Northern Victoria Region

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.

Northern Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Northern Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Gaelle 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)
Electors	542,768 (2022)
Area	102,170 km2 (39,448.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	35°57′S 144°36′E

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

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. Cate 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

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

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