Northern Metropolitan Region

{{Short description|Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate

| upper = yes

| name = Northern Metropolitan Region

| state = vic

| image = VIC Northern Metropolitan Region 2022.svg

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| caption = Location of Northern Metropolitan Region (dark green) in Victoria

| created = 2006

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  • {{color box|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|border=darkgray}} Labor (2)
  • {{color box|{{party color|Australian Greens}}|border=darkgray}} Greens (1)
  • {{color box|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal (1)
  • {{color box|{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (1)

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| electors = 552071

| electors_year = 2022

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| area = 603

| class = Metropolitan

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Northern 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 Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Essendon, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Melbourne, Northcote, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Richmond and Thomastown.

Members

class=wikitable

|+ Members for Northern Metropolitan Region

Year

! colspan=2|Member

! Party

! colspan=2|Member

! Party

! colspan=2|Member

! Party

! colspan=2|Member

! Party

! colspan=2|Member

! Party

2006

| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 

| rowspan=4|Greg Barber

| rowspan=4|Greens

| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| rowspan=8|Nazih Elasmar

| rowspan=8|Labor

| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| rowspan=7|Jenny Mikakos

| rowspan=7|Labor

| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Theo Theophanous

| Labor

| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| rowspan=3|Matthew Guy

| rowspan=3|Liberal

2010

| Nathan Murphy

| Labor

2010

| rowspan=9 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| rowspan=6|Craig Ondarchie

| rowspan=6|Liberal

2014

| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Sex Party}}| 

| rowspan=5|Fiona Patten

| rowspan=2|Sex Party

2017

| rowspan=6|Samantha Ratnam

| rowspan=6|Greens

2018

| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Reason}}| 

| rowspan=3|Reason

2018
2020

| rowspan=4|Sheena Watt

| rowspan=4|Labor

2022

| rowspan=3|Enver Erdogan

| rowspan=3|Labor

| rowspan=3|Evan Mulholland

| rowspan=3|Liberal

| {{Australian party style|Democratic Labour Party}}| 

| rowspan=3 |Adem Somyurek

| Democratic Labour

2024

| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Independent}}|

| rowspan=2| Independent

2024

| rowspan=1|Anasina Gray-Barberio

| rowspan=1|Greens

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.{{cite web |title=State Election 2006 : Northern Metropolitan Region |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/state2006resultNorthernMetropolitanRegion.html |website=Victorian Electoral Commission}}{{cite web |title=State Election 2010 : Northern Metropolitan Region |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/state2010resultNorthernMetropolitanRegion.html |website=Victorian Electoral Commission}}{{cite web |title=State Election 2014 : Northern Metropolitan Region |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2014/NorthernMetropolitanRegion.html |website=Victorian Electoral Commission}}

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Election

!colspan=2|1st MLC

!colspan=2|2nd MLC

!colspan=2|3rd MLC

!colspan=2|4th MLC

!colspan=2|5th MLC

2006

|rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Theo Theophanous)

|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal
(Matthew Guy)

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Jenny Mikakos)

| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|

|Greens
(Greg Barber)

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Nazih Elasmar)

2010

|Labor
(Jenny Mikakos)

|Liberal
(Matthew Guy)

|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Greens}}|

|Greens
(Greg Barber)

|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Nazih Elasmar)

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie)

2014

|Labor
(Jenny Mikakos)

|Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie)

|Greens
(Greg Barber)

|Labor
(Nazih Elasmar)

| {{Australian party style|Sex Party}}| 

|Sex Party
(Fiona Patten)

2018

|Labor
(Jenny Mikakos)

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Nazih Elasmar)

|Greens
(Samantha Ratnam)

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal
(Craig Ondarchie)

| {{Australian party style|Reason}}|

|Reason
(Fiona Patten)

2022

|Labor
(Sheena Watt)

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal
(Evan Mulholland)

|Greens
(Samantha Ratnam)

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor
(Enver Erdogan)

| {{Australian party style|Democratic Labour}}|

|Democratic Labour
(Adem Somyurek)

Election results

{{See|Electoral results for the Northern Metropolitan Region}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)|section=Northern Metropolitan}}

References

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