North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Electoral region of the Victorian Legislative Council / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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North-Eastern Metropolitan Region, previously Eastern Metropolitan Region between 2006 and 2022, 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 was renamed to its current name since the 2022 state election.[1]
North-Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 2006 |
MP | Richard Welch (Liberal) Shaun Leane (Labor) Nick McGowan (Liberal) Aiv Puglielli (Greens) Sonja Terpstra (Labor) |
Party | Labor (2) Liberal (1) Greens (1) |
Electors | 546,503 (2022) |
Area | 509 km2 (196.5 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 37°48′S 145°11′E |
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. It comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Bayswater, Box Hill, Bulleen, Bundoora, Croydon, Eltham, Glen Waverley, Ivanhoe, Mill Park, Ringwood and Warrandyte.