This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as elected at the 2018 state election. It includes members who were appointed to replace members who left office during this period.
Current distribution of seats
+ Victorian Legislative Council Party Seats 2018 2022 Labor 18 16 Liberal-National coalition 11 10 Liberal 10 9 National 1 1 Derryn Hinch's Justice Party 3 2 Liberal Democrats 2 2 Animal Justice 1 1 Greens 1 1 Democratic Labour 0 1 Shooters, Fishers and Farmers 1 1 Reason 1 1 Sustainable Australia 1 1 Transport Matters 1 1 Independents 0 3 Total 40 40
+ Distribution after 2018 Victorian state election Region Seats held Eastern Metropolitan Eastern Victoria Northern Metropolitan Northern Victoria South-Eastern Metropolitan Southern Metropolitan Western Metropolitan Western Victoria + Distribution before 2022 Victorian state election Region Seats held Eastern Metropolitan Eastern Victoria Northern Metropolitan Northern Victoria South-Eastern Metropolitan Southern Metropolitan Western Metropolitan Western Victoria
Members Name Party Region Term of office Bruce Atkinson Liberal Eastern Metropolitan 1992–present Matthew Bach Liberal Eastern Metropolitan 2020–present Rod Barton Transport Matters Eastern Metropolitan 2018–present Melina Bath National Eastern Victoria 2015–present Jeff Bourman Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Eastern Victoria 2014–present Cathrine Burnett-Wake Liberal Eastern Victoria 2021–present Georgie Crozier Liberal Southern Metropolitan 2010–present Catherine Cumming Justice/Independent Western Metropolitan 2018–present Hon Philip Dalidakis Labor Southern Metropolitan 2014–2019 David Davis Liberal Southern Metropolitan 1996–present Nazih Elasmar Labor Northern Metropolitan 2006–present Enver Erdogan Labor Southern Metropolitan 2019–present Bernie Finn Liberal/Democratic Labour Western Metropolitan 2006–present Hon Jane Garrett Labor Eastern Victoria 2018–2022 Mark Gepp Labor Northern Victoria 2017–present Stuart Grimley Justice Western Victoria 2018–present Clifford Hayes Sustainable Australia Southern Metropolitan 2018–present Hon Gavin Jennings Labor South Eastern Metropolitan 1999–2020 Tien Kieu Labor South Eastern Metropolitan 2018–present Shaun Leane Labor Eastern Metropolitan 2006–present David Limbrick Liberal Democrats South Eastern Metropolitan 2018–2022; 2022–present Wendy Lovell Liberal Northern Victoria 2002–present Tania Maxwell Justice Northern Victoria 2018–present Bev McArthur Liberal Western Victoria 2018–present Tom McIntosh Labor Eastern Victoria 2022–present Andy Meddick Animal Justice Western Victoria 2018–present Cesar Melhem Labor Western Metropolitan 2013–present Hon Jenny Mikakos Labor Northern Metropolitan 1999–2020 Hon Edward O'Donohue Liberal Eastern Victoria 2006–2021 Craig Ondarchie Liberal Northern Metropolitan 2010–present Fiona Patten Reason Northern Metropolitan 2014–present Hon Jaala Pulford Labor Western Victoria 2006–present Tim Quilty Liberal Democrats Northern Victoria 2018–present Samantha Ratnam Greens Northern Metropolitan 2017–2024 Gordon Rich-Phillips Liberal South Eastern Metropolitan 1999–present Harriet Shing Labor Eastern Victoria 2014–present Adem Somyurek Labor/Independent South Eastern Metropolitan 2002–present Ingrid Stitt Labor Western Metropolitan 2018–present Jaclyn Symes Labor Northern Victoria 2014–present Lee Tarlamis Labor South Eastern Metropolitan 2010–2014; 2020–present Nina Taylor Labor Southern Metropolitan 2018–present Sonja Terpstra Labor Eastern Metropolitan 2018–present Hon Gayle Tierney Labor Western Victoria 2006–present Kaushaliya Vaghela Labor/Independent Western Metropolitan 2018–present Sheena Watt Labor Northern Metropolitan 2020–present Mary Wooldridge Liberal Eastern Metropolitan 2014–2019
Justice MLC Catherine Cumming resigned from the party on 18 December 2018, before being sworn in, and served as an independent member. Labor MLC Philip Dalidakis resigned on 17 June 2019. He was replaced by Enver Erdogan on 15 August 2019. Liberal MLC Mary Wooldridge resigned on 8 December 2019. She was replaced by Matthew Bach on 5 March 2020. Labor MLC Gavin Jennings resigned on 23 March 2020. He was replaced by Lee Tarlamis on 23 April 2020. Labor MLC Adem Somyurek left the Labor Party to sit as an independent member on 15 June 2020. Labor MLC Jenny Mikakos resigned on 26 September 2020. She was replaced by Sheena Watt on 13 October 2020. Liberal MLC Edward O'Donohue resigned on 1 December 2021. He was replaced by Cathrine Burnett-Wake on 2 December 2021. Labor MLC Kaushaliya Vaghela left the Labor Party to sit as an independent member on 7 March 2022. Liberal Democrats MLC David Limbrick resigned on 11 April 2022. He returned to the seat on 22 June 2022. Liberal MLC Bernie Finn was expelled from the Liberal Party on 24 May 2022 for "a series of inflammatory social media posts". He later joined the Democratic Labour Party on 2 June 2022. Labor MLC Jane Garrett died on 2 July 2022. She was replaced by Tom McIntosh on 17 August 2022.
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