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In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification.<sup id="cite_ref-asgc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asgc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They will typically have an elected council and usually a mayor or shire president responsible for chairing meetings of the council. The <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a> has a <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_and_lord_mayors_of_Melbourne" title="List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne">Lord Mayor</a> and Deputy Lord Mayor, who are directly elected, and in the other councils a mayor and deputy mayor are elected by fellow Councillors from among their own number. Since 2017, the mayor of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Geelong" title="City of Greater Geelong">City of Greater Geelong</a> has not been directly elected. There are also <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated areas">unincorporated areas</a>, consisting of small islands or ski resorts, which are administered either by the state government or management boards.<sup id="cite_ref-asgc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asgc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Council elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday in October.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last council elections were held on 22 October 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An election was not held for the City of Greater Geelong, which was under administration until council elections were held on 27 October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, 637 local Councillors were elected in the 78 Councils contested.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casual vacancies of councilors are filled by <a href="/wiki/Countback" title="Countback">countback</a> of the last ballots,<sup id="cite_ref-VCAT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCAT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> except for the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, which is filled by a <a href="/wiki/2018_Lord_Mayor_of_Melbourne_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Lord Mayor of Melbourne by-election">by-election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local government has existed in Victoria since before its separation from <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> in 1851. The <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">Town of Melbourne</a> was established by an Act of the NSW Governor and Legislative Council in 1842<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmd_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmd-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Geelong" title="City of Geelong">Borough of Geelong</a> was established in 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both bodies continued after the creation of Victoria as a separate colony, and both later became cities. <a href="/wiki/Road_districts_of_Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Road districts of Victoria (Australia)">Road districts</a> were established under legislation passed in 1853. From 1862 many road districts became shires pursuant to the <i>District Councils Bill 1862</i>. To become a shire, the road district had to be over 100 square miles (260 km<sup>2</sup>) in size and have annual rate revenue of over £1000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There were 96 road districts or shires created by 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Victorian general Act dealing with local government was the <i>Local Government Act</i> of 1874. The act empowered shires to be established in territories that could financially support them, and boroughs to be established in areas not exceeding 9 square miles (23 km<sup>2</sup>) with a population of at least 300.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Promotion to town or city status was dependent upon the gross revenue of the council. Promotion was not automatic, but it was granted often.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Local government has been referred to in the Victorian constitution since 1979 (sec. II<small>A</small>). It does not operate as to make Victoria a federation or protect the borders or powers of local government from amendment by executive order or act of parliament. Today, the constitution recognises it "a distinct and essential tier of government" and prohibits a council being dismissed by executive order, but grants significant powers to the state parliament in respect of local government. The clauses have been amended many times by parliament, but since 2006 the <i>Constitution Act</i> has required a referendum to further alter them. </p><p>The current <i>Local Government Act</i> dates to 1989 and eliminated administrative distinctions between cities and shires, introduced the category of rural city and removed the possibility of declaring any further boroughs or towns (existing boroughs and towns were retained, although only one, the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Queenscliffe" title="Borough of Queenscliffe">Borough of Queenscliffe</a>, remains today, the others being abolished with the 1994 restructure). Five shires became rural cities but were dissolved with the 1994 restructure. </p><p>In 1992, there were 65 cities in Victoria. In 1994, the <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kennett" title="Jeff Kennett">Jeff Kennett</a> government restructured local government in Victoria. His reforms dissolved 210 councils and sacked 1600 elected councillors, and created 78 new councils through amalgamations.<sup id="cite_ref-age10years_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age10years-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In suburban <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> 53 municipalities were reduced to 26. The new local government areas (LGAs) were headed by commissioners appointed by the State Government. Democratically elected councils returned in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 79th LGA was created in 2002 when the <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Delatite" title="Shire of Delatite">Shire of Delatite</a> was split into the <a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Benalla" title="Rural City of Benalla">Rural City of Benalla</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mansfield" title="Shire of Mansfield">Shire of Mansfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-age10years_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age10years-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new <a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Victoria" title="Sunbury, Victoria">City of Sunbury</a> was proposed to be created from part of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Hume" title="City of Hume">City of Hume</a> after the 2016 council elections, but this was abandoned by the Victorian Government in October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_characteristics">General characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: General characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VictoriaLocalGovernmentNumberOfCouncillors2012Election.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/VictoriaLocalGovernmentNumberOfCouncillors2012Election.png/400px-VictoriaLocalGovernmentNumberOfCouncillors2012Election.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/VictoriaLocalGovernmentNumberOfCouncillors2012Election.png 1.5x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>Different councils have different numbers of councillors</figcaption></figure> <p>All local government areas (i.e. cities, rural cities, shires and boroughs) are governed in a similar fashion, with an elected council, one of whom is the mayor (in shires the mayor may use the title "president"; the City of Melbourne has the title "lord mayor"). The <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a> has a directly elected Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor, whereas other councils elect a mayor from one of their number. The <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Geelong" title="City of Greater Geelong">City of Greater Geelong</a> has not had a directly elected mayor since 2017. </p><p>Some LGAs are divided into wards for the purpose of electing Councillors. Where a ward elects a single councillor, it is by preferential voting. Where it elects multiple councillors, it is by proportional voting using the <a href="/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Transferable Vote">Single Transferable Vote</a>. Voting is in all cases compulsory for enrolled voters. Elections for all councils now happen on the same day every four years—on the fourth Saturday in October two years after state parliamentary elections. </p><p>The average area of a municipal district within the Melbourne metropolitan area is 285 square kilometres (110 sq mi); the average area of the remaining municipal districts is 4,545 square kilometres (1,755 sq mi). Despite this area being comparable to the average area of a US or English county, there are no administrative subdivisions such as American towns and cities or English parishes; suburbs (a part of an urban area), towns and rural districts, although legally defined, have a purely geographical existence. </p><p>According to the <i>Local Government Act 1989</i>, the term "city" must be used for a municipal district which is predominantly urban in character. "Rural city" must be used for a rural district which is partly urban and partly rural in character. The term "shire" must be used for a municipal district which is predominantly rural. In practice, this is understood as referring to the population distribution between urban centres and rural areas. </p><p>The term "borough", used in the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Queenscliffe" title="Borough of Queenscliffe">Borough of Queenscliffe</a>, is not defined by the Act but has been retained for the single borough which survived the reforms of the 1990s. Under the repealed <i>Local Government Act</i> 1958, boroughs, towns and cities were defined on the basis of area, population and rateable property. In practice, boroughs were and are small towns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_composition">Political composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_(November_2024).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg/220px-Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg/330px-Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg/440px-Victorian_LGAs_by_largest_council_faction_%28November_2024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1749" data-file-height="1290" /></a><figcaption>Largest councillor factions by party affiliation (regardless of endorsement) in Victorian LGAs as of November 2024.</figcaption></figure> <p>In contrast to ones at <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Australia" title="Elections in Australia">federal</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_elections_in_Victoria" title="List of elections in Victoria">state</a> levels, local government elections in Victoria are a generally non-partisan affair. Major political parties typically do not endorse candidates at the council level.<sup id="cite_ref-abc.net.au_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc.net.au-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has resulted in a situation where councillors may hold political party affiliation, but instead contest the election as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a>. These nominal independents have attracted controversy, with their affiliation being branded as insufficiently transparent.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Electoral_Commission" title="Victorian Electoral Commission">VEC</a>, unlike in jurisdictions such as <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, provides no way for party affiliation to be listed for council elections, candidates appear without any party label on ballot papers. </p><p>As a result, the overwhelming majority of councillors in Victoria are independents. The prevalence of independent councillors is generally larger in regional and rural areas, with metropolitan LGAs having a greater number of party-affiliated councillors. Nonetheless, recent trends have seen greater party involvement within local government politics. This participation has been large among smaller parties such as the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a>, with the major political parties subsequently indicating a potential change to their approach to council elections.<sup id="cite_ref-abc.net.au_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc.net.au-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various <a href="/wiki/Residents%27_association" class="mw-redirect" title="Residents' association">residents' associations</a>, community alliances and independent groups also sporadically contest elections. </p><p>The political composition of Victorian LGAs following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Victorian_local_elections" title="2024 Victorian local elections">2024 local elections</a> and subsequent countbacks is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td align="right">593 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td align="right">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td align="right">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#fec327;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(Australia)" title="Libertarian Party (Australia)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Liberal_Party" title="Victorian Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#990000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Alliance_(Australia)" title="Socialist Alliance (Australia)">Socialist Alliance</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#000000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Socialists" title="Victorian Socialists">Victorian Socialists</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>647 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities_of_Greater_Melbourne">Municipalities of Greater Melbourne</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Municipalities of Greater Melbourne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Town_Halls_in_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Town Halls in Melbourne">List of Town Halls in Melbourne</a></div> <p>Thirty-one of the municipalities form the Greater Melbourne area, each being wholly, or partly, within the Melbourne metropolitan or urban area. All Melbourne suburbs lie within these municipalities. The outer of these municipalities such as <a href="/wiki/Cardinia_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinia Shire">Cardinia Shire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yarra_Ranges_Shire" title="Yarra Ranges Shire">Yarra Ranges Shire</a> have much of their area outside Melbourne's urban area. Greater Melbourne and regional municipalities are sometimes treated differently by state government legislation, for instance the Public Holidays Act permits non-metropolitan councils to replace <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cup_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Cup Day">Melbourne Cup Day</a> with a local public holiday. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unincorporated_areas">Unincorporated areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Unincorporated areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the LGAs, there are also 9 small <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated areas">unincorporated areas</a> within the state. These comprise both coastal islands and alpine resorts. The coastal islands are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/French_Island_(Victoria)" title="French Island (Victoria)">French Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandstone_Island" title="Sandstone Island">Sandstone Island</a> incorporating <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Island_(Victoria)" title="Elizabeth Island (Victoria)">Elizabeth Island</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabo_Island" title="Gabo Island">Gabo Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Julia_Percy_Island" title="Lady Julia Percy Island">Lady Julia Percy Island</a></li></ol> <p>These coastal island unincorporated areas are directly administered by the state of Victoria. </p><p>Six alpine resorts are excised from the surrounding shires by declarations made under the <i>Alpine Resorts Act</i> 1983 and administered by Alpine Resort Victoria under the <i>Alpine Resorts (Management) Act</i> 1997. The alpine resorts are considered to be municipal districts for the purposes of the <i>Emergency Management Act</i> 1986 and the <i>Environment Protection Act</i> 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alpine resorts are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Creek,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls Creek, Victoria">Falls Creek Alpine Resort</a> (surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Alpine_Shire" title="Alpine Shire">Alpine Shire</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mountain_(Victoria)" title="Lake Mountain (Victoria)">Lake Mountain Alpine Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Baw_Baw" title="Mount Baw Baw">Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Buller,_Victoria" title="Mount Buller, Victoria">Mount Buller Alpine Resort</a> (surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mansfield" title="Shire of Mansfield">Shire of Mansfield</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hotham" title="Mount Hotham">Mount Hotham Alpine Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Stirling" title="Mount Stirling">Mount Stirling Alpine Resort</a></li></ol> <p>They are rarely included in lists of local government areas and are not considered to be LGAs by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with their population included in the unincorporated areas section of such lists,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but are occasionally listed alongside municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_government_in_Victoria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See 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title="Shire of Mornington Peninsula">Mornington Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Nillumbik" title="Shire of Nillumbik">Nillumbik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Whittlesea" title="City of Whittlesea">Whittlesea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Ranges_Shire" title="Yarra Ranges Shire">Yarra Ranges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barwon_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Barwon South West">Barwon South West</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Colac_Otway" title="Shire of Colac Otway">Colac Otway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Corangamite" title="Shire of Corangamite">Corangamite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Glenelg" title="Shire of Glenelg">Glenelg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Geelong" title="City of Greater Geelong">Greater Geelong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moyne" title="Shire of Moyne">Moyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Queenscliffe" title="Borough of Queenscliffe">Queenscliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Southern_Grampians" title="Shire of Southern Grampians">Southern Grampians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surf_Coast_Shire" title="Surf Coast Shire">Surf Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Warrnambool" title="City of Warrnambool">Warrnambool</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gippsland" title="Gippsland">Gippsland</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Coast_Shire" title="Bass Coast Shire">Bass Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Baw_Baw" title="Shire of Baw Baw">Baw Baw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Gippsland" title="Shire of East Gippsland">East Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Latrobe" title="City of Latrobe">Latrobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gippsland_Shire" title="South Gippsland Shire">South Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wellington" title="Shire of Wellington">Wellington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grampians_(region)" title="Grampians (region)">Grampians</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Ararat" title="Rural City of Ararat">Ararat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Ballarat" title="City of Ballarat">Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Plains_Shire" title="Golden Plains Shire">Golden Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hepburn" title="Shire of Hepburn">Hepburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hindmarsh" title="Shire of Hindmarsh">Hindmarsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Horsham" title="Rural City of Horsham">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moorabool" title="Shire of Moorabool">Moorabool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Northern_Grampians" title="Shire of Northern Grampians">Northern Grampians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Pyrenees" title="Shire of Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_West_Wimmera" title="Shire of West Wimmera">West Wimmera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Yarriambiack" title="Shire of Yarriambiack">Yarriambiack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hume_(region)" title="Hume (region)">Hume</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Shire" title="Alpine Shire">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Benalla" title="Rural City of Benalla">Benalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Shepparton" title="City of Greater Shepparton">Greater Shepparton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Indigo" title="Shire of Indigo">Indigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mansfield" title="Shire of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mitchell" title="Shire of Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moira" title="Shire of Moira">Moira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Murrindindi" title="Shire of Murrindindi">Murrindindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Strathbogie" title="Shire of Strathbogie">Strathbogie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Towong" title="Shire of Towong">Towong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Wangaratta" title="Rural City of Wangaratta">Wangaratta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wodonga" title="City of Wodonga">Wodonga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loddon_Mallee" title="Loddon Mallee">Loddon Mallee</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Buloke" title="Shire of Buloke">Buloke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Campaspe" title="Shire of Campaspe">Campaspe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Central_Goldfields" title="Shire of Central Goldfields">Central Goldfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Gannawarra" title="Shire of Gannawarra">Gannawarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Bendigo" title="City of Greater Bendigo">Greater Bendigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Loddon" title="Shire of Loddon">Loddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Macedon_Ranges" title="Shire of Macedon Ranges">Macedon Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Mildura" title="Rural City of Mildura">Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Alexander_Shire" title="Mount Alexander Shire">Mount Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Swan_Hill" title="Rural City of Swan Hill">Swan Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Island_(Victoria)" title="Elizabeth Island (Victoria)">Elizabeth Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Creek,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls Creek, Victoria">Falls Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Island_(Victoria)" title="French Island (Victoria)">French Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabo_Island" title="Gabo Island">Gabo Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Julia_Percy_Island" title="Lady Julia Percy Island">Lady Julia Percy Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mountain_(Victoria)" title="Lake Mountain (Victoria)">Lake Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Baw_Baw" title="Mount Baw Baw">Mount Baw Baw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Buller" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Buller">Mount Buller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hotham" title="Mount Hotham">Mount Hotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Stirling" title="Mount Stirling">Mount Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandstone_Island" title="Sandstone Island">Sandstone Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Greater Melbourne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Altona" title="City of Altona">Altona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Berwick" title="City of Berwick">Berwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Box_Hill" title="City of Box Hill">Box Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brighton_(Victoria)" title="City of Brighton (Victoria)">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Broadmeadows" title="City of Broadmeadows">Broadmeadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brunswick" title="City of Brunswick">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bulla" title="Shire of Bulla">Bulla</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Camberwell" title="City of Camberwell">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Caulfield" title="City of Caulfield">Caulfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Chelsea" title="City of Chelsea">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Coburg" title="City of Coburg">Coburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Collingwood" title="City of Collingwood">Collingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Cranbourne" title="City of Cranbourne">Cranbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Croydon" title="City of Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Dandenong" title="City of Dandenong">Dandenong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Diamond_Valley" title="Shire of Diamond Valley">Diamond Valley</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Doncaster_%26_Templestowe" title="City of Doncaster & Templestowe">Doncaster & Templestowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Eltham" title="Shire of Eltham">Eltham</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Essendon" title="City of Essendon">Essendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Fitzroy" title="City of Fitzroy">Fitzroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Flinders_(Victoria)" title="Shire of Flinders (Victoria)">Flinders</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Footscray" title="City of Footscray">Footscray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Frankston_(former)" title="City of Frankston (former)">Frankston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hastings" title="Shire of Hastings">Hastings</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Hawthorn" title="City of Hawthorn">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Healesville" title="Shire of Healesville">Healesville</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Heidelberg" title="City of Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Keilor" title="City of Keilor">Keilor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Kew" title="City of Kew">Kew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Lillydale" title="Shire of Lillydale">Lillydale</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Malvern" title="City of Malvern">Malvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Moorabbin" title="City of Moorabbin">Moorabbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Mordialloc" title="City of Mordialloc">Mordialloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_(Victoria)" title="Shire of Mornington (Victoria)">Mornington</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Northcote" title="City of Northcote">Northcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Nunawading" title="City of Nunawading">Nunawading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Oakleigh" title="City of Oakleigh">Oakleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Pakenham" title="Shire of Pakenham">Pakenham</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Port_Melbourne" title="City of Port Melbourne">Port Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Prahran" title="City of Prahran">Prahran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Preston_(Victoria)" title="City of Preston (Victoria)">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Richmond" title="City of Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Ringwood" title="City of Ringwood">Ringwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Sandringham" title="City of Sandringham">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Sherbrooke" title="Shire of Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_South_Melbourne" title="City of South Melbourne">South Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Springvale" title="City of Springvale">Springvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_St_Kilda" title="City of St Kilda">St Kilda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Sunshine" title="City of Sunshine">Sunshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Upper_Yarra" title="Shire of Upper Yarra">Upper Yarra</a> (S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Waverley" title="City of Waverley">Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Williamstown" title="City of Williamstown">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional Victoria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities, towns<br /> and boroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Ararat" title="City of Ararat">Ararat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bairnsdale" title="City of Bairnsdale">Bairnsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Ballaarat" title="City of Ballaarat">Ballaarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Benalla" title="City of Benalla">Benalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bendigo" title="City of Bendigo">Bendigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Camperdown" title="Town of Camperdown">Camperdown</a> (T)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Castlemaine" title="City of Castlemaine">Castlemaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Colac" title="City of Colac">Colac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Eaglehawk" title="Borough of Eaglehawk">Eaglehawk</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Echuca" title="City of Echuca">Echuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Geelong" title="City of Geelong">Geelong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Geelong_West" title="City of Geelong West">Geelong West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Hamilton_(Victoria)" title="City of Hamilton (Victoria)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Horsham" title="City of Horsham">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Kerang" title="Borough of Kerang">Kerang</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Koroit" title="Borough of Koroit">Koroit</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Kyabram" title="Town of Kyabram">Kyabram</a> (T)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Maryborough_(Victoria)" title="City of Maryborough (Victoria)">Maryborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Mildura" title="City of Mildura">Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Moe" title="City of Moe">Moe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Morwell" title="City of Morwell">Morwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Newtown" title="City of Newtown">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Port_Fairy" title="Borough of Port Fairy">Port Fairy</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Portland_(Victoria)" title="City of Portland (Victoria)">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Queenscliffe" title="Borough of Queenscliffe">Queenscliffe</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_St_Arnaud" title="Town of St Arnaud">St Arnaud</a> (T)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Sale" title="City of Sale">Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Sebastopol" title="Borough of Sebastopol">Sebastopol</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Shepparton" title="City of Shepparton">Shepparton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_South_Barwon" title="City of South Barwon">South Barwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stawell" title="City of Stawell">Stawell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Swan_Hill" title="City of Swan Hill">Swan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Traralgon" title="City of Traralgon">Traralgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wangaratta" title="City of Wangaratta">Wangaratta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Warrnambool" title="City of Warrnambool">Warrnambool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wonthaggi" title="Borough of Wonthaggi">Wonthaggi</a> (B)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shires and <br />rural cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Alberton" title="Shire of Alberton">Alberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Alexandra" title="Shire of Alexandra">Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Arapiles" title="Shire of Arapiles">Arapiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ararat" title="Shire of Ararat">Ararat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Avoca" title="Shire of Avoca">Avoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Avon" title="Shire of Avon">Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bacchus_Marsh" title="Shire of Bacchus Marsh">Bacchus Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bairnsdale" title="Shire of Bairnsdale">Bairnsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ballan" title="Shire of Ballan">Ballan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ballarat" title="Shire of Ballarat">Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bannockburn" title="Shire of Bannockburn">Bannockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Barrabool" title="Shire of Barrabool">Barrabool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bass" title="Shire of Bass">Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Beechworth" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Beechworth">Beechworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Belfast" title="Shire of Belfast">Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Bellarine" title="Rural City of Bellarine">Bellarine</a> (RC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Benalla" title="Shire of Benalla">Benalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bet_Bet" title="Shire of Bet Bet">Bet Bet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Birchip" title="Shire of Birchip">Birchip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bright" title="Shire of Bright">Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broadford" title="Shire of Broadford">Broadford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Buln_Buln" title="Shire of Buln Buln">Buln Buln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bungaree" title="Shire of Bungaree">Bungaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Buninyong" title="Shire of Buninyong">Buninyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Charlton" title="Shire of Charlton">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Chiltern" title="Shire of Chiltern">Chiltern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cobram" title="Shire of Cobram">Cobram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cohuna" title="Shire of Cohuna">Cohuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Colac" title="Shire of Colac">Colac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Corio" title="Shire of Corio">Corio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Creswick" title="Shire of Creswick">Creswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Daylesford_and_Glenlyon" title="Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon">Daylesford and Glenlyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Deakin" title="Shire of Deakin">Deakin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dimboola" title="Shire of Dimboola">Dimboola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Donald" title="Shire of Donald">Donald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dundas_(Victoria)" title="Shire of Dundas (Victoria)">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dunmunkle" title="Shire of Dunmunkle">Dunmunkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Loddon" title="Shire of East Loddon">East Loddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Euroa" title="Shire of Euroa">Euroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Gisborne" title="Shire of Gisborne">Gisborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Glenelg_(former)" title="Shire of Glenelg (former)">Glenelg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Gordon" title="Shire of Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Goulburn" title="Shire of Goulburn">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Grenville" title="Shire of Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hampden" title="Shire of Hampden">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Heytesbury" title="Shire of Heytesbury">Heytesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Heywood" title="Shire of Heywood">Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Huntly" title="Shire of Huntly">Huntly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kaniva" title="Shire of Kaniva">Kaniva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kara_Kara" title="Shire of Kara Kara">Kara Kara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Karkarooc" title="Shire of Karkarooc">Karkarooc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kerang" title="Shire of Kerang">Kerang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kilmore" title="Shire of Kilmore">Kilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Korong" title="Shire of Korong">Korong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Korumburra" title="Shire of 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barwon_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barwon (region) (page does not exist)">Barwon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_South_Coast_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great South Coast (region) (page does not exist)">Great South Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gippsland (region)">Gippsland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Central_Gippsland" title="Central Gippsland">Central Gippsland</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/East_Gippsland" title="East Gippsland">East Gippsland</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Latrobe_Valley" title="Latrobe Valley">Latrobe Valley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Gippsland" title="South Gippsland">South Gippsland</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grampians_(region)" title="Grampians (region)">Grampians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Highlands (region)">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimmera_Southern_Mallee_(region)" title="Wimmera Southern Mallee (region)">Wimmera Southern Mallee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hume_(region)" title="Hume (region)">Hume</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_(region)" title="Goulburn (region)">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovens_Murray_(region)" title="Ovens Murray (region)">Ovens Murray</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Hume&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Hume (page does not exist)">Central Hume</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_Valley" title="Goulburn Valley">Goulburn Valley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Hume&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lower Hume (page does not exist)">Lower Hume</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_Hume&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Hume (page does not exist)">Upper Hume</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loddon_Mallee" title="Loddon Mallee">Loddon Mallee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loddon_Campaspe_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loddon Campaspe (region) (page does not exist)">Loddon Campaspe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallee_(region,_Victoria)" title="Mallee (region, Victoria)">Mallee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Greater Melbourne</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Inner Metro</li> <li>Inner South-east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_suburbs_(Melbourne)" title="Western suburbs (Melbourne)">Western</a></li> <li>Northern</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_suburbs_(Melbourne)" title="Eastern suburbs (Melbourne)">Eastern</a></li> <li>Southern</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Island_(Victoria)" title="Elizabeth Island (Victoria)">Elizabeth Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Creek,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls Creek, Victoria">Falls Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Island_(Victoria)" title="French Island (Victoria)">French Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabo_Island" title="Gabo Island">Gabo Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Julia_Percy_Island" title="Lady Julia Percy Island">Lady Julia Percy Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mountain_(Victoria)" title="Lake Mountain (Victoria)">Lake Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Baw_Baw" title="Mount Baw Baw">Mount Baw Baw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Buller,_Victoria" title="Mount Buller, Victoria">Mount Buller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hotham" title="Mount Hotham">Mount Hotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Stirling" title="Mount Stirling">Mount Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandstone_Island" title="Sandstone Island">Sandstone Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Peninsula" title="Bellarine Peninsula">Bellarine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goldfields_region_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldfields region of Victoria">Goldfields</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mornington_Peninsula" title="Mornington Peninsula">Mornington Peninsula</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Victoria" title="North Central Victoria">North Central</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Otway_Ranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Otway Ranges">Otways</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip" title="Port Phillip">Port Phillip</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunraysia" title="Sunraysia">Sunraysia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Alps" title="Victorian Alps">Victorian Alps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_District_(Victoria)" title="Western District (Victoria)">Western District</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Port" title="Western Port">Western Port</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Valley" title="Yarra Valley">Yarra Valley</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_localities_in_Victoria" title="List of localities in Victoria">Cities and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ararat,_Victoria" title="Ararat, Victoria">Ararat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacchus_Marsh" title="Bacchus Marsh">Bacchus Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale" title="Bairnsdale">Bairnsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benalla" title="Benalla">Benalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlemaine,_Victoria" title="Castlemaine, Victoria">Castlemaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colac,_Victoria" title="Colac, Victoria">Colac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drouin,_Victoria" title="Drouin, Victoria">Drouin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echuca" title="Echuca">Echuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Victoria" title="Hamilton, Victoria">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsham,_Victoria" title="Horsham, Victoria">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryborough,_Victoria" title="Maryborough, Victoria">Maryborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildura" title="Mildura">Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe,_Victoria" title="Moe, Victoria">Moe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morwell" title="Morwell">Morwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Grove,_Victoria" title="Ocean Grove, Victoria">Ocean Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Victoria" title="Portland, Victoria">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sale,_Victoria" title="Sale, Victoria">Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour,_Victoria" title="Seymour, Victoria">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepparton" title="Shepparton">Shepparton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_Hill" title="Swan Hill">Swan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay,_Victoria" title="Torquay, Victoria">Torquay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traralgon" title="Traralgon">Traralgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wangaratta" title="Wangaratta">Wangaratta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warragul" title="Warragul">Warragul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrnambool" title="Warrnambool">Warrnambool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wodonga" title="Wodonga">Wodonga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">Monarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governor_of_Victoria" title="Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria">Lieutenant-Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Victoria" title="Cabinet of Victoria">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Premier_of_Victoria" title="Deputy Premier of Victoria">Deputy Premier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_of_Victoria" title="Attorney-General of Victoria">Attorney-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Victoria" title="Treasurer of Victoria">Treasurer</a></li> <li><a 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title="Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)">Leader</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:15pt; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Victoria" title="Chief Justice of Victoria">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor-General_of_Victoria" title="Solicitor-General of Victoria">Solicitor-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Victoria" title="Supreme Court of Victoria">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Court_of_Victoria" title="County Court of Victoria">County Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_Court_of_Victoria" title="Magistrates' Court of Victoria">Magistrates' Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Civil_and_Administrative_Tribunal" title="Victorian 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election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Victorian_state_election" title="2014 Victorian state election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Victorian_state_election" title="2018 Victorian state election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">2022</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Victorian_state_election" title="2026 Victorian state election">2026</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Victorian_state_by-elections" title="List of Victorian state by-elections">By-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Electoral_Commission" title="Victorian Electoral Commission">Electoral Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:15pt; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">Political parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Liberal_Party" title="Victorian Liberal Party">Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_National_Party" title="Victorian National Party">National</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legalise_Cannabis_Australia" title="Legalise Cannabis Australia">Legalise Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labour_Party_(Australia,_1980)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)">Democratic Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooters,_Fishers_and_Farmers_Party" title="Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party">Shooters, Fishers and Farmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_Justice_Party" title="Animal Justice Party">Animal Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia#Victoria" title="List of political parties in Australia">Other parties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Politics_of_Australia253" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar 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Territory">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Queensland" title="Local government in Queensland">Queensland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Queensland" title="Local government areas of Queensland">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government in South Australia">South Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_South_Australia" title="Local government areas of South Australia">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government in Tasmania">Tasmania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Tasmania" title="Local government areas of Tasmania">list</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Victoria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria" title="Local government areas of Victoria">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government in Western Australia">Western Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">list</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">Political <br />parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_Alliance" title="Centre Alliance">Centre Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katter%27s_Australian_Party" title="Katter's Australian Party">Katter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Lambie_Network" title="Jacqui Lambie Network">Lambie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party_(2013)" title="United Australia Party (2013)">UAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia#Federal_non-parliamentary_parties" title="List of political parties in Australia">Other parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of historical political parties in Australia">Historical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Donkey_vote" title="Donkey vote">Donkey vote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Dixer" title="Dorothy Dixer">Dorothy Dixer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_dissolution" title="Double dissolution">Double dissolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faceless_men" title="Faceless men">Faceless men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Forgotten_People" title="The Forgotten People">Forgotten People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_voting_ticket" title="Group voting ticket">Group voting ticket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardworking_Families" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardworking Families">Hardworking Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/How-to-vote_card" title="How-to-vote card">How-to-vote card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent politicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirribilli_agreement" title="Kirribilli agreement">Kirribilli agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langer_vote" title="Langer vote">Langer vote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadership_spill" title="Leadership spill">Leadership spill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortgage_belt" title="Mortgage belt">Mortgage belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_nationalism" title="Australian nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_secretary" title="Parliamentary secretary">Parliamentary secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playmander" title="Playmander">Playmander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pub_test" title="Pub test">Pub test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_quiet_Australians" title="The quiet Australians">Quiet Australians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">Responsible government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_family" title="Working family">Working Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worm_(marketing)" title="Worm (marketing)">Worm</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/1861_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1861 Victorian colonial election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1864 Victorian colonial election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1866 Victorian colonial election">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1868 Victorian colonial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1871 Victorian colonial election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1874 Victorian colonial election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1877 Victorian colonial election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1880_Victorian_colonial_election" title="February 1880 Victorian colonial election">1880 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1880_Victorian_colonial_election" title="July 1880 Victorian colonial election">1880 (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1883 Victorian colonial election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1886 Victorian colonial election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1889 Victorian colonial election">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1892 Victorian colonial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1894 Victorian colonial election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1897 Victorian colonial election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1900 Victorian colonial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Victorian_state_election" title="1902 Victorian state election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Victorian_state_election" title="1904 Victorian state election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Victorian_state_election" title="1907 Victorian state election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Victorian_state_election" title="1908 Victorian state election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Victorian_state_election" title="1911 Victorian state election">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Victorian_state_election" title="1914 Victorian state election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Victorian_state_election" title="1917 Victorian state election">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Victorian_state_election" title="1920 Victorian state election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Victorian_state_election" title="1921 Victorian state election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Victorian_state_election" title="1924 Victorian state election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Victorian_state_election" title="1927 Victorian state election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Victorian_state_election" title="1929 Victorian state election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Victorian_state_election" title="1932 Victorian state election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Victorian_state_election" title="1935 Victorian state election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Victorian_state_election" title="1937 Victorian state election">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Victorian_state_election" title="1940 Victorian state election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Victorian_state_election" title="1943 Victorian state election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Victorian_state_election" title="1945 Victorian state election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Victorian_state_election" title="1947 Victorian state election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Victorian_state_election" title="1950 Victorian state election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Victorian_state_election" title="1952 Victorian state election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Victorian_state_election" title="1955 Victorian state election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Victorian_state_election" title="1958 Victorian state election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Victorian_state_election" title="1961 Victorian state election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Victorian_state_election" title="1964 Victorian state election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Victorian_state_election" title="1967 Victorian state election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Victorian_state_election" title="1970 Victorian state election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Victorian_state_election" title="1973 Victorian state election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Victorian_state_election" title="1976 Victorian state election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Victorian_state_election" title="1979 Victorian state election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Victorian_state_election" title="1982 Victorian state election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Victorian_state_election" title="1985 Victorian state election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Victorian_state_election" title="1988 Victorian state election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Victorian_state_election" title="1992 Victorian state election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Victorian_state_election" title="1996 Victorian state election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Victorian_state_election" title="1999 Victorian state election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Victorian_state_election" title="2002 Victorian state election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Victorian_state_election" title="2006 Victorian state election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Victorian_state_election" title="2010 Victorian state election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Victorian_state_election" title="2014 Victorian state election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Victorian_state_election" title="2018 Victorian state election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Victorian_state_election" title="2026 Victorian state election"><i>2026</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Council" title="Victorian Legislative Council">Legislative Council-<br />only elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1856 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1858 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1860_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1860 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1862_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1862 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1864_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1864 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1866_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1866 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1870_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1870 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1872_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1872 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1876_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1876 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1878 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1882_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1882 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1888_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1888 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1889 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1894_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1896_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1896 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1919 Victorian Legislative Council election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1922 Victorian Legislative Council election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1925 Victorian Legislative Council election">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1928 Victorian Legislative Council election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1931 Victorian Legislative Council election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1934 Victorian Legislative Council election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1937 Victorian Legislative Council election">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1940 Victorian Legislative Council election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1943 Victorian Legislative Council election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1946 Victorian Legislative Council election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1949 Victorian Legislative Council election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1952 Victorian Legislative Council election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1955 Victorian Legislative Council election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1958 Victorian Legislative Council election">1958</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_Victorian_local_elections" title="1919 Victorian local elections">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Victorian_local_elections" title="1931 Victorian local elections">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Victorian_local_elections" title="1933 Victorian local elections">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Victorian_local_elections" title="1947 Victorian local elections">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Victorian_local_elections" title="1996 Victorian local elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Victorian_local_elections" title="1997 Victorian local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Victorian_local_elections" title="1999 Victorian local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Victorian_local_elections" title="2000 Victorian local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Victorian_local_elections" title="2001 Victorian local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Victorian_local_elections" title="2002 Victorian local elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Victorian_local_elections" title="2003 Victorian local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Victorian_local_elections" title="2004 Victorian local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Victorian_local_elections" title="2005 Victorian local elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Victorian_local_elections" title="2008 Victorian local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Victorian_local_elections" title="2012 Victorian local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Victorian_local_elections" title="2016 Victorian local elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Victorian_local_elections" title="2020 Victorian local elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Victorian_local_elections" title="2024 Victorian local elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_Victorian_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 Victorian local elections"><i>2028</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_First_Peoples%27_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian First Peoples' Assembly">Aboriginal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Victorian_First_Peoples%27_Assembly_election" title="2019 Victorian First Peoples' Assembly election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Victorian_First_Peoples%27_Assembly_election" title="2023 Victorian First Peoples' Assembly election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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