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Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council

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Australian electorate
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victoria—Legislative Council
Location of Northern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MP
Party
Electors552,071 (2022)
Area603 km (232.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°40′S 144°58′E / 37.667°S 144.967°E / -37.667; 144.967

Northern 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.

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Essendon, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Melbourne, Northcote, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Richmond and Thomastown.

Members

Members for Northern Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
2006   Greg Barber Greens   Nazih Elasmar Labor   Jenny Mikakos Labor   Theo Theophanous Labor   Matthew Guy Liberal
2010 Nathan Murphy Labor
2010   Craig Ondarchie Liberal
2014   Fiona Patten Sex Party
2017 Samantha Ratnam Greens
2018   Reason
2018
2020 Sheena Watt Labor
2022 Enver Erdogan Labor Evan Mulholland Liberal   Adem Somyurek Democratic Labour
2024 Independent
2024 Anasina Gray-Barberio Greens

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.

Election 1st MLC 2nd MLC 3rd MLC 4th MLC 5th MLC
2006 Labor
(Theo Theophanous) 		Liberal
(Matthew Guy) 		Labor
(Jenny Mikakos) 		Greens
(Greg Barber) 		Labor
(Nazih Elasmar)
2010 Labor
(Jenny Mikakos) 		Liberal
(Matthew Guy) 		Greens
(Greg Barber) 		Labor
(Nazih Elasmar) 		Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie)
2014 Labor
(Jenny Mikakos) 		Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie) 		Greens
(Greg Barber) 		Labor
(Nazih Elasmar) 		  Sex Party
(Fiona Patten)
2018 Labor
(Jenny Mikakos) 		Labor
(Nazih Elasmar) 		Greens
(Samantha Ratnam) 		Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie) 		Reason
(Fiona Patten)
2022 Labor
(Sheena Watt) 		Liberal
(Evan Mulholland) 		Greens
(Samantha Ratnam) 		Labor
(Enver Erdogan) 		Democratic Labour
(Adem Somyurek)

Election results

Further information: Electoral results for the Northern Metropolitan Region This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) § Northern Metropolitan.

Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal Party, Greens, and Reason were defending one seat each.

2022 Victorian state election: Northern Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 75,406
Labor 1. Sheena Watt (elected 1)
2. Enver Erdogan (elected 4)
3. Susie Byers
4. Chloe Gaul
5. Ramy Aljalil 		151,062 33.39 −9.18
Liberal 1. Evan Mulholland (elected 2)
2. Owen Guest
3. Tim Staker-Gunn
4. Melinda Tempany
5. Hafiz Qadeer 		85,359 18.87 +2.41
Greens 1. Samantha Ratnam (elected 3)
2. Esther Kennedy
3. Sarah Jefford
4. Michael Leach
5. Kenna Morrison 		84,127 18.59 +1.86
Democratic Labour 1. Adem Somyurek (elected 5)
2. Cary De Wit 		21,684 4.79 +0.62
Victorian Socialists 1. Jerome Small
2. Cathy Lewis 		21,305 4.71 +0.52
Reason 1. Fiona Patten
2. Judy Ryan
3. Jenn Clark
4. Marcella Brassett
5. Tali Siani Jagielski 		16,322 3.61 +0.24
Legalise Cannabis 1. Andrew Hale
2. Renee Thompson 		13,822 3.06 +3.06
Family First 1. Imad Hirmiz
2. Denise Lowry 		11,646 2.57 +2.57
Animal Justice 1. Leah Horsfall
2. Bruce Poon 		6,320 1.40 −0.62
Liberal Democrats 1. Paul Silverberg
2. Rachel Versteegen 		5,612 1.24 −0.13
United Australia 1. Kelly Moran
2. Scott McCamish 		5,601 1.24 +1.24
Freedom 1. Damien Richardson
2. Cameron Stoddart 		4,937 1.09 +1.09
Justice 1. Simone Philpott-Smart
2. Thomas Stanfield 		4,773 1.05 −0.97
One Nation 1. Jessica Davis
2. Matthew Considine 		4,251 0.94 +0.94
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Ethan Constantinou
2. Ben Podger 		3,470 0.77 −0.43
Sack Dan Andrews 1. Hatice Yesilagac
2. Berke Yolcu 		2,711 0.60 +0.60
Transport Matters 1. Georgia Diamantopoulos
2. Francesco Raco 		1,964 0.43 −0.17
Health Australia 1. Lisa Taggart
2. Gabrielle Brodie 		1,642 0.36 −0.46
Companions and Pets 1. Pauline Grutzner
2. Linda Pullen 		1,582 0.35 +0.35
Sustainable Australia 1. Alison Pridham
2. Daryl Budgeon 		1,480 0.33 −0.38
New Democrats 1. Amita Ros
2. Pushpinder Singh
3. Vikram Bhinder 		1,456 0.32 +0.32
Angry Victorians 1. Nickee Freeman
2. Jake Cashion 		1,186 0.26 +0.26
Ind. (Indigenous) Colin John Mancell 118 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 452,430 96.33 +1.13
Informal votes 17,223 4.80 −1.13
Turnout 496,653 85.07 −2.94

References

  1. "State Election 2006 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. "State Election 2010 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. "State Election 2014 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  4. "Northern Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

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Electoral districts of the Northern Metropolitan Region
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Electoral regions of the Victorian Legislative Council
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