Eastern Metropolitan Region

Eastern Metropolitan Region Victoria—Legislative Council
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°E / -37.800; 145.183Coordinates: 37°48′S 145°11′E / 37.800°S 145.183°E / -37.800; 145.183

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
	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
	Richard Dalla-Riva	Liberal	2006–present	Samantha Dunn	Shaun Leane	Labor	2006–present	Greens	Bruce Atkinson	Liberal	2006–present	2014–present		Mary Wooldridge	Liberal	2014–present

External links

Eastern Metropolitan Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission

Electoral regions of the Victorian Legislative Council

Eastern Metropolitan Region Eastern Victoria Region Northern Metropolitan Region Northern Victoria Region South Eastern Metropolitan Region Southern Metropolitan Region Western Metropolitan Region Western Victoria Region

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