The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria,Australia,the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street,Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review,in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart,the Australian Senate. Although it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council,most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly.
Andrea Coote is an Australian former parliamentarian. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2014,representing Monash Province until the 2006 election and the Southern Metropolitan Region thereafter.
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.
Inga Peulich (;née Došen was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for Bentleigh from 1992 to 2002.
Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1999 and 2022,representing the Eumemmerring Province (1999–2006) and the South Eastern Metropolitan Region (2006–2022).
The electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 14 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi) in inner northern Melbourne,and includes the suburbs of Brunswick,Brunswick East,Carlton North,Fitzroy North,Princes Hill and parts of Brunswick West. It lies within the Northern Metropolitan Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
Mary Louise Newling Wooldridge is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2019. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the seat of Doncaster from 2006 to 2014;her seat was abolished in a redistribution for that year's election,and she was subsequently elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan Region in November's state election.
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.
Gregory John Barber is a former Australian politician,who was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2017.
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.
Brian Lennox Tee is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2014,representing the Eastern Metropolitan Region.
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.
Samantha Dunn is a former Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2014 to 2018. She lost her seat in the 2018 state election,and subsequently resigned from the party.
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 British-Australian social worker and politician. She was the leader of the Victorian Greens between 2017 and 2024,serving as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
Thi Viet Huong Truong is an Australian politician,community organiser,artist whose parents came from Vietnam as refugees by boat following the Vietnam War.
David Boyd Limbrick is an Australian politician. He is a Libertarian member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2018,representing South-Eastern Metropolitan Region. He resigned in April 2022 and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 federal election as a Senate candidate for his party. In June 2022 he returned to the Victorian Parliament as an MP and was subsequently re-elected at the 2022 state election.
Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing the Southern Metropolitan Region. She has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills since December 2022 and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. She also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council from October 2020 to August 2022.
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.
