title: Electoral results for the Western Victoria Region
text: # Electoral results for the Western Victoria Region
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Western Victoria Region in Victorian state elections from the region's creation in 2006 until the present.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  **2022**
  
  Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal Party, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, and the Animal Justice Party were defending one seat each.
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 82,036 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Jacinta Ermacora (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Megan Bridger-Darling 4. Sue Pavlovich 5. Heather Stokes | 175,024 | 35.56 | -2.66 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Bev McArthur (elected 2) 2. Joe McCracken (elected 5) 3. Anita Rank 4. Angela Shearman 5. Robert Letts | 133,231 | 27.07 | -2.80 |
  | | Greens | 1. Sarah Mansfield (elected 4) 2. John Barnes 3. Judith Baldacchino 4. Eva van der Vlies 5. Linda Zibell | 42,709 | 8.68 | +1.18 |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Andrew Dowling 2. Melanie Humphrey | 24,763 | 5.03 | +5.03 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Ben Collyer 2. Graeme Standen | 18,460 | 3.78 | -0.67 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Julia McGrath 2. Paul Barker | 16,471 | 3.35 | +0.71 |
  | | One Nation | 1. Terri Elizabeth Pryse-Smith 2. Sabine De Pyle | 13,065 | 2.65 | +2.65 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Costa Di Biase 2. Ron Skrunzy | 10,696 | 2.17 | +0.60 |
  | | Family First | 1. Dean Conkwright 2. Chioma Ikeh | 10,320 | 2.10 | +2.10 |
  | | Justice | 1. Stuart Grimley 2. Simone O'Brien | 8,697 | 1.77 | -2.69 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Andy Meddick 2. Hannah Wilshier | 8,660 | 1.76 | -1.01 |
  | | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Tosh-Jake Finnigan 2. Ismail Efe Celikdogen 3. Sinan Orhan | 5,012 | 1.02 | +1.02 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Madilyn Gorman 2. Abbey Randall | 3,656 | 0.74 | +0.00 |
  | | United Australia | 1. Natalie Valerie Failla 2. Keith Raymond | 3,620 | 0.73 | +0.73 |
  | | Reason | 1. Emma Sinclair 2. Olivia Hurley | 3,475 | 0.71 | -0.21 |
  | | Angry Victorians | 1. Chris Burson 2. Richard Beeck | 2,699 | 0.55 | +0.55 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Constantine Lazos 2. Angelica Brennfleck | 2,607 | 0.53 | -0.20 |
  | | Companions and Pets | 1. Geoff Collins 2. Simone Fisher | 2,544 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
  | | Freedom | 1. Antun Kovac 2. Flor Vanessa Becerra-Kovac | 2,307 | 0.47 | +0.47 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Madeleine Wearne 2. Robert Pascoe | 2,083 | 0.42 | -0.21 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Antonela Kearns 2. Eddie Dunn | 1,457 | 0.30 | -0.23 |
  | | New Democrats | 1. Cecilia Gomez Benitez 2. Vijaykumar Kachhia 3. Hardik Bipinchandra Dave 4. Jaymik Mahendrakumar Patel | 541 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
  | | Independent | 1. Storm Hellmuth | 161 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 464,784 | 96.62 | +0.75 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14,734 | 3.38 | -0.75 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 509,387 | 89.20 | −2.24 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  Liberals/National coalition and Labor were defending 2 seats each. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat.
  
  2018 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 76,750 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Dylan Wight 4. Lorraine O'Dal 5. Bernard Gartland | 175,836 | 38.18 | +4.13 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Bev McArthur (elected 2) 2. Josh Morris 3. Jo Armstrong 4. Jennifer Lowe 5. Andrew Black | 137,825 | 29.92 | −7.04 |
  | | Greens | 1. Lloyd Davies 2. Judy Cameron 3. Peter Mewett 4. David Jefferson 5. Judith Baldacchino | 34,482 | 7.49 | −1.70 |
  | | Justice | 1. Stuart Grimley (elected 4) 2. Michelle Tedesco | 20,487 | 4.45 | +4.45 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Geoff Collins 2. Graeme Standen | 20,412 | 4.43 | +2.14 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Andy Meddick (elected 5) 2. Jen Gamble | 12,736 | 2.77 | +1.09 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Lachlan Christie 2. Paul Robson | 12,120 | 2.63 | +0.04 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Katrina Nugent 2. John Berenyi | 8,741 | 1.90 | +1.90 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Frances Beaumont 2. Christian Schultink | 7,246 | 1.57 | +0.04 |
  | | Country | 1. Costa Di Biase 2. John Buchholtz | 6,310 | 1.37 | +0.38 |
  | | Aussie Battler | 1. Anthony Prelorenzo 2. Mark Mitchell | 5,441 | 1.18 | +1.18 |
  | | Reason | 1. Michael Bell 2. Liam Hastie | 4,230 | 0.92 | −1.58 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Tim Gooden 2. Nada Iskra | 3,426 | 0.74 | +0.74 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Sonja Ljavroska 2. Kayleen Thoren | 3,346 | 0.73 | +0.73 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Robert Pascoe 2. Christopher Lynch | 2,915 | 0.63 | +0.63 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Nicholas Croker 2. Francesco Raco | 2,419 | 0.53 | +0.53 |
  | | Liberty Alliance | 1. Kenneth Nicholls 2. Daniel Macdonald | 2,384 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
  | | Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Sally Hudson 2. Mark Wright | 223 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
  | | Independent | 1. Karl Pongracic | 126 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 460,498 | 95.87 | −1.16 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19,819 | 4.13 | +1.16 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 480,317 | 91.44 | −2.95 |
  
  **2014**
  
  2014 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 72,940 | | |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Simon Ramsay (elected 1) 2. Josh Morris (elected 3) 3. David O'Brien 4. Jennifer Almeida Reis 5. Donna Winfield | 161,755 | 36.96 | −7.39 |
  | | Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 2) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 4) 3. Jacinta Ermacora 4. John Stewart 5. Dale Edwards | 149,033 | 34.05 | −3.50 |
  | | Greens | 1. Lloyd Davies 2. Judy Cameron 3. Linda Zibell 4. Ricky Lane 5. Patchouly Paterson | 40,235 | 9.19 | −0.62 |
  | | Palmer United | 1. Catriona Thoolen 2. Gerard Murphy 3. Cameron Hickey | 11,704 | 2.67 | +2.67 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Mark Thompson 2. Baydon Beddoe | 11,321 | 2.59 | +2.59 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Jayden Millard 2. Douglas Leitch | 10,925 | 2.50 | +2.50 |
  | | Shooters and Fishers | 1. Nicole Bourman 2. Megan Winter | 10,028 | 2.29 | +2.29 |
  | | Family First | 1. Barry Newton 2. Julie Gebbing | 8,513 | 1.95 | −1.32 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Andy Meddick 2. Jennifer Gamble | 7,346 | 1.68 | +1.68 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Mark Farrell 2. Joanne Schill | 6,694 | 1.53 | −0.62 |
  | | Vote 1 Local Jobs | 1. James Purcell (elected 5) 2. Tanya Waterson | 5,621 | 1.28 | +1.28 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Garry Kerr 2. Ronald Heath | 4,341 | 0.99 | −1.71 |
  | | Christians | 1. Anne Foster 2. Leo van Veelen | 3,720 | 0.85 | +0.85 |
  | | Cyclists | 1. Kathy Francis 2. Colin Charles | 1,762 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
  | | People Power Victoria | 1. Philip Gluyas 2. Dianne Bell | 1,687 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | 1. Michael Keane 2. Merle Johnston | 1,481 | 0.34 | +0.34 |
  | | Voice for the West | 1. Garry Thomas 2. Johanne Curran | 1,338 | 0.31 | +0.31 |
  | | Independent | Gary Mannion | 134 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 437,637 | 97.03 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13,388 | 2.97 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 451,025 | 94.39 | |
  
  **2010**
  
  2010 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 70,933 | | |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. David Koch (elected 1) 2. Simon Ramsay (elected 3) 3. David O'Brien (elected 5) 4. Melanie Dow 5. Ruby Cameron | 184,446 | 43.3 | +2.5 |
  | | Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 2) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 4) 3. Richard Morrow 4. Geoff Dawson 5. Paul Romas | 162,807 | 38.3 | -3.7 |
  | | Greens | 1. Marcus Ward 2. Judy Cameron 3. Jamal Blakkarly 4. Susan Perron 5. Jean Christie | 43,525 | 10.2 | +1.6 |
  | | Family First | 1. Joshua Reimer 2. Graeme Presser 3. Trevor Pearce 4. Jahzeel Concepcion 5. Jim Rainey | 14,165 | 3.3 | -0.6 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Miles Hodge 2. Ron Heath | 11,399 | 2.7 | +1.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Peter Kavanagh 2. Steve Campbell 3. Jane Byrne 4. Maria Mazzarella 5. Max Crockett | 9,252 | 2.2 | -0.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 425,594 | 97.1 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,882 | 2.9 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 438,476 | 94.0 | +0.5 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2006**
  
  2006 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 65,747 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Elaine Carbines 4. Christine Couzens 5. Chris Papas | 165,712 | 42.0 | -5.3 |
  | | Liberal | 1. John Vogels (elected 2) 2. David Koch (elected 4) 3. Kate Bullen 4. Paul Johnston 5. John Oxley | 139,114 | 35.3 | -1.9 |
  | | Greens | 1. Marcus Ward 2. Gillian Blair 3. Stephen Chenery 4. Karen McAloon 5. Judy Cameron | 34,022 | 8.6 | +0.4 |
  | | National | 1. Samantha McIntosh 2. Peter McIntyre | 21,902 | 5.6 | +0.3 |
  | | Family First | 1. Gordon Alderson 2. Monique Podbury 3. Michael Croot 4. Anna Jennings 5. Michael Albers | 15,512 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Peter Kavanagh (elected 5) 2. Clare Power 3. David Power 4. Michael Casanova 5. Leanne Casanova | 10,485 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Miles Hodge 2. Ron Heath | 3,500 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | | People Power | 1. Greg Jones 2. Lachlan Jones | 2,922 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
  | | Socialist Alliance | 1. Sue Bull 2. Rowan Stewart | 1,130 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
  | | Independent | John Camilleri | 179 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 394,478 | 96.4 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14,588 | 3.6 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 409,066 | 93.5 | |
  