Western Victoria Region

Western Victoria 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.

This article is about the electoral region. For the area, see Western District (Victoria).

Western Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Western Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Stuart Grimley (Justice) Bev McArthur (Liberal) Andy Meddick (Animal Justice) Jaala Pulford (Labor) Gayle Tierney (Labor)
Party	Labor (2)      Liberal (1)      Justice (1)      Animal Justice (1)
Electors	509,247 (2018)
Area	79,438 km^2 (30,671.2 sq mi)
Coordinates	37°11′S 142°50′E

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bellarine, Buninyong, Geelong, Lara, Lowan, Melton, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon, South-West Coast and Wendouree.

Members

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jaala Pulford	Labor	2006–present		John Vogels	Liberal	2006–2010		Gayle Tierney	Labor	2006–present		David Koch	Liberal	2006–2014		Peter Kavanagh	DLP	2006–2010
					Simon Ramsay	Liberal	2010–2018										David O'Brien	National	2010–2014
													Josh Morris	Liberal	2014–2018		James Purcell	Local Jobs	2014–2018
					Bev McArthur	Liberal	2018–present						Stuart Grimley	Justice	2018–present		Andy Meddick	Animal Justice	2018–present

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Western Victoria Region

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2018 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria[edit]

Liberals/National coalition and Labor were defending 2 seats each. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat.[1]

2018 Victorian state election: Western Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
Quota			76,750
	Labor	1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Dylan Wight 4. Lorraine O'Dal 5. Bernard Gartland	175,836	38.18	+4.13
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Bev McArthur (elected 2) 2. Josh Morris 3. Jo Armstrong 4. Jennifer Lowe 5. Andrew Black	137,825	29.92	−4.13
	Greens	1. Lloyd Davies 2. Judy Cameron 3. Peter Mewett 4. David Jefferson 5. Judith Baldacchino	34,482	7.49	−1.70
	Justice	1. Stuart Grimley (elected 4) 2. Michelle Tedesco	20,487	4.45	+4.45
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Geoff Collins 2. Graeme Standen	20,412	4.43	2.14
	Animal Justice	1. Andy Meddick (elected 5) 2. Jen Gamble	12,736	2.77	+1.09
	Liberal Democrats	1. Lachlan Christie 2. Paul Robson	12,120	2.63	+0.04
	Voluntary Euthanasia	1. Katrina Nugent 2. John Berenyi	8,741	1.90	+1.90
	Democratic Labor	1. Frances Beaumont 2. Christian Schultink	7,246	1.57	+0.04
	Country	1. Costa Di Biase 2. John Buchholtz	6,310	1.37	+0.38
	Aussie Battler	1. Anthony Prelorenzo 2. Mark Mitchell	5,441	1.18	+1.18
	Reason	1. Michael Bell 2. Liam Hastie	4,230	0.92	−1.58
	Victorian Socialists	1. Tim Gooden 2. Nada Iskra	3,426	0.74	+0.74
	Health Australia	1. Sonja Ljavroska 2. Kayleen Thoren	3,346	0.73	+0.73
	Sustainable Australia	1. Robert Pascoe 2. Christopher Lynch	2,915	0.63	+0.63
	Transport Matters	1. Nicholas Croker 2. Francesco Raco	2,419	0.53	+0.53
	Liberty Alliance	1. Kenneth Nicholls 2. Daniel Macdonald	2,384	0.52	+0.52
	Hudson for Northern Victoria	1. Sally Hudson 2. Mark Wright	223	0.05	+0.05
	Independent	1. Karl Pongracic	126	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			460,498	95.87	−1.16
Informal votes			19,819	4.13	+1.16
Turnout			480,317	91.44	−2.95

External links

• Western Victoria Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission

1. "State Election 2018: Western Victoria Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.