Southern Metropolitan Region

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.

Southern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Southern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Ryan Batchelor (Labor) John Berger (Labor) Katherine Copsey (Greens) Georgie Crozier (Liberal) David Davis (Liberal)
Party	Labor (2)   Liberal (2)   Greens (1)
Electors	542,200 (2022)
Area	243 km2 (93.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°53′S 145°2′E

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

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

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

Further information: Electoral results for the Southern Metropolitan Region

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

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

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