Western Victoria Region

This article is about the electoral region. For the area, see Western District (Victoria).

Western 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.

Western Victoria Region Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Western Victoria Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Jacinta Ermacora (Labor) Sarah Mansfield (Greens) Bev McArthur (Liberal) Joe McCracken (Liberal) Gayle Tierney (Labor)
Party	Labor (2)   Liberal (2)   Greens (1)
Electors	571,121 (2022)
Area	77,776 km2 (30,029.5 sq mi)
Coordinates	37°11′S 142°50′E

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bellarine, Eureka, Geelong, Lara, Lowan, Melton, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon, South-West Coast and Wendouree.

Members

Members for Western Victoria Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2006		Jaala Pulford	Labor		Gayle Tierney	Labor		Peter Kavanagh	Democratic Labour		John Vogels	Liberal		David Koch	Liberal
2010								David O'Brien	Nationals		Simon Ramsay	Liberal
2014								James Purcell	Local Jobs					Josh Morris	Liberal
2018								Andy Meddick	Animal Justice		Stuart Grimley	Justice		Bev McArthur	Liberal
2022		Jacinta Ermacora						Sarah Mansfield	Greens		Joe McCracken	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 (Jaala Pulford)		Liberal (John Vogels)		Labor (Gayle Tierney)		Liberal (David Koch)		Democratic Labour (Peter Kavanagh)
2010		Liberal (David Koch)		Labor (Jaala Pulford)		Liberal (Simon Ramsay)		Labor (Gayle Tierney)		Nationals (David O'Brien)
2014		Liberal (Simon Ramsay)		Labor (Jaala Pulford)		Liberal (Josh Morris)		Labor (Gayle Tierney)		Local Jobs (James Purcell)
2018		Labor (Jaala Pulford)		Liberal (Bev McArthur)		Labor (Gayle Tierney)		Justice (Stuart Grimley)		Animal Justice (Andy Meddick)
2022		Labor (Jacinta Ermacora)		Liberal (Bev McArthur)		Labor (Gayle Tierney)		Greens (Sarah Mansfield)		Liberal (Joe McCracken)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Western Victoria Region

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

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

2022 Victorian state election: Western Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			82,036
	Labor	1. Jacinta Ermacora (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Megan Bridger-Darling 4. Sue Pavlovich 5. Heather Stokes	175,024	35.56	−2.66
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Bev McArthur (elected 2) 2. Joe McCracken (elected 5) 3. Anita Rank 4. Angela Shearman 5. Robert Letts	133,231	27.07	−2.80
	Greens	1. Sarah Mansfield (elected 4) 2. John Barnes 3. Judith Baldacchino 4. Eva van der Vlies 5. Linda Zibell	42,709	8.68	+1.18
	Legalise Cannabis	1. Andrew Dowling 2. Melanie Humphrey	24,763	5.03	+5.03
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Ben Collyer 2. Graeme Standen	18,460	3.78	−0.67
	Liberal Democrats	1. Julia McGrath 2. Paul Barker	16,471	3.35	+0.71
	One Nation	1. Terri Elizabeth Pryse-Smith 2. Sabine De Pyle	13,065	2.65	+2.65
	Democratic Labour	1. Costa Di Biase 2. Ron Skrunzy	10,696	2.17	+0.60
	Family First	1. Dean Conkwright 2. Chioma Ikeh	10,320	2.10	+2.10
	Justice	1. Stuart Grimley 2. Simone O'Brien	8,697	1.77	−2.69
	Animal Justice	1. Andy Meddick 2. Hannah Wilshier	8,660	1.76	−1.01
	Sack Dan Andrews	1. Tosh-Jake Finnigan 2. Ismail Efe Celikdogen 3. Sinan Orhan	5,012	1.02	+1.02
	Victorian Socialists	1. Madilyn Gorman 2. Abbey Randall	3,656	0.74	+0.00
	United Australia	1. Natalie Valerie Failla 2. Keith Raymond	3,620	0.73	+0.73
	Reason	1. Emma Sinclair 2. Olivia Hurley	3,475	0.71	−0.21
	Angry Victorians	1. Chris Burson 2. Richard Beeck	2,699	0.55	+0.55
	Health Australia	1. Constantine Lazos 2. Angelica Brennfleck	2,607	0.53	−0.20
	Companions and Pets	1. Geoff Collins 2. Simone Fisher	2,544	0.52	+0.52
	Freedom	1. Antun Kovac 2. Flor Vanessa Becerra-Kovac	2,307	0.47	+0.47
	Sustainable Australia	1. Madeleine Wearne 2. Robert Pascoe	2,083	0.42	−0.21
	Transport Matters	1. Antonela Kearns 2. Eddie Dunn	1,457	0.30	−0.23
	New Democrats	1. Cecilia Gomez Benitez 2. Vijaykumar Kachhia 3. Hardik Bipinchandra Dave 4. Jaymik Mahendrakumar Patel	541	0.11	+0.11
	Ind. (Indigenous)	1. Storm Hellmuth	161	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			464,784	96.62	+0.75
Informal votes			14,734	3.38	−0.75
Turnout			509,387	89.20	−2.24