# Northern Victoria Region

Northern Victoria 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 Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Eildon, Euroa, Macedon, Mildura, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley, Shepparton and Yan Yean.

## Members

Members for Northern Victoria Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 2006 | Kaye Darveniza | Labor | Candy Broad | Labor | Donna Petrovich | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Damian Drum | Nationals |
| 2010 | Kaye Darveniza | Labor | Candy Broad | Labor | Donna Petrovich | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Damian Drum | Nationals |
| 2013 | Kaye Darveniza | Labor | Candy Broad | Labor | Amanda Millar | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Damian Drum | Nationals |
| 2014 | Kaye Darveniza | Labor | Marg Lewis | Labor | Amanda Millar | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Damian Drum | Nationals |
| 2014 | Jaclyn Symes | Labor | Steve Herbert | Labor | Daniel Young | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Damian Drum | Nationals |
| 2016 | Jaclyn Symes | Labor | Steve Herbert | Labor | Daniel Young | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Luke O'Sullivan | Nationals |
| 2017 | Jaclyn Symes | Labor | Mark Gepp | Labor | Daniel Young | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Luke O'Sullivan | Nationals |
| 2018 | Jaclyn Symes | Labor | Mark Gepp | Labor | Tania Maxwell | Justice | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Tim Quilty | Liberal Democrats |
| 2022 | Jaclyn Symes | Labor | Georgie Purcell | Animal Justice | Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell | One Nation | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | Gaelle Broad | Nationals |

## 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 | Labor (Candy Broad) | Liberal (Wendy Lovell) | Nationals (Damian Drum) | Liberal (Donna Petrovich) | Labor (Kaye Darveniza) |
| 2010 | Liberal (Wendy Lovell) | Labor (Candy Broad) | Nationals (Damian Drum) | Labor (Kaye Darveniza) | Liberal (Donna Petrovich) |
| 2014 | Liberal (Wendy Lovell) | Labor (Steve Herbert) | Nationals (Damian Drum) | SFF (Daniel Young) | Labor (Jaclyn Symes) |
| 2018 | Labor (Mark Gepp) | Liberal (Wendy Lovell) | Liberal Democrats (Tim Quilty) | Justice (Tania Maxwell) | Labor (Jaclyn Symes) |
| 2022 | Liberal (Wendy Lovell) | Labor (Jaclyn Symes) | Nationals (Gaelle Broad) | Animal Justice (Georgie Purcell) | One Nation (Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell) |

## Election results

Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal/National coalition, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, and the Liberal Democrats were defending one seat each.
2022 Victorian state election: Northern Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 77,465 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Wendy Lovell (elected 1) 2. Gaelle Broad (elected 3) 3. Amanda Millar 4. Liz Fisher 5. Jillian Merkel | 162,860 | 35.04 | +3.84 |
| | Labor | 1. Jaclyn Symes (elected 2) 2. James McWhinney 3. Gareth Mills 4. Rahn Krammaer 5. Mitch Bridges | 134,057 | 28.84 | -2.99 |
| | Greens | 1. Kate Sinclair 2. Lenka Thompson 3. Ralf Thesing 4. Rosemary Storey 5. Robin David Chapman | 32,399 | 6.97 | +0.40 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Josh Knight 2. Peter Watkins | 23,715 | 5.10 | -2.75 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Adam Miller 2. Christopher McInally | 22,103 | 4.76 | +4.76 |
| | One Nation | 1. Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell (elected 5) 2. Nadine Edwards-Scott | 17,306 | 3.72 | +3.72 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Tim Quilty 2. Tim Molesworth | 9,249 | 1.99 | -1.79 |
| | Justice | 1. Tania Maxwell 2. John Herron | 9,140 | 1.97 | -2.89 |
| | Family First | 1. Michael White 2. Carol Norton-Smith | 7,600 | 1.64 | +1.64 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Georgie Purcell (elected 4) 2. Michelle McGoldrick | 7,239 | 1.56 | -0.73 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Mark Royal 2. Ross McPhee | 6,842 | 1.47 | +0.02 |
| | Freedom | 1. Christopher James Alan Neil 2. Henk N. Wallenborn | 4,968 | 1.07 | +1.07 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Kim Warner 2. Shaun Moran | 4,835 | 1.04 | +0.07 |
| | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Yasemin Ceylan 2. Mukadder Orhan | 4,570 | 0.98 | +0.98 |
| | Reason | 1. Melanie Sharp 2. Callum Chapman | 3,755 | 0.81 | +0.11 |
| | United Australia | 1. Geoff Shaw 2. Elijah Suares | 3,620 | 0.78 | +0.78 |
| | Companions and Pets | 1. Laura Barnes 2. Robert Britton | 2,861 | 0.62 | +0.62 |
| | Angry Victorians | 1. Mark Jones 2. Melanie Tomlin | 2,229 | 0.48 | +0.48 |
| | Victorian Socialists | 1. Karen Hocking 2. Emma Dynes | 1,893 | 0.41 | +0.12 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Ian Chivers 2. Allan Doensen | 1,599 | 0.34 | -0.56 |
| | Transport Matters | 1. Scott Cowie 2. Neil Cullen | 1,368 | 0.29 | -0.13 |
| | New Democrats | 1. Erin Sharma 2. Brijesh Chopra 3. Kuldeep Jitendrakumar Der 4. Ravinder Singh Rana | 576 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 464,784 | 96.93 | +0.90 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14,734 | 3.07 | −0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 479,518 | 88.35 | −2.40 |