PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA Electoral Matters Committee Inquiry into the conduct of the 2014 Victorian state election Parliament of Victoria Electoral Matters Committee Ordered to be published VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER May 2016 PP No 150, Session 2014‑16 ISBN 978 1 925458 32 9 (print version) 978 1 925458 33 6 (PDF version) Committee functions The Electoral Matters Committee is constituted under section 9A of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003. The committee’s functions are to inquire into, consider and report to the Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing concerned with: a. the conduct of parliamentary elections and referendums in Victoria; b. the conduct of elections of Councillors under the Local Government Act 1989; and c. the administration of, or practices associated with, the Electoral Act 2002 and any other law relating to electoral matters. Committee membership Hon Louise Asher MP Ms Ros Spence MP Chair Deputy Chair Brighton Yuroke Ms Lizzie Blandthorn MP Hon Martin Dixon MP Hon Russell Northe MP Pascoe Vale Nepean Morwell Ms Fiona Patten MLC Hon Adem Somyurek MLC Northern Metropolitan South‑Eastern Metropolitan Inquiry into the conduct of the 2014 Victorian state election iii Committee secretariat Staff Mark Roberts, Executive Officer Nathaniel Reader, Research Officer Bernadette Pendergast, Committee Administration Officer, Mondays and Tuesdays Maria Marasco, Committee Administration Officer, Wednesdays and Thursdays Committee contact details Address Electoral Matters Committee Parliament House, Spring Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Phone 61 3 8682 2885 Email
[email protected] Web www.parliament.vic.gov.au/emc This report is also available online at the Committee’s website.