Southern Metropolitan Region

Southern Metropolitan Region; Victoria—Legislative Council
	Location of Southern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2006
MP	Georgie Crozier (Liberal); David Davis (Liberal); Clifford Hayes (Sustainable); Nina Taylor (Labor); Enver Erdogan (Labor)
Party	Liberal (2) ; Labor (2); Sustainable (1)
Electors	486,855 (2018)
Area	233 km2 (90.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°53′S 145°2′E

Southern 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 Albert Park, Bentleigh, Brighton, Burwood, Caulfield, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Oakleigh, Prahran and Sandringham. The region covers most of the wealthiest areas of Melbourne, only a few traditional Labor areas (Oakleigh being the only historically safe Labor seat), and one of the three Greens-held seats in the lower house (Prahran).

Members

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
2006	Liberal (David Davis)	Labor (John Lenders)	Liberal (Andrea Coote)	Greens (Sue Pennicuik)	Labor (Evan Thornley)
2010	Liberal (David Davis)	Labor (John Lenders)	Liberal (Andrea Coote)	Liberal (Georgie Crozier)	Greens (Sue Pennicuik)
2014	Liberal (David Davis)	Labor (Philip Dalidakis)	Liberal (Georgie Crozier)	Greens (Sue Pennicuik)	Liberal (Margaret Fitzherbert)
2018	Liberal (David Davis)	Labor (Philip Dalidakis)	Liberal (Georgie Crozier)	Labor (Nina Taylor)	Sustainable (Clifford Hayes)

The Liberals were defending three seats, and Labor and the Greens were defending one each.[4]

2018 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			71,610
	Liberal	1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3) 3. Margaret Fitzherbert 4. Gavan MacRides 5. Miaosheng Yang	164,607	38.29	−4.43
	Labor	1. Philip Dalidakis (elected 2) 2. Nina Taylor (elected 4) 3. Judith Armstrong 4. Graeme Kendall 5. Danny Bellote	148,656	34.58	+9.38
	Greens	1. Sue Pennicuik 2. Earl James 3. Rose Read 4. Duncan Forster 5. James Bennett	57,849	13.46	−2.08
	Animal Justice	1. Ben Schultz 2. Fiona McRostie	9,315	2.17	+0.52
	Reason	1. Jill Mellon-Robertson 2. Edmund Munday	8,587	2.00	−0.43
	Justice	1. Nikki Nicholls 2. Julie Doidge	6,178	1.44	+1.44
	Liberal Democrats	1. Robert Kennedy 2. Kirsty O'Sullivan	5,940	1.38	−3.23
	Sustainable Australia	1. Clifford Hayes (elected 5) 2. Cathryn Houghton	5,695	1.32	+1.32
	Democratic Labour	1. Joel van der Horst 2. Lucia De Summa	5,684	1.32	−0.85
	Voluntary Euthanasia	1. Jane Morris 2. Imelda Ryan	4,364	1.02	+0.23
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Nicole Bourman 2. Ryan Lindfors-Beswick	2,726	0.63	+0.16
	Liberty Alliance	1. Avi Yemini 2. Kaylah Jones	2,096	0.49	+0.49
	Health Australia	1. Ben Moore 2. Cindy Cerecer	2,055	0.48	+0.48
	Victorian Socialists	1. Catheryn Lewis 2. Ivan Mitchell	2,046	0.48	+0.48
	Aussie Battler	1. Mark Hillard 2. Stacey Wain	1,700	0.40	+0.40
	Transport Matters	1. Kim Guest 2. Saeed Muhammad	1,375	0.32	+0.32
	Country	1. Nicola Clow 2. Michele Armstrong	711	0.17	+0.08
	Hudson for Northern Victoria	1. Matthew Perriam 2. Grace Perriam	342	0.08	+0.08
Total formal votes			429,657	97.33	−0.10
Informal votes			11,801	2.67	+0.10
Turnout			441458	89.31	−2.56

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