Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2002-2006

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...

from 2002 to 2006, as elected at the 2002 state election:

Name	Party	Province	Term of office
Lidia Argondizzo Lidia Argondizzo Lidia Serafina Argondizzo is an Australian politician. She was the Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Templestowe Province from 2002 to 2006....	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...	Templestowe Templestowe Province Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia, but was held by the Australian Labor Party on two...	2002–2006
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...	Koonung Koonung Province Koonung Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished Boronia Province...	1992–present
Bill Baxter Bill Baxter William Robert Baxter was a former Australian politician and the current Victorian State President of The Nationals. He was the Nationals member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing North Eastern Province from June 1978 until November 2006...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	North Eastern	1978–1984, 1985–2006
Barry Bishop	National	North Western	1992–2006
Ron Bowden Ron Bowden Ronald Henry Bowden is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 until 2006, representing South Eastern Province....	Liberal	South Eastern	1992–2006
Andrew Brideson Andrew Brideson Andrew Ronald Brideson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 until 2006, representing Waverley Province...	Liberal	Waverley Waverley Province Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changing parties according to who held government at the time...	1992–2006
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	Melbourne North Melbourne North Province Melbourne North Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne North Province:...	1999–present
Helen Buckingham Helen Buckingham Helen Elizabeth Buckingham is a retired Australian politician. She was the Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, representing Koonung Province...	Labor	Koonung	2002–2006
Elaine Carbines Elaine Carbines Elaine Cafferty Carbines is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from September 1999 to November 2006, representing Geelong Province. A former teacher and community campaigner, Carbines was a prominent backbench member of the...	Labor	Geelong	1999–2006
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	Monash Monash Province Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Monash Province:-References:...	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	East Yarra East Yarra Province East Yarra Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for East Yarra Province:...	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	Melbourne West Melbourne West Province Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne West Province:...	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	East Yarra	1996–present
Philip Davis	Liberal	Gippsland	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	North Western	2002–present
John Eren John Eren John Eren is a Turkish-Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, representing Geelong Province. He is currently a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Lara.Eren was born in...	Labor	Geelong	2002–2006
Bill Forwood Bill Forwood William Forwood was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2006, representing Templestowe Province....	Liberal	Templestowe	1992–2006
Hon Monica Gould Monica Gould Monica Mary Gould is a former Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between September 1993 and November 2006, representing Doutta Galla Province....	Labor	Doutta Galla Doutta Galla Province Doutta Galla Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Doutta Galla Province:...	1993–2006
Dianne Hadden Dianne Hadden Dianne Gladys Hadden was an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Council since April 2004, after resigning from the Australian Labor Party, which she previously represented since 1999...	Labor/Independent	Ballarat	1999–2006
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	Gippsland	1988–present
Geoff Hilton Geoff Hilton John Geoffrey Hilton is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2006, representing Western Port Province....	Labor	Western Port Western Port Province Western Port Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished South Eastern Province. It was intended to be a two-member electorate, but it was abolished in 2006 as part of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the...	2002–2006
Carolyn Hirsh Carolyn Hirsh Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party, she was forced to resign from the party in September 2004 after being booked for driving a car without a licence...	Labor/Ind./ Labor/Ind.	Silvan Silvan Province Silvan Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia for much of its history, but was a surprise gain for...	2002–2006
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	Melbourne	1999–present
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	2002–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	Waverley Waverley Province Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changing parties according to who held government at the time...	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	North Eastern	2002–present
John McQuilten John McQuilten John Martin McQuilten is a former Australian politician.Born in Sunshine, Victoria, he attended public schools at Aberfeldie and Essendon before becoming a vigneron and business consultant. He was an executive of the Victorian Soft Drink Association and Vice-President of the Pyrenees Vignerons...	Labor	Ballarat	1999–2006
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	Doutta Galla	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	Jika Jika Jika Jika Province Jika Jika Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council in Victoria, Australia. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party throughout its existence...	1999–present
Rob Mitchell Rob Mitchell (Australian politician) Robert George "Rob" Mitchell is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since August 2010, representing the electorate of McEwen. He was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006.Mitchell was...	Labor	Central Highlands Central Highlands Province Central Highlands Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia for most of its history, but was a surprise gain for...	2002–2006
Sang Nguyen Sang Nguyen Sang Minh Nguyen is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from May 1996 until November 2006, representing Melbourne West Province....	Labor	Melbourne West	1996–2006
Andrew Olexander Andrew Olexander Andrew Phillip Olexander is an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from November 2005 to November 2006, after being expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party, which he had represented since 1999.His career has...	Liberal/Independent	Silvan	1999–2006
Noel Pullen Noel Pullen Noel Pullen was an Australian politician, and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Labor Party...	Labor	Higinbotham Higinbotham Province Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia throughout its history, though it was won by...	2002–2006
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	Eumemmerring Eumemmerring Province Eumemmerring Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, changing parties in the large landslide elections of 1992 and 2002...	1999–present
Glenyys Romanes Glenyys Romanes Glenyys Dorothy Romanes is a former Australian politician.Born in Melbourne, she attended public schools in Coburg before attending the University of Melbourne, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and a Diploma of Education] in 1968...	Labor	Melbourne	1999–2006
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	Monash	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	Chelsea Chelsea Province Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from...	1999–2010
Adem Somyurek Adem Somyürek Adem Somyürek is a Turkish Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council....	Labor	Eumemmerring	2002–present
Graeme Stoney Graeme Stoney Eadley "Graeme" Stoney is a former Australian politician.Born in Mirboo North, Victoria, he was educated at Scotch College before becoming a farmer and newspaper proprietor. In 1992 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the Liberal member for Central Highlands Province. He...	Liberal	Central Highlands	1992–2006
Chris Strong Chris Strong Christopher Arthur "Chris" Strong is a former Australian politician.Born in Brisbane, Queensland, he attended public schools at Rosebud in Victoria before becoming an Associate in Civil Engineering in 1964 . From 1970 to 1983 he was a Project Management Consultant, and he held a senior management...	Liberal	Higinbotham	1992–2006
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	Jika Jika	1988–2010
Hon Marsha Thomson Marsha Thomson Marsha Thomson, born 21 December 1955 in Melbourne, is an Australian politician, is a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the division of Footscray....	Labor	Melbourne North	1999–2006
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	Chelsea	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	2002–2010

Silvan Province MLC Carolyn Hirsh

Carolyn Hirsh

Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party, she was forced to resign from the party in September 2004 after being booked for driving a car without a licence...

was forced to resign from the Australian Labor Party

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...

in September 2004 after being caught driving without a licence, which she had lost after being booked for drink-driving earlier in the year. She was later readmitted in November 2005, after a failed attempt to rejoin in April, but was subsequently expelled again in June 2006 after another drink-driving incident.

Ballarat Province MLC Dianne Hadden

Dianne Hadden

Dianne Gladys Hadden was an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Council since April 2004, after resigning from the Australian Labor Party, which she previously represented since 1999...

resigned from the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

on 7 April 2005 and announced her intention to serve out the remainder of her term as an independent.

Silvan Province MLC Andrew Olexander

Andrew Olexander

Andrew Phillip Olexander is an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from November 2005 to November 2006, after being expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party, which he had represented since 1999.His career has...

was dismissed from the parliamentary wing of the Liberal Party of Australia

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...

on 29 November 2005, due to critical comments made after the decision not to grant him party endorsement to contest the next election after a drink-driving scandal.

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