Eastern Metropolitan Region

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Eastern Metropolitan Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
VIC Eastern Metropolitan Region 2014.png
Location of Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created2006
MP Bruce Atkinson (Liberal)
Rod Barton (Transport Matters)
Shaun Leane (Labor)
Sonja Terpstra (Labor)
Matthew Bach (Liberal)
Party   Liberal (2)
  Labor (2)
  Transport Matters (1)
Electors 469,549 (2018)
Area420 km2 (162.2 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 37°48′S145°11′E / 37.800°S 145.183°E / -37.800; 145.183 Coordinates: 37°48′S145°11′E / 37.800°S 145.183°E / -37.800; 145.183

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.

Contents

The region extends from Melbourne's inner eastern suburbs of Bulleen and Doncaster, north across the Yarra River to Lower Plenty and Eltham, and across to Bayswater, Croydon and Ferntree Gully (in the Dandenong Ranges) in the east below the Dandenong Ranges. The most southerly suburb is Rowville. It comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bayswater, Box Hill, Bulleen, Croydon, Eltham, Ferntree Gully, Forest Hill, Ivanhoe, Mount Waverley, Ringwood and Warrandyte.

Members

Members for Eastern Metropolitan Region
YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
2006   Shaun Leane Labor   Brian Tee Labor   Richard Dalla-Riva Liberal   Jan Kronberg Liberal   Bruce Atkinson Liberal
2010
2014   Samantha Dunn Greens Mary Wooldridge Liberal
2018   Sonja Terpstra Labor   Rod Barton Transport Matters
2020 Matthew Bach Liberal

Returned MLCs by seat

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]

Election1st MLC2nd MLC3rd MLC4th MLC5th MLC
2006 Liberal
(Richard Dalla-Riva)
Labor
(Shaun Leane)
Liberal
(Bruce Atkinson)
Labor
(Brian Tee)
Liberal
(Jan Kronberg)
2010 Liberal
(Richard Dalla-Riva)
Labor
(Shaun Leane)
Liberal
(Bruce Atkinson)
Liberal
(Jan Kronberg)
Labor
(Brian Tee)
2014 Liberal
(Mary Wooldridge)
Labor
(Shaun Leane)
Liberal
(Bruce Atkinson)
Liberal
(Richard Dalla-Riva)
Greens
(Samantha Dunn)
2018 Labor
(Shaun Leane)
Liberal
(Mary Wooldridge)
Labor
(Sonja Terpstra)
Liberal
(Bruce Atkinson)
Transport Matters
(Rod Barton)

Election results

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

2018 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 69,756
Labor 1. Shaun Leane (elected 1)
2. Sonja Terpstra (elected 3)
3. Nildhara Gadani
4. Abhimanyu Kumar
5. Barry Terzic
154,71636.97+8.30
Liberal 1. Mary Wooldridge (elected 2)
2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 4)
3. Emanuele Cicchiello
4. Grace Roy
5. Shilpa Hegde
151,21636.13−9.59
Greens 1. Samantha Dunn
2. Helen Harris
3. Liezl Shnookal
4. Monique Edwards
5. Daniela Tymms
37,6508.99−1.49
Liberal Democrats 1. Brenton Ford
2. Marcos Fernandes
17,4524.17+2.83
Justice 1. Linda De Rango
2. Kathryn Lavell
10,5832.53+2.53
Animal Justice 1. Rosemary Lavin
2. Theresa Weymouth
10,0312.40+0.69
Democratic Labour 1. Jeremy Orchard
2. Benjamin Cronshaw
7,0971.70−0.59
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Monique Ruyter
2. Grant Poulton
5,2451.25+0.42
Reason 1. Douglas Leitch
2. Glenn Lynch
4,9961.19−0.86
Voluntary Euthanasia 1. Dermot Ryan
2. Tara Nipe
3,7220.89−0.19
Sustainable Australia 1. Lynnette Saloumi
2. Perrin Wilkins
3,4000.81+0.81
Transport Matters 1. Rod Barton (elected 5)
2. Toni Peters
2,5900.62+0.62
Health Australia 1. Andrew Hicks
2. Gabrielle Brodie
2,4260.58+0.58
Aussie Battler 1. Bryce Larson
2. Clyde Sterry
2,2310.53+0.53
Liberty Alliance 1. Indhira Bivieca Aquino
2. Royston Wilding
1,9300.46+0.46
Victorian Socialists 1. Norrian Rundle
2. Liam Ward
1,8870.45+0.45
Country 1. Mil Erikozu
2. Russel Proud
11840.28−0.14
Hudson for Northern Victoria 1. Shelley van Luenen
2. Deidre Bailey
1760.04+0.04
Total formal votes418,53296.88−0.31
Informal votes13,4843.12+0.31
Turnout 432,01691.68−2.04

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References

  1. "State Election 2006 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. "State Election 2010 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. "State Election 2014 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  4. "State Election 2018: Eastern Metropolitan Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.