Northern 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
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. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
The region comprises the
Legislative Assembly districts of
Broadmeadows,
Brunswick,
Essendon,
Greenvale,
Kalkallo,
Melbourne
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,
Northcote,
Pascoe Vale,
Preston
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Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
,
Richmond and
Thomastown.
Members
Returned MLCs by seat
Seats are allocated by
single transferable vote
Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...
using
group voting tickets. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity.
Election results
References
External links
Northern Metropolitan Region Profile, Victorian Electoral Commission
{{Electoral regions of Victoria
Electoral regions of Victoria (Australia)
Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne