Western Metropolitan Region

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian electorate Western 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 Footscray, Kororoit, Laverton, Niddrie, Point Cook, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Werribee and Williamstown.

Members

Members for Western Metropolitan Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2006	rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style|	Colleen Hartland	Greens	rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style|	Khalil Eideh	Labor	rowspan=11 Template:Australian party style|	Martin Pakula	Labor	Template:Australian party style|	Justin Madden	Labor	rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style|	Bernie Finn	Liberal
2010	rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|			Andrew Elsbury			Liberal
2013	Cesar Melhem							Labor
2014				Template:Australian party style|			Rachel Carling-Jenkins		Democratic Labour
2017				Template:Australian party style|					Conservatives
2018		Huong Truong	Greens	Template:Australian party style|					Independent
2018		rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style|	Ingrid Stitt	Labor	Kaushaliya Vaghela	Labor	Template:Australian party style|		Catherine Cumming	Justice
2018		rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|					Independent
2022a		rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|				Independent				rowspan=1 Template:Australian party style|	Independent
2022b		Template:Australian party style|					Independence			rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|	Democratic Labour
2022c		Template:Australian party style|				New Democrats	Template:Australian party style|			Angry Victorians
2022	rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|	Lizzie Blandthorn			Labor	rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|	David Ettershank	Legalise Cannabis	rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|	Trung Luu	Liberal	rowspan=1 Template:Australian party style|	Moira Deeming	Liberal
2023	Template:Australian party style|					Independent Liberal
2024	rowspan=1 Template:Australian party style|					Liberal

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.

Election	1st MLC		2nd MLC		3rd MLC		4th MLC		5th MLC
2006	rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Justin Madden)	rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|	Liberal (Bernie Finn)	rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Khalil Eideh)	Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Martin Pakula)	rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|	Greens (Colleen Hartland)
2010	Labor (Martin Pakula)	Liberal (Bernie Finn)	Labor (Khalil Eideh)	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal (Andrew Elsbury)	Greens (Colleen Hartland)
2014	Labor (Cesar Melhem)	Liberal (Bernie Finn)	Labor (Khalil Eideh)	Template:Australian party style|	Greens (Colleen Hartland)	Template:Australian party style|	Democratic Labour (Rachel Carling-Jenkins)
2018	Labor (Cesar Melhem)	Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Ingrid Stitt)	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal (Bernie Finn)	Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Kaushaliya Vaghela)	Template:Australian party style|	Justice (Catherine Cumming)
2022	Labor (Lizzie Blandthorn)	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal (Moira Deeming)	Template:Australian party style|	Labor (Ingrid Stitt)	Template:Australian party style|	Legalise Cannabis (David Ettershank)	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal (Trung Luu)

External links

• Western Metropolitan Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission