Southern Metropolitan Region
# Southern Metropolitan Region

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, Ashwood, Bentleigh, Brighton, 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 four Greens-held seats in the lower house (Prahran).

## Members

Members for Southern Metropolitan Region :

| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Sue Pennicuik | Greens | John Lenders | Labor | Evan Thornley | Labor | Andrea Coote | Liberal | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2009 | Sue Pennicuik | Greens | John Lenders | Labor | Jennifer Huppert | Labor | Andrea Coote | Liberal | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2010 | Sue Pennicuik | Greens | John Lenders | Labor | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | Andrea Coote | Liberal | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2014 | Sue Pennicuik | Greens | Philip Dalidakis | Labor | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | Margaret Fitzherbert | Liberal | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2018 | Clifford Hayes | Sustainable | Philip Dalidakis | Labor | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | Nina Taylor | Labor | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2019 | Clifford Hayes | Sustainable | Enver Erdogan | Labor | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | Nina Taylor | Labor | David Davis | Liberal |
| 2022 | Katherine Copsey | Greens | John Berger | Labor | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | Ryan Batchelor | Labor | David Davis | 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 | 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) |
| 2022 | Liberal (David Davis) | Labor (John Berger) | Liberal (Georgie Crozier) | Greens (Katherine Copsey) | Labor (Ryan Batchelor) |

## Election results

Labor and the Liberal Party were defending two seats each. Sustainable Australia was defending one seat.

2022 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 78,309 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3) 3. Nick Stavrou 4. Andrew Litwinow 5. Monica Clark | 169,681 | 36.11 | -1.78 |
| | Labor | 1. John Berger (elected 2) 2. Ryan Batchelor (elected 5) 3. Clive Crosby 4. Lynn Psaila 5. Muhammad Shahbaz | 139,722 | 29.74 | -5.45 |
| | Greens | 1. Katherine Copsey (elected 4) 2. John Friend-Pereira 3. Anna Parker 4. Kylie Rocha 5. Shanae Rowick | 72,410 | 15.41 | +2.31 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Marc Selan 2. Ben Howman | 13,681 | 2.91 | +2.91 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Matthew Ford 2. David Segal | 11,696 | 2.49 | +0.96 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Theodore Tsoingas 2. Dean Chambers | 10,385 | 2.21 | +0.02 |
| | Reason | 1. Andrew Johnson 2. Stephen Jasper | 9,511 | 2.02 | +0.07 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Ben Schultz 2. Michelle McGoldrick | 6,698 | 1.43 | -0.72 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Clifford Hayes 2. Allan Doensen | 5,170 | 1.10 | -0.19 |
| | Family First | 1. Vickie Janson 2. Alex Van Der End | 4,734 | 1.01 | +1.01 |
| | Justice | 1. Ellie Jean Sullivan 2. Michaele Dale | 3,807 | 0.81 | -0.67 |
| | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Nursin Akdogan 2. Reyhan Adonir | 3,542 | 0.75 | +0.75 |
| | One Nation | 1. Chris Bradbury 2. Craig Pickering | 3,072 | 0.65 | +0.65 |
| | Freedom | 1. Natasha Kons 2. Madeleine Kons | 2,810 | 0.60 | +0.60 |
| | Victorian Socialists | 1. Jack Todaro 2. Liam Kruger | 2,516 | 0.54 | +0.07 |
| | United Australia | 1. Leon Kofmansky 2. Julie McCamish | 2,177 | 0.46 | +0.46 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Nicole Bourman 2. Michelle Collyer | 1,966 | 0.42 | -0.22 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Kellie Thomas 2. Mark Lambrick | 1,935 | 0.41 | -0.07 |
| | Transport Matters | 1. Paul Tammesild 2. Marc Peters | 1,480 | 0.31 | -0.04 |
| | Companions and Pets | 1. Joan Molyneux 2. Max Winch | 1,257 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
| | Angry Victorians | 1. Dean Hurlston 2. Robert John Kamp | 915 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
| | New Democrats | 1. Krishna Dharmeshkumar Brahmbhatt 2. Jigarkumar Ahbaysinh Chaudhary 3. Ravinder Singh Marwaha | 688 | 0.15 | +0.15 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 469,853 | 97.98 | +0.45 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,702 | 2.02 | -0.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 479,555 | 88.45 | −0.88 |
