Eastern Metropolitan Region
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.
| Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council | |
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 Location of Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 2006 |
| 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) |
| Area | 420 km2 (162.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 37°48′S 145°11′E |
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, 2006 onwards | ||||||||||||||||
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| Election | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| MLC Party |
Bruce Atkinson Liberal |
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| MLC Party |
Jan Kronberg Liberal |
Mary Wooldridge Liberal (2014–2019) |
Matthew Bach Liberal (2020–) |
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| MLC Party |
Richard Dalla-Riva Liberal |
Sonja Terpstra Labor |
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| MLC Party |
Shaun Leane Labor |
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| MLC Party |
Brian Tee Labor |
Samantha Dunn Greens |
Rod Barton Transport Matters |
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- 1.^ Assumed office on 5 March 2020 following the resignation of Mary Wooldridge.
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]
| Election | 1st MLC | 2nd MLC | 3rd MLC | 4th MLC | 5th 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 69,756 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 1) 2. Sonja Terpstra (elected 3) 3. Nildhara Gadani 4. Abhimanyu Kumar 5. Barry Terzic |
154,716 | 36.97 | +8.30 | |
| Liberal | 1. Mary Wooldridge (elected 2) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 4) 3. Emanuele Cicchiello 4. Grace Roy 5. Shilpa Hegde |
151,216 | 36.13 | −9.59 | |
| Greens | 1. Samantha Dunn 2. Helen Harris 3. Liezl Shnookal 4. Monique Edwards 5. Daniela Tymms |
37,650 | 8.99 | −1.49 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Brenton Ford 2. Marcos Fernandes |
17,452 | 4.17 | +2.83 | |
| Justice | 1. Linda De Rango 2. Kathryn Lavell |
10,583 | 2.53 | +2.53 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Rosemary Lavin 2. Theresa Weymouth |
10,031 | 2.40 | +0.69 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Jeremy Orchard 2. Benjamin Cronshaw |
7,097 | 1.70 | −0.59 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Monique Ruyter 2. Grant Poulton |
5,245 | 1.25 | +0.42 | |
| Reason | 1. Douglas Leitch 2. Glenn Lynch |
4,996 | 1.19 | −0.86 | |
| Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Dermot Ryan 2. Tara Nipe |
3,722 | 0.89 | −0.19 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Lynnette Saloumi 2. Perrin Wilkins |
3,400 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Rod Barton (elected 5) 2. Toni Peters |
2,590 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Andrew Hicks 2. Gabrielle Brodie |
2,426 | 0.58 | +0.58 | |
| Aussie Battler | 1. Bryce Larson 2. Clyde Sterry |
2,231 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
| Liberty Alliance | 1. Indhira Bivieca Aquino 2. Royston Wilding |
1,930 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Norrian Rundle 2. Liam Ward |
1,887 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
| Country | 1. Mil Erikozu 2. Russel Proud |
1184 | 0.28 | −0.14 | |
| Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Shelley van Luenen 2. Deidre Bailey |
176 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
| Total formal votes | 418,532 | 96.88 | −0.31 | ||
| Informal votes | 13,484 | 3.12 | +0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 432,016 | 91.68 | −2.04 | ||
References
- "State Election 2006 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- "State Election 2010 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- "State Election 2014 : Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- "State Election 2018: Eastern Metropolitan Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.