Western Victoria Region is one of the eight
electoral regions of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of the Australian State of Victoria, are elected from eight multi-member electorates called regions. The Legislative Council has 40 members, five from each of the ...
, Australia, which elects five members to the
Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by
proportional representation
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. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
The region comprises the
Legislative Assembly districts of
Bellarine
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,
Eureka,
Geelong
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,
Lara,
Lowan,
Melton,
Polwarth,
Ripon
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,
South Barwon,
South-West Coast and
Wendouree.
Members
Returned MLCs by seat
Seats are allocated by
single transferable vote
Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...
using
group voting tickets. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity.
Election results
References
External links
Western Victoria Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission
Electoral regions of Victoria (Australia)
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