Eastern Metropolitan Region
Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council | |
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Location of Eastern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 2006 |
MP |
Bruce Atkinson (Liberal) Richard Dalla-Riva (Liberal) Mary Wooldridge (Liberal) Shaun Leane (Labor) Samantha Dunn (Green) |
Party |
Liberal (3) Labor (1), Greens (1) |
Electors | 464,876 (2014) |
Area | 420 km2 (162.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 37°48′S 145°11′E / 37.800°S 145.183°ECoordinates: 37°48′S 145°11′E / 37.800°S 145.183°E |
Eastern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions in the state 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 by the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
The region extends from Melbourne's inner eastern suburbs of Bulleen and Doncaster, north across the Yarra River to Lower Plenty and Eltham, and across to Bayswater, Croydon and Ferntree Gully (in the Dandenong Ranges) in the east below the Dandenong Ranges. The most southerly suburb is Rowville. It comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bayswater, Box Hill, Bulleen, Croydon, Eltham, Ferntree Gully, Forest Hill, Ivanhoe, Mount Waverley, Ringwood and Warrandyte.
The current Eastern Metropolitan Region elected members at the 2014 state election. The Liberal Party won three seats, while the Australian Labor Party and the Victorian Greens each won one.
Members
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||
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Richard Dalla-Riva | Liberal | 2006–present | Shaun Leane | Labor | 2006–present | Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 2006–present | Brian Tee | Labor | 2006–2014 | Jan Kronberg | Liberal | 2006–2014 | |||||
Samantha Dunn | Greens | 2014–present | Mary Wooldridge | Liberal | 2014–present |