The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
The 2006 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,25 November 2006,was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and,for the first time,40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.
Southern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria,Australia,which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council by proportional representation. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Northern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria,Australia,which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council by proportional representation. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Colleen Mildred Hartland is a former Australian politician,and a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018.
Susan Margaret Pennicuik is an Australian politician who served as a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018. Since April 2022,Pennicuik has served as a councillor on the City of Glen Eira.
The 2010 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,27 November 2010,was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,led by John Brumby,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
Reason Australia,commonly referred to as the Reason Party or as simply Reason,is an Australian political party founded in 2017. Its leader,Fiona Patten,describes the party as a "civil libertarian alternative". Patten was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as at the 2018 state election in the Northern Metropolitan Region,after formerly being elected as a Sex Party member for the same seat in the 2014 state election.
This is a list of candidates for the 2010 Victorian state election. The election was held on 27 November 2010.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
Janet Elizabeth Rice is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served as a Senator for Victoria since 2014. She was a co-founder of the Victorian Greens and also served on the Maribyrnong City Council from 2003 to 2008,including a term as mayor.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council,as elected at the 2014 state election.
Nina Meredith Springle is an Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council,having represented South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2014 to 2018.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
Samantha Shantini Ratnam is a Sri Lankan Australian social worker,politician and the current leader of the Victorian Greens. Since October 2017 Ratnam has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
The Australian Sex Party was an Australian political party founded in 2009 in response to concerns over the purported increasing influence of religion in Australian politics. The party was born out of an adult-industry lobby group,the Eros Association. Its leader,Fiona Patten,was formerly the association's CEO.
The Victorian Socialists (VS) is a political party based in the Australian state of Victoria.
Clifford Hayes is a former Australian politician. He was a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 2018 state election.
