Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Members
Members
Members
Members
Swearing in
The Commissioner: I have received from the Governor a commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance to members of the Legislative Assembly. I will ask the Clerk to read the commission.
The Clerk: The commission is addressed to the Honourable Justice Karin Emerton, President of the Court of Appeal. It reads as follows:
Acting under section 23 of the Constitution Act 1975 I authorise you, in the Parliament Houses, Melbourne, on the twentieth day of December 2022, to administer the prescribed Oath or Affirmation of allegiance to Members of the Legislative Assembly.
GIVEN under my hand and the Seal of Victoria on this 19th day of December 2022.
It is signed by the Governor and the Premier.
The Clerk announced the receipt of return of writ issued by the Governor for the election of 85Â members to serve for electoral districts set out below and endorsed to show the election of the following members:
| District | Member |
| Albert Park | Nina Taylor |
| Ashwood | Matt Fregon |
| Bass | Jordan Crugnale |
| Bayswater | Jackson Taylor |
| Bellarine | Alison Marchant |
| Benambra | Bill Tilley |
| Bendigo East | Jacinta Allan |
| Bendigo West | Maree Edwards |
| Bentleigh | Nick Staikos |
| Berwick | Brad Battin |
| Box Hill | Paul Hamer |
| Brighton | James Newbury |
| Broadmeadows | Kathleen Matthews-Ward |
| Brunswick | Tim Read |
| Bulleen | Matthew Guy |
| Bundoora | Colin Brooks |
| Carrum | Sonya Kilkenny |
| Caulfield | David Southwick |
| Clarinda | Meng Heang Tak |
| Cranbourne | Pauline Richards |
| Croydon | David Hodgett |
| Dandenong | Gabrielle Williams |
| Eltham | Vicki Ward |
| Essendon | Danny Pearson |
| Eureka | Michaela Settle |
| Euroa | Annabelle Cleeland |
| Evelyn | Bridget Vallence |
| Footscray | Katie Hall |
| Frankston | Paul Edbrooke |
| Geelong | Christine Couzens |
| Gippsland East | Tim Bull |
| Gippsland South | Danny O’Brien |
| Glen Waverley | John Mullahy |
| Greenvale | Iwan Walters |
| Hastings | Paul Mercurio |
| Hawthorn | John Pesutto |
| Ivanhoe | Anthony Carbines |
| Kalkallo | Ros Spence |
| Kew | Jess Wilson |
| Kororoit | Luba Grigorovitch |
| Lara | Ella George |
| Laverton | Sarah Connolly |
| Lowan | Emma Kealy |
| Macedon | Mary-Anne Thomas |
| Malvern | Michael O’Brien |
| Melbourne | Ellen Sandell |
| Melton | Steve McGhie |
| Mildura | Jade Benham |
| Mill Park | Lily D’Ambrosio |
| Monbulk | Daniela De Martino |
| Mordialloc | Tim Richardson |
| Mornington | Chris Crewther |
| Morwell | Martin Cameron |
| Mulgrave | Daniel Andrews |
| Murray Plains | Peter Walsh |
| Narre Warren North | Belinda Wilson |
| Narre Warren South | Gary Maas |
| Nepean | Sam Groth |
| Niddrie | Ben Carroll |
| Northcote | Kat Theophanous |
| Oakleigh | Steve Dimopoulos |
| Ovens Valley | Tim McCurdy |
| Pakenham | Emma Vulin |
| Pascoe Vale | Anthony Cianflone |
| Point Cook | Mathew Hilakari |
| Polwarth | Richard Riordan |
| Prahran | Sam Hibbins |
| Preston | Nathan Lambert |
| Richmond | Gabrielle de Vietri |
| Ringwood | Will Fowles |
| Ripon | Martha Haylett |
| Rowville | Kim Wells |
| Sandringham | Brad Rowswell |
| Shepparton | Kim O’Keeffe |
| South Barwon | Darren Cheeseman |
| South-West Coast | Roma Britnell |
| St Albans | Natalie Suleyman |
| Sunbury | Josh Bull |
| Sydenham | Natalie Hutchins |
| Tarneit | Dylan Wight |
| Thomastown | Bronwyn Halfpenny |
| Warrandyte | Ryan Smith |
| Wendouree | Juliana Addison |
| Williamstown | Melissa Horne |
| Yan Yean | Lauren Kathage |
Members took and subscribed the oath or affirmation as required by law.
The Commissioner: The Governor will attend Parliament later this day to inform you and members of the Legislative Council of the reasons for calling this Parliament together. As it is necessary before you proceed with business that a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly be chosen, the Governor requests that you proceed to the choice of a Speaker.
The Commissioner retired from the house.