Western Metropolitan Region

Western 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.

Western Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Western Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Lizzie Blandthorn (Labor) Moira Deeming (Liberal) David Ettershank (Legalise Cannabis) Trung Luu (Liberal) Ingrid Stitt (Labor)
Party	Labor (2)   Legalise Cannabis (1)   Liberal (2)
Electors	538,136 (2022)
Area	1,299 km2 (501.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°45′S 144°42′E

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Footscray, Kororoit, Laverton, Niddrie, Point Cook, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Werribee and Williamstown.

Members

Members for Western Metropolitan Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2006		Colleen Hartland	Greens		Khalil Eideh	Labor		Martin Pakula	Labor		Justin Madden	Labor		Bernie Finn	Liberal
2010											Andrew Elsbury	Liberal
2013								Cesar Melhem	Labor
2014											Rachel Carling-Jenkins	Democratic Labour
2017												Conservatives
2018		Huong Truong	Greens									Independent
2018		Ingrid Stitt	Labor		Kaushaliya Vaghela	Labor					Catherine Cumming	Justice
2018												Independent
2022a						Independent									Independent
2022b												Independence			Democratic Labour
2022c						New Democrats						Angry Victorians
2022					Lizzie Blandthorn	Labor		David Ettershank	Legalise Cannabis		Trung Luu	Liberal		Moira Deeming	Liberal
2023															Independent Liberal
2024															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 (Justin Madden)		Liberal (Bernie Finn)		Labor (Khalil Eideh)		Labor (Martin Pakula)		Greens (Colleen Hartland)
2010		Labor (Martin Pakula)		Liberal (Bernie Finn)		Labor (Khalil Eideh)		Liberal (Andrew Elsbury)		Greens (Colleen Hartland)
2014		Labor (Cesar Melhem)		Liberal (Bernie Finn)		Labor (Khalil Eideh)		Greens (Colleen Hartland)		Democratic Labour (Rachel Carling-Jenkins)
2018		Labor (Cesar Melhem)		Labor (Ingrid Stitt)		Liberal (Bernie Finn)		Labor (Kaushaliya Vaghela)		Justice (Catherine Cumming)
2022		Labor (Lizzie Blandthorn)		Liberal (Moira Deeming)		Labor (Ingrid Stitt)		Legalise Cannabis (David Ettershank)		Liberal (Trung Luu)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Western Metropolitan Region

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

Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party were defending one seat each.^[4]

2022 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			74,860
	Labor	1. Lizzie Blandthorn (elected 1) 2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 3) 3. Cesar Melhem 4. Cuc Lum 5. Nurul Khan	166,371	37.04	−9.81
	Liberal	1. Moira Deeming (elected 2) 2. Trung Luu (elected 5) 3. Golam Haque 4. Manish Patel 5. Luan Walker	109,895	24.47	+3.65
	Greens	1. Bernadette Thomas 2. Sarah Bray 3. Isabelle McRae McLeod 4. Lloyd Davies 5. Pierre Vario	36,239	8.07	−0.04
	Democratic Labour	1. Bernie Finn 2. Thi Kiem-Lien Lee	23,422	5.21	+1.54
	Legalise Cannabis	1. David Ettershank (elected 4) 2. Raffaela Menta	19,295	4.30	+4.30
	Victorian Socialists	1. Liz Walsh 2. Aran Mylvaganam	16,095	3.58	+3.02
	Family First	1. Darren Buller 2. Mary Filmer	14,261	3.18	+3.18
	One Nation	1. Ursula Van Bree 2. Frank Vrionis	7,691	1.71	+1.71
	Liberal Democrats	1. Anthony Cursio 2. Liam Roche	6,546	1.46	−0.26
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Ken Vickers 2. Geoff Ashby	6,401	1.43	−0.59
	Animal Justice	1. Meg Watkins 2. Nat Kopas	6,209	1.38	−1.26
	Justice	1. Peter Sullivan 2. Jean-Marie D'Argent	5,371	1.20	−5.80
	United Australia	1. Andrew Cuthbertson 2. Deepak Bansal	4,737	1.06	+1.06
	Sack Dan Andrews	1. Samson Palkuri 2. Burkin Yalaz	3,653	0.81	+0.81
	Reason	1. David Thirkettle-Watts 2. Harry Millward	3,617	0.81	−0.24
	Freedom	1. John McBride 2. Dan McBride	3,513	0.78	+0.78
	Angry Victorians	1. Catherine Cumming 2. Adam Robinson 3. Jennifer Zalme	2,596	0.57	+0.57
	New Democrats	1. Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela 2. Mohammed Qasim Shaik 3. Arix Maheshkumar Bishnoi 4. Anitha Jyothi Palkuri 5. Yogesh Kumar Malhotra	2,470	0.55	+0.55
	Health Australia	1. Isaac Golden 2. Leah Golden	2,122	0.47	−0.49
	Sustainable Australia	1. Bert Jessup 2. Dennis Bilic	2,046	0.46	−0.28
	Independent Liberal	1. Fred Ackerman 2. Mark Barro	1,845	0.41	+0.41
	Companions and Pets	1. Craig Treherne 2. Mary Britton	1,806	0.40	+0.40
	Independent	1. Walter Villagonzalo 2. Sam Alcordo	1,623	0.36	+0.36
	Transport Matters	1. Daniel Lowinger 2. Greg Collins	1,204	0.27	−0.41
	Independent	Esther Demian	144	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			449,155	95.94	+0.79
Informal votes			19,025	4.06	−0.79
Turnout			468,180	87.00	−2.25