Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 2014–2018
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Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...
, as elected at the 2014 state election.


Distribution of seats


Members

: Eastern Victoria Nationals MLC Danny O'Brien resigned on 2 February 2015 to contest the
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for the lower house seat of Gippsland South.
Melina Bath Melina Gaye Bath (born 18 December 1966) is an Australian politician and former schoolteacher, who is a Nationals member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Eastern Victoria Region. Bath studied a science degree and diploma o ...
was appointed to replace him on 16 April 2015. : Northern Victoria Nationals MLC
Damian Drum Damian Kevin Drum (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian politician who has represented Murray and Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. Drum served as the Assistant Mi ...
resigned on 26 May 2016 to contest the seat of
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at the 2016 federal election.
Luke O'Sullivan Luke O'Sullivan (born 28 March 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Nicknamed Rhino, O'Sullivan played mostly as a half forward and made his league debut ...
was appointed to replace him on 13 October 2016. : Northern Victoria Labor MLC Steve Herbert resigned on 6 April 2017.
Mark Gepp Mark Gepp is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria since June 2017, when he was appointed to a casual vacancy following Steve Herbert's resignation. He retired at the 2 ...
was appointed to replace him on 7 June 2017. : Northern Metropolitan Greens MLC
Greg Barber Gregory John Barber (born 31 August 1966) is a former Australian politician, who was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2017. Early career Barber obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the ...
resigned on 28 September 2017.
Samantha Ratnam Samantha Shantini Ratnam (born 1977) is an Australian social worker, politician and the current leader of the Victorian Greens. Since October 2017 Ratnam has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Northern Metropoli ...
was appointed to replace him on 19 October 2017. : Western Metropolitan DLP MLC
Rachel Carling-Jenkins Rachel Carling-Jenkins (née Carling) (born 2 September 1975) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2014 to 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region for the Democratic Labour Party (2014- ...
changed party affiliation on 26 June 2017, from the DLP to the
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. On 3 August 2018 she resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent. : Western Metropolitan Greens MLC
Colleen Hartland Colleen Mildred Hartland (born 1 February 1959) is a former Australian politician, and a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018. Early career Hartland is a Western Suburbs resident and activist who rose to promin ...
resigned on 8 February 2018.
Huong Truong Thi Viet Huong Truong is an Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented Western Metropolitan Region from February 2018, when she was appointed to the vacancy resulting from Colleen H ...
was appointed to replace her on 21 February 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2014-2018 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 21st-century Australian politicians Victorian Legislative Council