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Western Victoria Region

Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council

Summary

Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council

FieldValue
upperyes
nameWestern Victoria Region
statevic
image
captionInteractive map of electoral region boundaries from the 2022 state election, along with its composition of electoral districts
created2006
mpJacinta Ermacora (Labor)
Sarah Mansfield (Greens)
Bev McArthur (Liberal)
Joe McCracken (Liberal)
Gayle Tierney (Labor)
mp-partyLabor (2)
Liberal (2)
Greens (1)
electors571121
electors_year2022
area77776
coordinates

Sarah Mansfield (Greens) Bev McArthur (Liberal) Joe McCracken (Liberal) Gayle Tierney (Labor) | mp-party = Labor (2) Liberal (2) Greens (1) 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.

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

Members

YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
2006Labor}}Jaala PulfordLaborLabor}}Gayle TierneyLaborPeter KavanaghDemocratic LabourLiberal}}
2010David O'BrienNationalsSimon RamsayLiberal
2014James PurcellLocal JobsJosh MorrisLiberal
2018Andy MeddickAnimal JusticeStuart GrimleyJusticeBev McArthurLiberal
2022Jacinta ErmacoraSarah MansfieldGreensJoe McCrackenLiberal

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.

Election1st MLC2nd MLC3rd MLC4th MLC5th MLC
2006Labor
(Jaala Pulford)Liberal
(John Vogels)
2010Liberal}}Liberal
(David Koch)Labor}}Labor
(Jaala Pulford)Liberal}}
2014Liberal
(Simon Ramsay)Labor
(Jaala Pulford)Liberal
(Josh Morris)Labor
(Gayle Tierney)
2018Labor
(Jaala Pulford)Liberal
(Bev McArthur)
2022Labor
(Jacinta Ermacora)Liberal
(Bev McArthur)

Election results

References

References

  1. (August 2025). "State Election 2006 : Eastern Victorian Region".
  2. (August 2025). "State Election 2010 : Eastern Victorian Region".
  3. (August 2025). "State Election 2014 : Eastern Victorian Region".
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