Eastern Victoria Region
| Eastern Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 Location of Eastern Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 2006 |
| MP | Melina Bath (National) Jeff Bourman (Shooters) Cathrine Burnett-Wake (Liberal) Jane Garrett (Labor) Harriet Shing (Labor) |
| Party | Labor (2) Liberal (1) National (1) Shooters, Fishers, Farmers (1) |
| Electors | 515,740 (2018) |
| Area | 44,456 km2 (17,164.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | 37°53′S 147°19′E / 37.883°S 147.317°ECoordinates: 37°53′S 147°19′E / 37.883°S 147.317°E |
Eastern 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.
The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bass, Evelyn, Gembrook, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Hastings, Monbulk, Mornington, Morwell, Narracan and Nepean.
Members[]
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Matt Viney | Labor | Johan Scheffer | Labor | Philip Davis | Liberal | Edward O'Donohue | Liberal | Peter Hall | Nationals | |||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Andrew Ronalds | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Harriet Shing | Labor | Daniel Mulino | Labor | Jeff Bourman | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers |
Danny O'Brien | Nationals | |||||||
| 2015 | Melina Bath | Nationals | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Jane Garrett | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Cathrine Burnett-Wake | 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]
| Election | 1st MLC | 2nd MLC | 3rd MLC | 4th MLC | 5th MLC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Liberal (Philip Davis) |
Labor (Matt Viney) |
Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Johan Scheffer) |
Nationals (Peter Hall) | |||||
| 2010 | Liberal (Philip Davis) |
Labor (Matt Viney) |
Nationals (Peter Hall) |
Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Johan Scheffer) | |||||
| 2014 | Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Harriet Shing) |
Nationals (Danny O'Brien) |
SFF (Jeff Bourman) |
Labor (Daniel Mulino) | |||||
| 2018 | Liberal (Edward O'Donohue) |
Labor (Jane Garrett) |
Nationals (Melina Bath) |
Labor (Harriet Shing) |
SFF (Jeff Bourman) | |||||
Election results[]
Labor and the Liberal/National coalition were defending two seats each and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers were defending one.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 77,936 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Edward O'Donohue (elected 1) 2. Melina Bath (elected 3) 3. Meg Edwards 4. Karen Chipperfield 5. Darren Howe |
159,520 | 34.10 | −7.47 | |
| Labor | 1. Jane Garrett (elected 2) 2. Harriet Shing (elected 4) 3. Patrick Kelly 4. Jane Clarke 5. Onno van den Eynde |
157,020 | 33.58 | +4.58 | |
| Greens | 1. Tom Cummings 2. Lachlan Mackenzie 3. Neale Adams 4. David Gentle 5. Donald Stokes |
31,467 | 6.73 | −1.75 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Jeff Bourman (elected 5) 2. Kerrie-Anne Muir |
23,409 | 5.01 | +2.57 | |
| Justice | 1. Rhonda Crooks 2. Philip Seabrook |
20,925 | 4.47 | +4.47 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Ben Buckley 2. Rob McCathie |
18,856 | 4.03 | −0.71 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Leah Folloni 2. Jennifer McAdam |
15,095 | 3.23 | +3.23 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Padraig O'Hea 2. Larry Norman |
7,067 | 1.51 | +0.80 | |
| Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Michelle Hain 2. Martin Barnes |
6,222 | 1.33 | +0.12 | |
| Aussie Battler | 1. Vern Hughes 2. Paula Mattson |
5,685 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Geoff Pain 2. Katherine Holmes |
4,155 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Reade Smith 2. Donna Hannaford |
4,092 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
| Reason | 1. Carmel Close 2. Gregory Bell |
3,806 | 0.81 | −1.68 | |
| Country | 1. Rob Danieli 2. Tony Geitenbeek |
3,182 | 0.68 | −0.30 | |
| Liberty Alliance | 1. Mark Brown 2. Daniel Jones |
2,652 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Trevor Salmon 2. Joshua Roperto |
2,622 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Lainie Cruse 2. Russell Forden |
1,017 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
| Independent | 1. Michael Fozard | 499 | 0.11 | +0.11 | |
| Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Megan Whittaker 2. Kristy Hudson |
320 | 0.07 | +0.07 | |
| Total formal votes | 467,611 | 96.21 | +1.48 | ||
| Informal votes | 18,419 | 3.79 | −1.48 | ||
| Turnout | 486,030 | 91.08 | +0.02 | ||
References[]
- ^ "State Election 2006 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2010 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2014 : Eastern Victorian Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2018: Eastern Victoria Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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