Victorian Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
60th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Victoria
History
Founded	21 November 1856; 169 years ago
Leadership
Speaker	Maree Edwards, Labor ; since 2 August 2022
Deputy Speaker	Matt Fregon, Labor ; since 20 December 2022
Leader of the House	Mary-Anne Thomas, Labor ; since 5 December 2022
Government Whip	Pauline Richards, Labor ; since 7 February 2023
Deputy Government Whip	Belinda Wilson, Labor ; since 7 February 2023
Manager of Opposition Business	James Newbury, Liberal ; since December 2022
Opposition Whip	Chris Crewther, Liberal ; since December 2022
Structure
Seats	88
Political groups	Government (54) Labor (54); Opposition (29) Liberal (20); National (9); Crossbench (5) Greens (3); Independent (1); Independent Labor (1);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Instant-runoff voting
Last general election	26 November 2022
Next general election	28 November 2026
Meeting place
	Legislative Assembly Chamber,; Parliament House, Melbourne,; Victoria, Australia
Website
	Vic Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria.