Northern Metropolitan Region
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
| 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
Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal Party, Greens, and Reason were defending one seat each.
| 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
- ^ "State Election 2006 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2010 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "State Election 2014 : Northern Metropolitan Region". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Northern Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.