List of Victorian Legislative Council appointments

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This is a list of appointments to the Victorian Legislative Council , caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member. A departure creates a casual vacancy which is filled by a candidate of the same affiliation in a joint sitting of the Parliament of Victoria. The constitution states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members. This was introduced as part of reforms to the Legislative Council in 2003, taking effect from the 2006 election; prior to that time, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council had been filled through by-elections. [1]

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List of appointments

DateRegionIncumbentPartyAppointeePartyCause
13 November 2024 Northern Metropolitan Samantha Ratnam   Greens Anasina Gray-Barberio   Greens Resignation [2]
17 August 2022 Eastern Victoria Jane Garrett   Labor Tom McIntosh   Labor Death [3] [4]
22 June 2022 South Eastern Metropolitan David Limbrick   Liberal Democrats David Limbrick   Liberal Democrats Resignation [5]
2 December 2021 Eastern Metropolitan Edward O'Donohue   Liberal Cathrine Burnett-Wake   Liberal Resignation [6]
13 October 2020 Northern Metropolitan Jenny Mikakos   Labor Sheena Watt   Labor Resignation [7]
23 April 2020 South Eastern Metropolitan Gavin Jennings   Labor Lee Tarlamis   Labor Resignation [8]
5 March 2020 Eastern Metropolitan Mary Wooldridge   Liberal Matthew Bach   Liberal Resignation [9]
15 August 2019 Southern Metropolitan Philip Dalidakis   Labor Enver Erdogan   Labor Resignation [10]
21 February 2018 Western Metropolitan Colleen Hartland   Greens Huong Truong   Greens Resignation [11]
19 October 2017 Northern Metropolitan Greg Barber   Greens Samantha Ratnam   Greens Resignation [12]
7 June 2017 Northern Victoria Steve Herbert   Labor Mark Gepp   Labor Resignation [13]
12 October 2016 Northern Victoria Damian Drum   National Luke O'Sullivan   National Resignation [14]
15 April 2015 Eastern Victoria Danny O'Brien   National Melina Bath   National Resignation [15]
11 June 2014 Northern Victoria Candy Broad   Labor Marg Lewis   Labor Resignation [16]
26 March 2014 Eastern Victoria Peter Hall   National Danny O'Brien   National Resignation [17]
5 February 2014 Eastern Victoria Philip Davis   Liberal Andrew Ronalds   Liberal Resignation [18]
21 August 2013 Northern Victoria Donna Petrovich   Liberal Amanda Millar   Liberal Resignation [19]
8 May 2013 Western Metropolitan Martin Pakula   Labor Cesar Melhem   Labor Resignation [20]
8 May 2013 Northern Metropolitan Theo Theophanous   Labor Nathan Murphy   Labor Resignation [21]
3 February 2009 Southern Metropolitan Evan Thornley   Labor Jennifer Huppert   Labor Resignation [22]

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  2. ↑ "Minutes of the proceedings of the joint sitting of the houses of Parliament of the state of Victoria" (PDF). Hansard. Parliament of Victoria. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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