South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

South-Eastern 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.

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of South Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Michael Galea (Labor) Ann-Marie Hermans (Liberal) David Limbrick (Liberal Democrats) Rachel Payne (Legalise Cannabis) Lee Tarlamis (Labor)
Party	Labor (2)   Legalise Cannabis (1)   Liberal (1)   Libertarian (1)
Electors	555,544 (2022)
Area	658 km2 (254.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	38°3′S 145°13′E

The region covers the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Berwick, Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville.

Members

Members for South Eastern Metropolitan Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2006		Gavin Jennings	Labor		Adem Somyurek	Labor		Bob Smith	Labor		Inga Peulich	Liberal		Gordon Rich-Phillips	Liberal
2010								Lee Tarlamis	Labor
2014								Nina Springle	Greens
2018								Tien Kieu	Labor		David Limbrick	Liberal Democrats / Libertarian
2020		Lee Tarlamis	Labor			Independent
2022						Democratic Labour
2022					Rachel Payne	Legalise Cannabis		Michael Galea	Labor					Ann-Marie Hermans	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 (Gavin Jennings)		Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips)		Labor (Adem Somyurek)		Liberal (Inga Peulich)		Labor (Bob Smith)
2010		Labor (Gavin Jennings)		Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips)		Labor (Adem Somyurek)		Liberal (Inga Peulich)		Labor (Lee Tarlamis)
2014		Labor (Gavin Jennings)		Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips)		Labor (Adem Somyurek)		Liberal (Inga Peulich)		Greens (Nina Springle)
2018		Labor (Gavin Jennings)		Labor (Adem Somyurek)		Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips)		Labor (Tien Kieu)		Liberal Democrats (David Limbrick)
2022		Labor (Lee Tarlamis)		Liberal (Ann-Marie Hermans)		Labor (Michael Galea)		Legalise Cannabis (Rachel Payne)		Liberal Democrats (David Limbrick)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region

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

Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending one seat each.^[4]

2022 Victorian state election: South-Eastern Metropolitan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			78,296
	Labor	1. Lee Tarlamis (elected 1) 2. Michael Galea (elected 3) 3. Tien Kieu 4. Imran Khan 5. Katrina Sullivan	184,810	39.34	−9.53
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Ann-Marie Hermans (elected 2) 2. Manju Hanumantharayappa 3. Antonietta Moricca 4. Lyndon Samuel 5. Michael Keane	125,762	26.77	−2.80
	Greens	1. Alex Breskin 2. Louisa Willoughby 3. Dewani Harahap 4. Janet Wong 5. Karen Jones	31,577	6.72	+1.20
	Legalise Cannabis	1. Rachel Payne (elected 4) 2. Jeffrey Knipe	24,672	5.25	+5.25
	Liberal Democrats	1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Ethelyn King	16,971	3.61	+2.46
	Democratic Labour	1. Jennifer Bowden 2. Khalif White	15,399	3.28	+1.78
	Justice	1. Derryn Hinch 2. Mohit Dwivedi	9,334	1.99	−1.11
	Family First	1. Lee Jones 2. Colleen Hayward	9,025	1.92	+1.92
	Freedom	1. Morgan Jonas 2. Rebekah Spelman	8,306	1.77	+1.77
	One Nation	1. Beth Stevens 2. Cyndi Marr	8,299	1.77	+1.77
	Animal Justice	1. Bronwyn Currie 2. Davina Hinkley	6,481	1.38	−0.91
	United Australia	1. Matt Babet 2. Bobby Singh	5,495	1.17	+1.17
	Sack Dan Andrews	1. Daniel Costin Puscasu 2. Rodica Ianculescu	4,554	0.97	+0.97
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Grant Poulton 2. Will Heily	4,112	0.88	−0.66
	Health Australia	1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Kate Lukis	3,461	0.74	−0.11
	Companions and Pets	1. Marissa Sarif 2. Wendy Hutchison	2,425	0.52	+0.52
	Reason	1. Martin Leahy 2. Ethan Mileikowski	2,118	0.45	−0.37
	Victorian Socialists	1. Lavanya Thavaraja 2. Jaynaya Travis	1,895	0.40	+0.13
	Sustainable Australia	1. Brandon Hoult 2. Steven Armstrong	1,512	0.32	−0.36
	Transport Matters	1. Norm Dunn 2. Toni Peters	1,380	0.29	+0.94
	Angry Victorians	1. Barry Edward Minster 2. George Moliviatis	1,345	0.29	+0.29
	New Democrats	1. Bhaveshkumar Lakhatariya 2. Satinder Singh 3. Nilam Dhaval Panchal 4. Bhavika Amrutlal Patel	600	0.13	+0.13
	Independent	1. Mehdi Sayed	242	0.05	+0.05
Total formal votes			469,775	96.29	+0.45
Informal votes			18,076	3.71	−0.45
Turnout			487,851	88.45	−1.32