Southern Metropolitan Region

Southern Metropolitan Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
Location of Southern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MPRyan Batchelor (Labor)
John Berger (Labor)
Katherine Copsey (Greens)
Georgie Crozier (Liberal)
David Davis (Liberal)
Party  Labor (2)
  Liberal (2)
  Greens (1)
Electors542,200 (2022)
Area243 km2 (93.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°53′S 145°2′E / 37.883°S 145.033°E / -37.883; 145.033

Southern Metropolitan 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 Albert Park, Ashwood, Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Oakleigh, Prahran and Sandringham. The region covers most of the wealthiest areas of Melbourne, only a few traditional Labor areas (Oakleigh being the only historically safe Labor seat), and one of the four Greens-held seats in the lower house (Prahran).

Members

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Members for Southern Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
2006   Sue Pennicuik Greens   John Lenders Labor   Evan Thornley Labor   Andrea Coote Liberal   David Davis Liberal
2009 Jennifer Huppert Labor
2010   Georgie Crozier Liberal
2014 Philip Dalidakis Labor Margaret Fitzherbert Liberal
2018   Clifford Hayes Sustainable   Nina Taylor Labor
2019 Enver Erdogan Labor
2022   Katherine Copsey Greens John Berger Labor Ryan Batchelor Labor

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
2006 Liberal
(David Davis)
Labor
(John Lenders)
Liberal
(Andrea Coote)
Greens
(Sue Pennicuik)
Labor
(Evan Thornley)
2010 Liberal
(David Davis)
Labor
(John Lenders)
Liberal
(Andrea Coote)
Liberal
(Georgie Crozier)
Greens
(Sue Pennicuik)
2014 Liberal
(David Davis)
Labor
(Philip Dalidakis)
Liberal
(Georgie Crozier)
Greens
(Sue Pennicuik)
Liberal
(Margaret Fitzherbert)
2018 Liberal
(David Davis)
Labor
(Philip Dalidakis)
Liberal
(Georgie Crozier)
Labor
(Nina Taylor)
Sustainable
(Clifford Hayes)
2022 Liberal
(David Davis)
Labor
(John Berger)
Liberal
(Georgie Crozier)
Greens
(Katherine Copsey)
Labor
(Ryan Batchelor)

Election results

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Labor and the Liberal Party were defending two seats each. Sustainable Australia was defending one seat.[4]

2022 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 78,309
Liberal/National Coalition 1. David Davis (elected 1)
2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3)
3. Nick Stavrou
4. Andrew Litwinow
5. Monica Clark
169,681 36.11 -1.78
Labor 1. John Berger (elected 2)
2. Ryan Batchelor (elected 5)
3. Clive Crosby
4. Lynn Psaila
5. Muhammad Shahbaz
139,722 29.74 -5.45
Greens 1. Katherine Copsey (elected 4)
2. John Friend-Pereira
3. Anna Parker
4. Kylie Rocha
5. Shanae Rowick
72,410 15.41 +2.31
Legalise Cannabis 1. Marc Selan
2. Ben Howman
13,681 2.91 +2.91
Liberal Democrats 1. Matthew Ford
2. David Segal
11,696 2.49 +0.96
Democratic Labour 1. Theodore Tsoingas
2. Dean Chambers
10,385 2.21 +0.02
Reason 1. Andrew Johnson
2. Stephen Jasper
9,511 2.02 +0.07
Animal Justice 1. Ben Schultz
2. Michelle McGoldrick
6,698 1.43 -0.72
Sustainable Australia 1. Clifford Hayes
2. Allan Doensen
5,170 1.10 -0.19
Family First 1. Vickie Janson
2. Alex Van Der End
4,734 1.01 +1.01
Justice 1. Ellie Jean Sullivan
2. Michaele Dale
3,807 0.81 -0.67
Sack Dan Andrews 1. Nursin Akdogan
2. Reyhan Adonir
3,542 0.75 +0.75
One Nation 1. Chris Bradbury
2. Craig Pickering
3,072 0.65 +0.65
Freedom 1. Natasha Kons
2. Madeleine Kons
2,810 0.60 +0.60
Victorian Socialists 1. Jack Todaro
2. Liam Kruger
2,516 0.54 +0.07
United Australia 1. Leon Kofmansky
2. Julie McCamish
2,177 0.46 +0.46
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Nicole Bourman
2. Michelle Collyer
1,966 0.42 -0.22
Health Australia 1. Kellie Thomas
2. Mark Lambrick
1,935 0.41 -0.07
Transport Matters 1. Paul Tammesild
2. Marc Peters
1,480 0.31 -0.04
Companions and Pets 1. Joan Molyneux
2. Max Winch
1,257 0.27 +0.27
Angry Victorians 1. Dean Hurlston
2. Robert John Kamp
915 0.19 +0.19
New Democrats 1. Krishna Dharmeshkumar Brahmbhatt
2. Jigarkumar Ahbaysinh Chaudhary
3. Ravinder Singh Marwaha
688 0.15 +0.15
Total formal votes 469,853 97.98 +0.45
Informal votes 9,702 2.02 −0.45
Turnout 479,555 88.45 −0.88

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. ^ "Southern Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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