Southern Metropolitan Region

The Southern Metropolitan Region is an electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament. It is located in the southern part of Melbourne.

Southern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
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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 includes the Legislative Assembly (lower house) electoral districts of Albert Park, Ashwood, Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Oakleigh, Prahran and Sandringham. It is the richest electoral region in Victoria.

Election results

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
	Restore Democracy	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