Western 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 Footscray, Kororoit, Laverton, Niddrie, Point Cook, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Werribee and Williamstown.
Members + Members for Western Metropolitan Region YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 2006 Colleen HartlandGreens Khalil EidehLabor Martin PakulaLabor Justin Madden Labor Bernie FinnLiberal 2010 Andrew ElsburyLiberal 2013Cesar MelhemLabor 2014 Rachel Carling-Jenkins Democratic Labour 2017 Conservatives 2018 Huong Truong Greens Independent 2018 Ingrid StittLaborKaushaliya VaghelaLabor Catherine Cumming Justice 2018 Independent 2022 Independent Independence Independent 2022 New Democrats Angry Victorians Democratic Labour 2022 Lizzie BlandthornLabor David EttershankLegalise Cannabis Trung LuuLiberal Moira DeemingLiberal2023Independent Liberal2024 Liberal2026 Independent
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.
Election1st MLC2nd MLC3rd MLC4th MLC5th MLC2006Labor(Justin Madden)Liberal(Bernie Finn)Labor(Khalil Eideh)Labor(Martin Pakula)Greens(Colleen Hartland)2010Labor(Martin Pakula)Liberal(Bernie Finn)Labor(Khalil Eideh)Liberal(Andrew Elsbury)Greens(Colleen Hartland)2014Labor(Cesar Melhem)Liberal(Bernie Finn)Labor(Khalil Eideh)Greens(Colleen Hartland)Democratic Labour(Rachel Carling-Jenkins)2018Labor(Cesar Melhem)Labor(Ingrid Stitt)Liberal(Bernie Finn)Labor(Kaushaliya Vaghela)Justice(Catherine Cumming)2022Labor(Lizzie Blandthorn)Liberal(Moira Deeming)Labor(Ingrid Stitt)Legalise Cannabis(David Ettershank)Liberal(Trung Luu)
Election results
References
External links Western Metropolitan Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission