Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2006-2010

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...

, as elected at the 2006 state election

Victorian state election, 2006

An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...

Name	Party	Province	Term of office
Bruce Atkinson Bruce Atkinson Bruce Norman Atkinson is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992, representing Koonung Province from 1992 to 2006 and Eastern Metropolitan Region since. He is currently the President of the Legislative Council.Atkinson was born...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	Eastern Metropolitan Region	1992–present
Greg Barber Greg Barber Greg Barber is an Australian politician, and Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council.-Early career:Barber obtained a Masters in Business Administration from the Melbourne Business School and was a successful investor....	Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	Northern Metropolitan Region	2006–present
Hon Candy Broad Candy Broad Candy Celeste Broad is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, first representing the electorate of Melbourne North Province until 2006, and then as a Member for the Northern Victoria region.After making a...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Northern Victoria Region	1999–present
Andrea Coote Andrea Coote Andrea Coote is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Monash Province until the 2006 election and the Southern Metropolitan Region since....	Liberal	Southern Metropolitan Region	1999–present
Richard Dalla-Riva Richard Dalla-Riva Richard Alex Gordon Dalla-Riva is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since November 2002 when he won a by-election to represent East Yarra Province. In 2006, he was elected to represent Eastern Metropolitan Region where he was re-elected in...	Liberal	Eastern Metropolitan	2002–present
Hon Kaye Darveniza Kaye Darveniza Kaye Darveniza is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Melbourne West Province. In the 2006 Victoria State election, she transferred to the Northern Victoria Region and was re-elected...	Labor	Northern Victoria	1999–present
David Davis David Davis (Australian politician) David McLean Davis is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since March 1996, representing East Yarra Province 1996-2006 and the Southern Metropolitan Region from 2006 onwards...	Liberal	Southern Metropolitan	1996–present
Philip Davis	Liberal	Eastern Victoria	1992–present
Damian Drum Damian Drum Damian Kevin Drum is the Nationals member for Northern Victoria Region in the Victorian parliament, Australia. He is also a former Australian rules footballer and coach, most notably as senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2001. He turned to...	National	Northern Victoria	2002–present
Khalil Eideh Khalil Eideh Khalil Eideh is an Australian politician, for the state of Victoria. Born in Tripoli in Lebanon, he later migrated to Australia, where he became a mail officer with Australia Post . From 1987 to 2006 he was the Managing Director of Bluestar Logistics Freight Company...	Labor	Western Metropolitan Region	2006–present
Nazih Elasmar Nazih Elasmar Nazih Halim Elasmar , is an Australian politician, and a sitting member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party....	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	2006–present
Bernie Finn Bernie Finn Bernard Thomas Christopher Finn is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Western Metropolitan Region since the election of November 2006...	Liberal	Western Metropolitan	2006–present
Matthew Guy Matthew Guy Matthew Guy is an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Liberal Party. He is the current Minister for Planning in the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Northern Metropolitan	2006–present
Peter Hall Peter Hall (politician) Peter Ronald Hall is an Australian politician. He has been a National member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 1988, representing Gippsland Province. He is the current leader of the National Party in the Legislative Council and the Shadow Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation...	National	Eastern Victoria	1988–present
Colleen Hartland Colleen Hartland Colleen Hartland is an Australian politician, and a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council.-Early career:...	Greens	Western Metropolitan	2006–present
Jennifer Huppert Jennifer Huppert Jennifer Huppert is an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, she was a solicitor before entering politics. On 3 February 2009, she was appointed to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for Southern Metropolitan Region to replace Evan Thornley, who retired.Huppert was...	Labor	Southern Metropolitan	2009–2010
Hon Gavin Jennings Gavin Jennings Gavin Jennings is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 1999, representing Melbourne Province and then the South Eastern Metropolitan Region...	Labor	South Eastern Metropolitan Region	1999–present
Peter Kavanagh Peter Kavanagh (Australian politician) Peter Kavanagh , Australian politician, is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Democratic Labor Party .Kavanagh was born into a family with a long connection with the DLP...	DLP Democratic Labor Party The Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism. The first "DLP" Senator in decades, party vice-president John Madigan was elected to the Australian Senate with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria at the 2010 federal...	Western Victoria Region	2006–2010
David Koch David Koch (Australian politician) David Koch is an Australian politician. Born in Coleraine, Victoria, he was a farmer from 1973 to 2001, when he became a real estate agent. He held numerous local positions, and was a Wannon Shire Councillor from 1987–1994, serving as President in 1991. In 2002, he was elected to the...	Liberal	Western Victoria	2002–present
Jan Kronberg Jan Kronberg Jan Kronberg is an Australian politician and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Eastern Metropolitan Region....	Liberal	Eastern Metropolitan	2006–present
Shaun Leane Shaun Leane Shaun Leane is an Australian Labor Party politician and a current member for the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council....	Labor	Eastern Metropolitan	2006–present
Hon John Lenders John Lenders John Lenders is an Australian Labor Party politician representing the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. He was most notably the Minister for Education in the Bracks Government and Treasurer of Victoria in the Brumby Government....	Labor	Southern Metropolitan	2002–present
Wendy Lovell Wendy Lovell Wendy Ann Lovell is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, she was a newsagent before becoming involved in politics. She held numerous posts with the Liberal Party, and was eventually elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Liberal member for North Eastern Province in...	Liberal	Northern Victoria	2002–present
Hon Justin Madden Justin Madden Madden was 206 cm tall, and one of the tallest men ever to play Australian Rules football, and his potential in this area was fully utilized by Carlton, who used him as their main ruckman. Over the next fifteen seasons, Madden became a mainstay of the Carlton side, and one of the most...	Labor	Western Metropolitan	1999–2010
Hon Jenny Mikakos Jenny Mikakos Jenny Mikakos is an Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party. She is currently the Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, and a Member of the Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan Region....	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	1999–present
Nathan Murphy Nathan Murphy (Australian politician) Nathan Murphy is an Australian politician. On 9 March 2010, he was appointed to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for Northern Metropolitan Region to replace Theo Theophanous, who retired....	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	2010
Edward O'Donohue Edward O'Donohue Edward O'Donohue is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Liberal Party of Australia. O'Donohue was elected to the Eastern Victoria Region at the 2006 election.-External links:*...	Liberal	Eastern Victoria	2006–present
Martin Pakula Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula is an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. He was Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Public Transport in the Labor Government of Premier John Brumby.-Early life:...	Labor	Western Metropolitan	2006–present
Sue Pennicuik Sue Pennicuik Susan Margaret "Sue" Pennicuik is an Australian politician, and Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council.-Early career:...	Greens	Southern Metropolitan	2006–present
Donna Petrovich Donna Petrovich Donna Petrovich is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2006, representing Northern Victoria Region....	Liberal	Northern Victoria	2006–present
Inga Peulich Inga Peulich Inga Peulich is an Australian politician. She is of Bosnian heritage, being born Inga Dosen in Bosnia and Herzegovina and migrated to Australia in 1967 with her family. Peulich has a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Education...	Liberal	South Eastern Metropolitan	2006–present
Jaala Pulford Jaala Pulford Jaala Pulford is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2006, representing Western Victoria Region....	Labor	Western Victoria	2006–present
Gordon Rich-Phillips Gordon Rich-Phillips Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips is an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party of Australia in the Victorian Legislative Council....	Liberal	South Eastern Metropolitan	1999–present
Johan Scheffer Johan Scheffer Johan 'John' Scheffer is an Australian politician, and a sitting member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party.-References:...	Labor	Eastern Victoria	2002–present
Bob Smith Bob Smith (Australian politician) Robert Frederick "Bob" Smith was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2010, representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region....	Labor	South Eastern Metropolitan	1999–2010
Adem Somyurek Adem Somyürek Adem Somyürek is a Turkish Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council....	Labor	South Eastern Metropolitan	2002–present
Brian Tee Brian Tee (politician) Brian Tee is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2006, representing the Eastern Metropolitan Region....	Labor	Eastern Metropolitan	2006–present
Hon Theo Theophanous Theo Theophanous Theo Charles Theophanous is a former Australian politician who served in the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. He is the brother of former federal politician Andrew Theophanous...	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	1988–2010
Evan Thornley Evan Thornley Evan William Thornley , former Australian politician and entrepreneur, was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Southern Metropolitan Region...	Labor	Southern Metropolitan	2006–2008
Gayle Tierney Gayle Tierney Gayle Tierney is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since November 2006, representing Western Victoria Region....	Labor	Western Victoria	2006–present
Matt Viney Matt Viney Matthew Shaw Viney , is an Australian Labor Party politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Eastern Victoria Region....	Labor	Eastern Victoria	2002–present
John Vogels John Vogels John Adrian Vogels is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Parliament from 1999 to 2010, serving in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council....	Liberal	Western Victoria	2002–2010

Southern Metropolitan Labor MLC Evan Thornley

Evan Thornley

Evan William Thornley , former Australian politician and entrepreneur, was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Southern Metropolitan Region...

resigned on 28 December 2008. Jennifer Huppert

Jennifer Huppert

Jennifer Huppert is an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, she was a solicitor before entering politics. On 3 February 2009, she was appointed to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for Southern Metropolitan Region to replace Evan Thornley, who retired.Huppert was...

was appointed as his replacement on 3 February 2009.

Northern Metropolitan Labor MLC Theo Theophanous

Theo Theophanous

Theo Charles Theophanous is a former Australian politician who served in the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. He is the brother of former federal politician Andrew Theophanous...

resigned on 1 March 2010. Nathan Murphy

Nathan Murphy (Australian politician)

Nathan Murphy is an Australian politician. On 9 March 2010, he was appointed to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for Northern Metropolitan Region to replace Theo Theophanous, who retired....

was appointed as his replacement on 9 March 2010.

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