Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2022–2026

Last updated December 15, 2024

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council , as elected at the 2022 state election.

Current distribution of seats

Region
Northern Metropolitan	Sheena Watt Labor	Evan Mulholland Liberal	Samantha Ratnam (to November 2024) Anasina Gray-Barberio (since November 2024) Greens	Enver Erdogan Labor	Adem Somyurek Democratic Labour (to March 2024) Independent
Southern Metropolitan	David Davis Liberal	John Berger Labor	Georgie Crozier Liberal	Katherine Copsey Greens	Ryan Batchelor Labor
North-Eastern Metropolitan	Shaun Leane Labor	Matthew Bach (to December 2023) Richard Welch (from February 2024) Liberal	Sonja Terpstra Labor	Nick McGowan Liberal	Aiv Puglielli Greens
South-Eastern Metropolitan	Lee Tarlamis Labor	Ann-Marie Hermans Liberal	Michael Galea Labor	Rachel Payne Legalise Cannabis	David Limbrick Libertarian
Western Metropolitan	Lizzie Blandthorn Labor	Moira Deeming Independent Liberal	Ingrid Stitt Labor	David Ettershank Legalise Cannabis	Trung Luu Liberal
Northern Victoria	Wendy Lovell Liberal	Jaclyn Symes Labor	Gaelle Broad Nationals	Georgie Purcell Animal Justice	Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell One Nation
Eastern Victoria	Renee Heath Liberal	Tom McIntosh Labor	Melina Bath Nationals	Harriet Shing Labor	Jeff Bourman SFF
Western Victoria	Jacinta Ermacora Labor	Bev McArthur Liberal	Gayle Tierney Labor	Sarah Mansfield Greens	Joe McCracken Liberal

Party		Seats
Party		2018	2022^[1]
	Labor	18	15
Liberal-National coalition		11	14
	Liberal	10	12
	Greens	1	4
	National	1	2
	Legalise Cannabis	0	2
	Liberal Democrats	2	1
	Animal Justice	1	1
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers	1	1
	Democratic Labour	0	1
	One Nation	0	1
	Derryn Hinch's Justice	3	0
	Reason	1	0
	Sustainable Australia	1	0
	Transport Matters	1	0
Total		40	40

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