Western Victoria Region

Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council

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Australian electorate

Western Victoria Region
Victoria—Legislative Council

Location of Western Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria

State| Victoria
Created| 2006
MP| Jacinta Ermacora (Labor)
Sarah Mansfield (Greens)
Bev McArthur (Liberal)
Joe McCracken (Liberal)
Gayle Tierney (Labor)
Party|  Labor (2)
Liberal (2)
Greens (1)
Electors| 571,121 (2022)
Area| 77,776 km2 (30,029.5 sq mi)
Coordinates| 37°11′S 142°50′E﻿ / ﻿37.183°S 142.833°E﻿ / -37.183; 142.833

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

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Members for Western Victoria Region  Year  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party

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2006 |  | Jaala Pulford | Labor |  | Gayle Tierney | Labor |  | Peter Kavanagh | Democratic Labour |  | John Vogels | Liberal |  | David Koch | Liberal
2010 |  | David O'Brien | Nationals | Simon Ramsay | Liberal
2014 |  | James Purcell | Local Jobs | Josh Morris | Liberal
2018 |  | Andy Meddick | Animal Justice |  | Stuart Grimley | Justice | Bev McArthur | Liberal
2022 | Jacinta Ermacora |  | Sarah Mansfield | Greens |  | Joe McCracken | Liberal

## Returned MLCs by seat

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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

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2006 |  | Labor
(Jaala Pulford)  |  | Liberal
(John Vogels)  |  | Labor
(Gayle Tierney)  |  | Liberal
(David Koch)  |  | Democratic Labour
(Peter Kavanagh)
2010 |  | Liberal
(David Koch)  |  | Labor
(Jaala Pulford)  |  | Liberal
(Simon Ramsay)  |  | Labor
(Gayle Tierney)  |  | Nationals
(David O'Brien)
2014 | Liberal
(Simon Ramsay)  | Labor
(Jaala Pulford)  | Liberal
(Josh Morris)  | Labor
(Gayle Tierney)  |  | Local Jobs
(James Purcell)
2018 |  | Labor
(Jaala Pulford)  |  | Liberal
(Bev McArthur)  |  | Labor
(Gayle Tierney)  |  | Justice
(Stuart Grimley)  |  | Animal Justice
(Andy Meddick)
2022 |  | Labor
(Jacinta Ermacora)  |  | Liberal
(Bev McArthur)  |  | Labor
(Gayle Tierney)  |  | Greens
(Sarah Mansfield)  |  | Liberal
(Joe McCracken)

## Election results

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Further information: Electoral results for the Western Victoria Region

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.[edit]

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

2022 Victorian state election: Western Victoria  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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Quota | 82,036  |  |
| Labor | 1\. Jacinta Ermacora (elected 1)
2\. Gayle Tierney (elected 3)
3\. Megan Bridger-Darling
4\. Sue Pavlovich
5\. Heather Stokes  | 175,024  | 35.56  | −2.66
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1\. Bev McArthur (elected 2)
2\. Joe McCracken (elected 5)
3\. Anita Rank
4\. Angela Shearman
5\. Robert Letts  | 133,231  | 27.07  | −2.80
| Greens | 1\. Sarah Mansfield (elected 4)
2\. John Barnes
3\. Judith Baldacchino
4\. Eva van der Vlies
5\. Linda Zibell  | 42,709  | 8.68  | +1.18
| Legalise Cannabis | 1\. Andrew Dowling
2\. Melanie Humphrey  | 24,763  | 5.03  | +5.03
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1\. Ben Collyer
2\. Graeme Standen  | 18,460  | 3.78  | −0.67
| Liberal Democrats | 1\. Julia McGrath
2\. Paul Barker  | 16,471  | 3.35  | +0.71
| One Nation | 1\. Terri Elizabeth Pryse-Smith
2\. Sabine De Pyle  | 13,065  | 2.65  | +2.65
| Democratic Labour | 1\. Costa Di Biase
2\. Ron Skrunzy  | 10,696  | 2.17  | +0.60
| Family First | 1\. Dean Conkwright
2\. Chioma Ikeh  | 10,320  | 2.10  | +2.10
| Justice | 1\. Stuart Grimley
2\. Simone O'Brien  | 8,697  | 1.77  | −2.69
| Animal Justice | 1\. Andy Meddick
2\. Hannah Wilshier  | 8,660  | 1.76  | −1.01
| Sack Dan Andrews | 1\. Tosh-Jake Finnigan
2\. Ismail Efe Celikdogen
3\. Sinan Orhan  | 5,012  | 1.02  | +1.02
| Victorian Socialists | 1\. Madilyn Gorman
2\. Abbey Randall  | 3,656  | 0.74  | +0.00
| United Australia | 1\. Natalie Valerie Failla
2\. Keith Raymond  | 3,620  | 0.73  | +0.73
| Reason | 1\. Emma Sinclair
2\. Olivia Hurley  | 3,475  | 0.71  | −0.21
| Angry Victorians | 1\. Chris Burson
2\. Richard Beeck  | 2,699  | 0.55  | +0.55
| Health Australia | 1\. Constantine Lazos
2\. Angelica Brennfleck  | 2,607  | 0.53  | −0.20
| Companions and Pets  | 1\. Geoff Collins
2\. Simone Fisher  | 2,544  | 0.52  | +0.52
| Freedom | 1\. Antun Kovac
2\. Flor Vanessa Becerra-Kovac  | 2,307  | 0.47  | +0.47
| Sustainable Australia | 1\. Madeleine Wearne
2\. Robert Pascoe  | 2,083  | 0.42  | −0.21
| Transport Matters | 1\. Antonela Kearns
2\. Eddie Dunn  | 1,457  | 0.30  | −0.23
| New Democrats | 1\. Cecilia Gomez Benitez
2\. Vijaykumar Kachhia
3\. Hardik Bipinchandra Dave
4\. Jaymik Mahendrakumar Patel  | 541  | 0.11  | +0.11
| Ind. (Indigenous)  | 1\. Storm Hellmuth  | 161  | 0.03  | +0.03
Total formal votes  | 464,784  | 96.62  | +0.75
Informal votes  | 14,734  | 3.38  | −0.75
Turnout | 509,387  | 89.20  | −2.24

## References

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

## External links

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* Western Victoria Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission

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Electoral regions of the Victorian Legislative Council

* Eastern Victoria Region
* North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
* Northern Metropolitan Region
* Northern Victoria Region
* South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
* Southern Metropolitan Region
* Western Metropolitan Region
* Western Victoria Region

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