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.

Western Victoria Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
Location of Western Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MPStuart 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)
Electors509,247 (2018)
Area79,438 km2 (30,671.2 sq mi)
Coordinates37°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

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

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 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)
Liberal
(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)

Election results

Liberals/National coalition and Labor were defending 2 seats each. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat.[4]

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 −7.04
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 Labour 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

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