| Upper: | yes |
| Southern Metropolitan Region | |
| State: | vic |
| Created: | 2006 |
| Mp: | Ryan Batchelor (Labor) John Berger (Labor) Katherine Copsey (Greens) Georgie Crozier (Liberal) David Davis (Liberal) |
| Mp-Party: | Labor (2) Liberal (2) Greens (1) |
| Electors: | 542200 |
| Electors Year: | 2022 |
| Area: | 243 |
| Class: | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates: | -37.8833°N 147°W |
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).
| 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 | Jennifer Huppert | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Georgie Crozier | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Philip Dalidakis | Labor | Margaret Fitzherbert | Liberal | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Clifford Hayes | Sustainable | Nina Taylor | Labor | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Enver Erdogan | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Katherine Copsey | Greens | John Berger | Labor | Ryan Batchelor | Labor | |||||||||
Seats are allocated by single transferable vote using group voting tickets. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity.[1] [2] [3]
See also: Electoral results for the Southern Metropolitan Region.