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.

Northern Metropolitan Region
VictoriaLegislative Council
Location of Northern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2006
MP
Party
  •   Labor (2)
  •   Greens (1)
  •   Liberal (1)
  •   Reason (1)
Electors525,305 (2018)
Area536 km2 (207.0 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°40′S 144°58′E

The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Melbourne, Mill Park, Northcote, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Richmond, Thomastown and Yuroke.

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

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.[1][2][3]

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)

Election results

Labor Party were defending two seats, while Liberals, Greens and Sex Party (now Reason Party) were defending one each.[4]

2018 Victorian state election: Northern Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 77,936
Labor 1. Jenny Mikakos (elected 1)
2. Nazih Elasmar (elected 2)
3. Burhan Yigit
4. Ash Verma
5. Karen Douglas
191,850 42.57 +2.18
Greens 1. Samantha Ratnam (elected 3)
2. Christina Zigouras
3. Edward Crossland
4. Josef Rafalowicz
5. Campbell Gome
75,384 16.73 −1.83
Liberal 1. Craig Ondarchie (elected 4)
2. Evan Mulholland
3. Neelam Rai
4. Kate Drake
5. Mark Polistena
74,179 16.46 −5.40
Victorian Socialists 1. Stephen Jolly
2. Sue Bolton
3. Colleen Bolger
18,899 4.19 +4.19
Democratic Labour 1. John McBride
2. Jackie Gwynne
18,783 4.17 +1.23
Reason 1. Fiona Patten (elected 5)
2. Helena Melton
3. Ange Hopkins
4. Rachel Payne
5. Dominique Musico
15,197 3.37 +0.50
Animal Justice 1. Bruce Poon
2. Miranda Smith
3. Chris Delforce
9,123 2.02 +0.51
Justice 1. Carmela Dagiandis
2. Prudence Mercieca
9,112 2.02 +2.02
Liberal Democrats 1. Louise Hitchcock
2. Richard Wright
6,185 1.37 −0.11
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Ethan Constantinou
2. Chris Tzelepis
5,388 1.20 +0.11
Vote 1 Local Jobs 1. Nathan Purcell
2. Aaron Purcell
5,351 1.19 +0.83
Aussie Battler 1. Walter Mikac
2. David Graham
4,470 0.99 +0.99
Health Australia 1. Pippa Campbell
2. Emily Oldmeadow
3,703 0.82 +0.82
Voluntary Euthanasia 1. Sandra McCarthy
2. Stefan Nott
3,681 0.82 +0.52
Sustainable Australia 1. Mark McDonald
2. William Clow
3,103 0.69 +0.69
Transport Matters 1. Moti Ram Visa
2. Afshan Mian
2,682 0.60 +0.60
Liberty Alliance 1. Russell Gomez
2. John Reisner
1,708 0.38 +0.38
Country 1. Cameron Stoddart
2. Domenic Greco
1,604 0.36 +0.20
Hudson for Northern Victoria 1. Madison Wright
2. Marylynn Meneghini
228 0.05 +0.05
Total formal votes 450,239 95.20 +0.47
Informal votes 22,717 4.80 −0.47
Turnout 472,956 88.01 −3.05

References


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