rachel Payne (Legalise Cannabis)
Lee Tarlamis (Labor)
Party  Labor (2)
  Legalise Cannabis (1)
  Liberal (1)
  Libertarian (1)
Electors555,544 (2022)
Area658 km2 (254.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates38°3′S 145°13′E / 38.050°S 145.217°E / -38.050; 145.217

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 Berwick, Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville.

Members[edit]

Members for South Eastern Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
2006   Gavin Jennings Labor   Adem Somyurek Labor   Bob Smith Labor   Inga Peulich Liberal   Gordon Rich-Phillips Liberal
2010 Lee Tarlamis Labor
2014   Nina Springle Greens
2018   Tien Kieu Labor   David Limbrick Liberal Democrats / Libertarian
2020 Lee Tarlamis Labor   Independent
2022   Democratic Labour
2022   Rachel Payne Legalise Cannabis Michael Galea Labor Ann-Marie Hermans 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 Labor
(Gavin Jennings)
Liberal
(Gordon Rich-Phillips)
Labor
(Adem Somyurek)
Liberal
(Inga Peulich)
Labor
(Bob Smith)
2010 Labor
(Gavin Jennings)
Liberal
(Gordon Rich-Phillips)
Labor
(Adem Somyurek)
Liberal
(Inga Peulich)
Labor
(Lee Tarlamis)
2014 Labor
(Gavin Jennings)
Liberal
(Gordon Rich-Phillips)
Labor
(Adem Somyurek)
Liberal
(Inga Peulich)
Greens
(Nina Springle)
2018 Labor
(Gavin Jennings)
Labor
(Adem Somyurek)
Liberal
(Gordon Rich-Phillips)
Labor
(Tien Kieu)
Liberal Democrats
(David Limbrick)
2022 Labor
(Lee Tarlamis)
Liberal
(Ann-Marie Hermans)
Labor
(Michael Galea)
Legalise Cannabis
(Rachel Payne)
Liberal Democrats
(David Limbrick)

Election results[edit]

Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending one seat each.[4]

9,334 1.99 -1.11
2022 Victorian state election: South-Eastern Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 78,296
Labor 1. Lee Tarlamis (elected 1) 2. Michael Galea (elected 3)
3. Tien Kieu
4. Imran Khan
5. Katrina Sullivan
184,810 39.34 -9.53
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Ann-Marie Hermans (elected 2)
2. Manju Hanumantharayappa
3. Antonietta Moricca
4. Lyndon Samuel
5. Michael Keane
125,762 26.77 -2.80
Greens 1. Alex Breskin
2. Louisa Willoughby
3. Dewani Harahap
4. Janet Wong
5. Karen Jones
31,577 6.72 +1.20
Legalise Cannabis 1. Rachel Payne (elected 4) 2. Jeffrey Knipe 24,672 5.25 +5.25
Liberal Democrats 1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Ethelyn King 16,971 3.61 +2.46
Democratic Labour 1. Jennifer Bowden
2. Khalif White
15,399 3.28 +1.78
Justice 1. Derryn Hinch
2. Mohit Dwivedi
9,334 1.99 -1.11
Family First 1. Lee Jones
2. Colleen Hayward
9,025 1.92 +1.92
Freedom 1. Morgan Jonas
2. Rebekah Spelman
8,306 1.77 +1.77
One Nation 1. Beth Stevens
2. Cyndi Marr
8,299 1.77 +1.77
Animal Justice 1. Bronwyn Currie
2. Davina Hinkley
6,481 1.38 -0.91
United Australia 1. Matt Babet
2. Bobby Singh
5,495 1.17 +1.17
Sack Dan Andrews 1. Daniel Costin Puscasu
2. Rodica Ianculescu
4,554 0.97 +0.97
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Grant Poulton
2. Will Heily
4,112 0.88 -0.66
Health Australia 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez
2. Kate Lukis
3,461 0.74 -0.11
Companions and Pets 1. Marissa Sarif
2. Wendy Hutchison
2,425 0.52 +0.52
Reason 1. Martin Leahy
2. Ethan Mileikowski
2,118 0.45 -0.37
Victorian Socialists 1. Lavanya Thavaraja
2. Jaynaya Travis
1,895 0.40 +0.13
Sustainable Australia 1. Brandon Hoult
2. Steven Armstrong
1,512 0.32 -0.36
Transport Matters 1. Norm Dunn
2. Toni Peters
1,380 0.29 +0.94
Angry Victorians 1. Barry Edward Minster
2. George Moliviatis
1,345 0.29 +0.29
New Democrats 1. Bhaveshkumar Lakhatariya
2. Satinder Singh
3. Nilam Dhaval Panchal
4. Bhavika Amrutlal Patel
600 0.13 +0.13
Independent 1. Mehdi Sayed 242 0.05 +0.05
Total formal votes 469,775 96.29 +0.45
Informal votes 18,076 3.71 -0.45
Turnout 487,851 88.45 -1.32

References[edit]

  1. ^ "State Election 2006 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ "State Election 2010 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. ^ "State Election 2014 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  4. ^ "South-Eastern Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

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