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Northern Victoria Region
Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Northern Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MPGaelle Broad (Nationals)
Wendy Lovell (Liberal)
Georgie Purcell (Animal Justice)
Jaclyn Symes (Labor)
Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell (One Nation)
Party  Animal Justice (1)
  Labor (1)
  Liberal (1)
  Nationals (1)
  One Nation (1)
Electors542,768 (2022)
Area102,170 km2 (39,448.1 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates35°57′S 144°36′E / 35.950°S 144.600°E / -35.950; 144.600

Northern 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 Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Eildon, Euroa, Macedon, Mildura, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley, Shepparton and Yan Yean.

Members

Members for Northern Victoria Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
2006   Kaye Darveniza Labor   Candy Broad Labor   Donna Petrovich Liberal   Wendy Lovell Liberal   Damian Drum Nationals
2010
2013 Amanda Millar Liberal
2014 Marg Lewis Labor
2014 Jaclyn Symes Labor Steve Herbert Labor   Daniel Young Shooters,
Fishers, Farmers
2016 Luke O'Sullivan Nationals
2017 Mark Gepp Labor
2018   Tania Maxwell Justice   Tim Quilty Liberal Democrats
2022   Georgie Purcell Animal Justice   Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell One Nation   Gaelle Broad Nationals

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
(Candy Broad) 		Liberal
(Wendy Lovell) 		Nationals
(Damian Drum) 		Liberal
(Donna Petrovich) 		Labor
(Kaye Darveniza)
2010 Liberal
(Wendy Lovell) 		Labor
(Candy Broad) 		Nationals
(Damian Drum) 		Labor
(Kaye Darveniza) 		Liberal
(Donna Petrovich)
2014 Liberal
(Wendy Lovell) 		Labor
(Steve Herbert) 		Nationals
(Damian Drum) 		SFF
(Daniel Young) 		Labor
(Jaclyn Symes)
2018 Labor
(Mark Gepp) 		Liberal
(Wendy Lovell) 		Liberal Democrats
(Tim Quilty) 		Justice
(Tania Maxwell) 		Labor
(Jaclyn Symes)
2022 Liberal
(Wendy Lovell) 		Labor
(Jaclyn Symes) 		Nationals
(Gaelle Broad) 		Animal Justice
(Georgie Purcell) 		One Nation
(Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Northern Victoria Region

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

2022 Victorian state election: Northern Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 77,465
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Wendy Lovell (elected 1)
2. Gaelle Broad (elected 3)
3. Amanda Millar
4. Liz Fisher
5. Jillian Merkel 		162,860 35.04 +3.84
Labor 1. Jaclyn Symes (elected 2)
2. James McWhinney
3. Gareth Mills
4. Rahn Krammaer
5. Mitch Bridges 		134,057 28.84 -2.99
Greens 1. Kate Sinclair
2. Lenka Thompson
3. Ralf Thesing
4. Rosemary Storey
5. Robin David Chapman 		32,399 6.97 +0.40
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Josh Knight
2. Peter Watkins 		23,715 5.10 -2.75
Legalise Cannabis 1. Adam Miller
2. Christopher McInally 		22,103 4.76 +4.76
One Nation 1. Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell (elected 5)
2. Nadine Edwards-Scott 		17,306 3.72 +3.72
Liberal Democrats 1. Tim Quilty
2. Tim Molesworth 		9,249 1.99 -1.79
Justice 1. Tania Maxwell
2. John Herron 		9,140 1.97 -2.89
Family First 1. Michael White
2. Carol Norton-Smith 		7,600 1.64 +1.64
Animal Justice 1. Georgie Purcell (elected 4)
2. Michelle McGoldrick 		7,239 1.56 -0.73
Democratic Labour 1. Mark Royal
2. Ross McPhee 		6,842 1.47 +0.02
Freedom 1. Christopher James Alan Neil
2. Henk N. Wallenborn 		4,968 1.07 +1.07
Health Australia 1. Kim Warner
2. Shaun Moran 		4,835 1.04 +0.07
Sack Dan Andrews 1. Yasemin Ceylan
2. Mukadder Orhan 		4,570 0.98 +0.98
Reason 1. Melanie Sharp
2. Callum Chapman 		3,755 0.81 +0.11
United Australia 1. Geoff Shaw
2. Elijah Suares 		3,620 0.78 +0.78
Companions and Pets 1. Laura Barnes
2. Robert Britton 		2,861 0.62 +0.62
Angry Victorians 1. Mark Jones
2. Melanie Tomlin 		2,229 0.48 +0.48
Victorian Socialists 1. Karen Hocking
2. Emma Dynes 		1,893 0.41 +0.12
Sustainable Australia 1. Ian Chivers
2. Allan Doensen 		1,599 0.34 -0.56
Transport Matters 1. Scott Cowie
2. Neil Cullen 		1,368 0.29 -0.13
New Democrats 1. Erin Sharma
2. Brijesh Chopra
3. Kuldeep Jitendrakumar Der
4. Ravinder Singh Rana 		576 0.12 +0.12
Total formal votes 464,784 96.93 +0.90
Informal votes 14,734 3.07 -0.90
Turnout 479,518 88.35 −2.40

References

  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. ^ "Northern Victoria Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

External links


Electoral districts of the Northern Victoria Region
Electoral regions of the Victorian Legislative Council
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