This is a list of electoral results for the Western Victoria Region in Victorian state elections from the region's creation in 2006 until the present.
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2022
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal Party, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, and the Animal Justice Party were defending one seat each.
| 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 | ||
Elections in the 2010s
2018
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2018 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.Liberals/National coalition and Labor were defending 2 seats each. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 76,750 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Dylan Wight 4. Lorraine O'Dal 5. Bernard Gartland |
175,836 | 38.18 | +4.13 | |
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Bev McArthur (elected 2) 2. Josh Morris 3. Jo Armstrong 4. Jennifer Lowe 5. Andrew Black |
137,825 | 29.92 | −7.04 | |
| Greens | 1. Lloyd Davies 2. Judy Cameron 3. Peter Mewett 4. David Jefferson 5. Judith Baldacchino |
34,482 | 7.49 | −1.70 | |
| Justice | 1. Stuart Grimley (elected 4) 2. Michelle Tedesco |
20,487 | 4.45 | +4.45 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Geoff Collins 2. Graeme Standen |
20,412 | 4.43 | +2.14 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Andy Meddick (elected 5) 2. Jen Gamble |
12,736 | 2.77 | +1.09 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Lachlan Christie 2. Paul Robson |
12,120 | 2.63 | +0.04 | |
| Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Katrina Nugent 2. John Berenyi |
8,741 | 1.90 | +1.90 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Frances Beaumont 2. Christian Schultink |
7,246 | 1.57 | +0.04 | |
| Country | 1. Costa Di Biase 2. John Buchholtz |
6,310 | 1.37 | +0.38 | |
| Aussie Battler | 1. Anthony Prelorenzo 2. Mark Mitchell |
5,441 | 1.18 | +1.18 | |
| Reason | 1. Michael Bell 2. Liam Hastie |
4,230 | 0.92 | −1.58 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Tim Gooden 2. Nada Iskra |
3,426 | 0.74 | +0.74 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Sonja Ljavroska 2. Kayleen Thoren |
3,346 | 0.73 | +0.73 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Robert Pascoe 2. Christopher Lynch |
2,915 | 0.63 | +0.63 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Nicholas Croker 2. Francesco Raco |
2,419 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
| Liberty Alliance | 1. Kenneth Nicholls 2. Daniel Macdonald |
2,384 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
| Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Sally Hudson 2. Mark Wright |
223 | 0.05 | +0.05 | |
| Independent | 1. Karl Pongracic | 126 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Total formal votes | 460,498 | 95.87 | −1.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 19,819 | 4.13 | +1.16 | ||
| Turnout | 480,317 | 91.44 | −2.95 | ||
2014
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2014 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 72,940 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Simon Ramsay (elected 1) 2. Josh Morris (elected 3) 3. David O'Brien 4. Jennifer Almeida Reis 5. Donna Winfield |
161,755 | 36.96 | −7.39 | |
| Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 2) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 4) 3. Jacinta Ermacora 4. John Stewart 5. Dale Edwards |
149,033 | 34.05 | −3.50 | |
| Greens | 1. Lloyd Davies 2. Judy Cameron 3. Linda Zibell 4. Ricky Lane 5. Patchouly Paterson |
40,235 | 9.19 | −0.62 | |
| Palmer United | 1. Catriona Thoolen 2. Gerard Murphy 3. Cameron Hickey |
11,704 | 2.67 | +2.67 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Mark Thompson 2. Baydon Beddoe |
11,321 | 2.59 | +2.59 | |
| Sex Party | 1. Jayden Millard 2. Douglas Leitch |
10,925 | 2.50 | +2.50 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | 1. Nicole Bourman 2. Megan Winter |
10,028 | 2.29 | +2.29 | |
| Family First | 1. Barry Newton 2. Julie Gebbing |
8,513 | 1.95 | −1.32 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Andy Meddick 2. Jennifer Gamble |
7,346 | 1.68 | +1.68 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Mark Farrell 2. Joanne Schill |
6,694 | 1.53 | −0.62 | |
| Vote 1 Local Jobs | 1. James Purcell (elected 5) 2. Tanya Waterson |
5,621 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
| Country Alliance | 1. Garry Kerr 2. Ronald Heath |
4,341 | 0.99 | −1.71 | |
| Christians | 1. Anne Foster 2. Leo van Veelen |
3,720 | 0.85 | +0.85 | |
| Cyclists | 1. Kathy Francis 2. Colin Charles |
1,762 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |
| People Power Victoria | 1. Philip Gluyas 2. Dianne Bell |
1,687 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
| Rise Up Australia | 1. Michael Keane 2. Merle Johnston |
1,481 | 0.34 | +0.34 | |
| Voice for the West | 1. Garry Thomas 2. Johanne Curran |
1,338 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
| Independent | Gary Mannion | 134 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Total formal votes | 437,637 | 97.03 | |||
| Informal votes | 13,388 | 2.97 | |||
| Turnout | 451,025 | 94.39 | |||
2010
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 70,933 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. David Koch (elected 1) 2. Simon Ramsay (elected 3) 3. David O'Brien (elected 5) 4. Melanie Dow 5. Ruby Cameron |
184,446 | 43.3 | +2.5 | |
| Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 2) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 4) 3. Richard Morrow 4. Geoff Dawson 5. Paul Romas |
162,807 | 38.3 | −3.7 | |
| Greens | 1. Marcus Ward 2. Judy Cameron 3. Jamal Blakkarly 4. Susan Perron 5. Jean Christie |
43,525 | 10.2 | +1.6 | |
| Family First | 1. Joshua Reimer 2. Graeme Presser 3. Trevor Pearce 4. Jahzeel Concepcion 5. Jim Rainey |
14,165 | 3.3 | −0.6 | |
| Country Alliance | 1. Miles Hodge 2. Ron Heath |
11,399 | 2.7 | +1.8 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Peter Kavanagh 2. Steve Campbell 3. Jane Byrne 4. Maria Mazzarella 5. Max Crockett |
9,252 | 2.2 | −0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 425,594 | 97.1 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 12,882 | 2.9 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 438,476 | 94.0 | +0.5 | ||
Elections in the 2000s
2006
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2006 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Western Victoria.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 65,747 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Elaine Carbines 4. Christine Couzens 5. Chris Papas |
165,712 | 42.0 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal | 1. John Vogels (elected 2) 2. David Koch (elected 4) 3. Kate Bullen 4. Paul Johnston 5. John Oxley |
139,114 | 35.3 | −1.9 | |
| Greens | 1. Marcus Ward 2. Gillian Blair 3. Stephen Chenery 4. Karen McAloon 5. Judy Cameron |
34,022 | 8.6 | +0.4 | |
| National | 1. Samantha McIntosh 2. Peter McIntyre |
21,902 | 5.6 | +0.3 | |
| Family First | 1. Gordon Alderson 2. Monique Podbury 3. Michael Croot 4. Anna Jennings 5. Michael Albers |
15,512 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Peter Kavanagh (elected 5) 2. Clare Power 3. David Power 4. Michael Casanova 5. Leanne Casanova |
10,485 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Country Alliance | 1. Miles Hodge 2. Ron Heath |
3,500 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| People Power | 1. Greg Jones 2. Lachlan Jones |
2,922 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 1. Sue Bull 2. Rowan Stewart |
1,130 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | John Camilleri | 179 | 0.05 | +0.05 | |
| Total formal votes | 394,478 | 96.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 14,588 | 3.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 409,066 | 93.5 | |||
References
- "Western Victoria Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "State Election 2018: Western Victoria Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.