Eastern Victoria Region

Eastern 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.

Eastern Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Eastern Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Melina Bath (National) Jeff Bourman (Shooters) Renee Heath (Liberal) Tom McIntosh (Labor) Harriet Shing (Labor)
Party	Labor (2)   Liberal (1)   National (1)   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers (1)
Electors	546,122 (2022)
Area	44,420 km2 (17,150.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	37°53′S 147°19′E

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bass, Evelyn, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Hastings, Monbulk, Mornington, Morwell, Narracan, Nepean and Pakenham.

Members

Members for Eastern Victoria Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2006		Matt Viney	Labor		Johan Scheffer	Labor		Philip Davis	Liberal		Edward O'Donohue	Liberal		Peter Hall	Nationals
2010
2014								Andrew Ronalds	Liberal
2014		Harriet Shing	Labor		Daniel Mulino	Labor		Jeff Bourman	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers					Danny O'Brien	Nationals
2015														Melina Bath	Nationals
2018					Jane Garrett	Labor
2021											Cathrine Burnett-Wake	Liberal
2022					Tom McIntosh	Labor
2022											Renee Heath	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		Liberal (Philip Davis)		Labor (Matt Viney)		Liberal (Edward O'Donohue)		Labor (Johan Scheffer)		Nationals (Peter Hall)
2010		Liberal (Philip Davis)		Labor (Matt Viney)		Nationals (Peter Hall)		Liberal (Edward O'Donohue)		Labor (Johan Scheffer)
2014		Liberal (Edward O'Donohue)		Labor (Harriet Shing)		Nationals (Danny O'Brien)		SFF (Jeff Bourman)		Labor (Daniel Mulino)
2018		Liberal (Edward O'Donohue)		Labor (Jane Garrett)		Nationals (Melina Bath)		Labor (Harriet Shing)		SFF (Jeff Bourman)
2022		Liberal (Renee Heath)		Labor (Tom McIntosh)		Nationals (Melina Bath)		Labor (Harriet Shing)		SFF (Jeff Bourman)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Eastern Victoria Region

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

Labor and the Liberal/National coalition were defending two seats each. The Shooters, Farmers and Fishers were defending one seat.^[4]

2022 Victorian state election: Eastern Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			78,887
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Renee Heath (elected 1) 2. Melina Bath (elected 3) 3. David Burgess 4. Sharn Coombes 5. Mick Harrington	172,208	36.38	+2.28
	Labor	1. Tom McIntosh (elected 2) 2. Harriet Shing (elected 4) 3. Amie Templar-Kanshlo 4. Jannette Langley 5. Marg D'Arcy	125,481	26.51	−7.07
	Greens	1. Mat Morgan 2. Adam Frogley 3. Jessica Wheelock 4. Lynda Wheelock 5. Rodrigo Bardales	37,795	7.99	+1.26
	Legalise Cannabis	1. Thomas Forrest 2. Mark Smith	19,654	4.15	+4.15
	Democratic Labour	1. Philip Semmel 2. Catherine Kennedy	18,117	3.83	+2.32
	One Nation	1. Warren Pickering 2. Jeff Waddell	16,964	3.58	+3.58
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Jeff Bourman (elected 5) 2. Kerrie-Anne Muir	14,217	3.00	−2.01
	Liberal Democrats	1. Rob McCathie 2. Angus Ward	12,130	2.56	−1.47
	Justice	1. Ruth Stanfield 2. Lachlan O'Connell	9,500	2.00	−2.47
	Animal Justice	1. Austin Cram 2. Jennifer McAdam	8,413	1.78	−1.45
	Freedom	1. Greg Hansford 2. Ray Akers	8,385	1.77	+1.77
	Family First	1. Milton Wade 2. Natasha Sawtell	7,634	1.61	+1.61
	Sack Dan Andrews	1. Cengiz Coskun 2. Connie Coskun	3,984	0.84	+0.84
	Reason	1. Dean Barnes 2. Eve Cash	3,498	0.74	−0.07
	United Australia	1. James William Unkles 2. Paul Wilson	3,382	0.71	+0.71
	Victorian Socialists	1. Richard Mann 2. Natalie Acreman	2,300	0.49	+0.27
	Angry Victorians	1. Shane Casey 2. Virginia Rizzo 3. Ben Marshall	2,280	0.48	+0.48
	Companions and Pets	1. John Hutchison 2. Sean Eddy	2,251	0.48	+0.48
	Health Australia	1. Kristy Michelle Wallace 2. Tania White	1,921	0.41	−0.48
	Sustainable Australia	1. Sophie Paterson 2. Anthony Cresswell	1,772	0.37	−0.50
	Transport Matters	1. Ralf Troshen 2. Mark Dunn	729	0.15	−0.41
	New Democrats	1. Srilakshmi Ajjampura 2. Komalben Rasiklal Darji 3. Namrata Rajan Shah	533	0.11	+0.11
	Independent	1. John O'Brien	170	0.04	+0.04
Total formal votes			473,318	96.94	+0.73
Informal votes			14,948	3.06	−0.73
Turnout			488,266	89.41	−1.67