Western Metropolitan Region

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Western Metropolitan Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
VIC Western Metropolitan Region 2022.svg
Location of Western Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created2006
MP Lizzie Blandthorn (Labor)
Moira Deeming (Independent Liberal)
David Ettershank (Legalise Cannabis)
Trung Luu (Liberal)
Ingrid Stitt (Labor)
Party   Labor (2)
  Legalise Cannabis (1)
  Liberal (1)
  Independent Liberal (1)
Electors 538,136 (2022)
Area1,299 km2 (501.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 37°45′S144°42′E / 37.750°S 144.700°E / -37.750; 144.700

Western 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 comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Footscray, Kororoit, Laverton, Niddrie, Point Cook, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Werribee and Williamstown.

Members

Members for Western Metropolitan Region
YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
2006   Colleen Hartland Greens   Khalil Eideh Labor   Martin Pakula Labor   Justin Madden Labor   Bernie Finn Liberal
2010   Andrew Elsbury Liberal
2013 Cesar Melhem Labor
2014   Rachel Carling-Jenkins Democratic Labour
2017  Conservatives
2018 Huong Truong Greens   Independent
2018   Ingrid Stitt Labor Kaushaliya Vaghela Labor   Catherine Cumming Justice
2018  Independent
2022a  Independent   Independent
2022b  Independence Democratic Labour
2022c  New Democrats   Angry Victorians
2022   Lizzie Blandthorn Labor   David Ettershank Legalise Cannabis   Trung Luu Liberal   Moira Deeming Liberal
2023 Independent 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 Labor
(Justin Madden)
Liberal
(Bernie Finn)
Labor
(Khalil Eideh)
Labor
(Martin Pakula)
Greens
(Colleen Hartland)
2010 Labor
(Martin Pakula)
Liberal
(Bernie Finn)
Labor
(Khalil Eideh)
Liberal
(Andrew Elsbury)
Greens
(Colleen Hartland)
2014 Labor
(Cesar Melhem)
Liberal
(Bernie Finn)
Labor
(Khalil Eideh)
Greens
(Colleen Hartland)
Democratic Labour
(Rachel Carling-Jenkins)
2018 Labor
(Cesar Melhem)
Labor
(Ingrid Stitt)
Liberal
(Bernie Finn)
Labor
(Kaushaliya Vaghela)
Justice
(Catherine Cumming)
2022 Labor
(Lizzie Blandthorn)
Liberal
(Moira Deeming)
Labor
(Ingrid Stitt)
Legalise Cannabis
(David Ettershank)
Liberal
(Trung Luu)

Election results

Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party were defending one seat each. [4]

2022 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 74,860
Labor 1. Lizzie Blandthorn (elected 1)
2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 3)
3. Cesar Melhem
4. Cuc Lum
5. Nurul Khan
166,37137.04-9.81
Liberal 1. Moira Deeming (elected 2)
2. Trung Luu (elected 5)
3. Golam Haque
4. Manish Patel
5. Luan Walker
109,89524.47+3.65
Greens 1. Bernadette Thomas
2. Sarah Bray
3. Isabelle McRae McLeod
4. Lloyd Davies
5. Pierre Vario
36,2398.07-0.04
Democratic Labour 1. Bernie Finn
2. Thi Kiem-Lien Lee
23,4225.21+1.54
Legalise Cannabis 1. David Ettershank (elected 4)
2. Raffaela Menta
19,2954.30+4.30
Victorian Socialists 1. Liz Walsh
2. Aran Mylvaganam
16,0953.58+3.02
Family First 1. Darren Buller
2. Mary Filmer
14,2613.18+3.18
One Nation 1. Ursula Van Bree
2. Frank Vrionis
7,6911.71+1.71
Liberal Democrats 1. Anthony Cursio
2. Liam Roche
6,5461.46−0.26
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Ken Vickers
2. Geoff Ashby
6,4011.43-0.59
Animal Justice 1. Meg Watkins
2. Nat Kopas
6,2091.38-1.26
Justice 1. Peter Sullivan
2. Jean-Marie D'Argent
5,3711.20-5.80
United Australia 1. Andrew Cuthbertson
2. Deepak Bansal
4,7371.06+1.06
Sack Dan Andrews 1. Samson Palkuri
2. Burkin Yalaz
3,6530.81+0.81
Reason 1. David Thirkettle-Watts
2. Harry Millward
3,6170.81-0.24
Freedom 1. John McBride
2. Dan McBride
3,5130.78+0.78
Angry Victorians 1. Catherine Cumming
2. Adam Robinson
3. Jennifer Zalme
2,5960.57+0.57
New Democrats 1. Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela
2. Mohammed Qasim Shaik
3. Arix Maheshkumar Bishnoi
4. Anitha Jyothi Palkuri
5. Yogesh Kumar Malhotra
2,4700.55+0.55
Health Australia 1. Isaac Golden
2. Leah Golden
2,1220.47-0.49
Sustainable Australia 1. Bert Jessup
2. Dennis Bilic
2,0460.46-0.28
  Independent Liberal 1. Fred Ackerman
2. Mark Barro
1,6230.36+0.36
Companions and Pets1. Craig Treherne
2. Mary Britton
1,8060.40+0.40
Independent 1. Walter Villagonzalo
2. Sam Alcordo
1,6230.36+0.36
Transport Matters 1. Daniel Lowinger
2. Greg Collins
1,2040.27-0.41
Independent Esther Demian1440.03+0.03
Total formal votes449,15595.94+0.79
Informal votes19,0254.06−0.79
Turnout 468,18087.00−2.25

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References

  1. "State Election 2006 : Western Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. "State Election 2010 : Western Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. "State Election 2014 : Western Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  4. "Western Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.