Victorian Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
58th Victorian Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Victoria
History
Founded	1856
Leadership
Speaker	Colin Brooks, Labor Since 7 March 2017
Deputy Speaker	Maree Edwards, Labor Since 7 March 2017
Manager of Government Business	Jacinta Allan, Labor Since 2014
Manager of Opposition Business	Robert Clark, Liberal Since 2014
Government Whip	Ros Spence, Labor Since 2014
Opposition Whip	Andrew Katos, Liberal Since 2014
Structure
Seats	88
Political groups	Government      Labor (46) Opposition      Liberal (30)      National (8) Crossbench      Greens (2)      Independent (2)
Committees	Standing *Privileges Committee *Standing Orders Committee
Elections
Last election	29 November 2014
Next election	24 November 2018
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Website
Vic Legislative Assembly

Government
     Labor (46)
Opposition
     Liberal (30)
     National (8)
Crossbench
     Greens (2)

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.

The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is the Speaker. There are presently 88 members of the Legislative Assembly elected from single-member divisions.

Victoria was proclaimed a Colony on 1 July 1851 separating from the Colony of New South Wales by an act of the British Parliament. The Legislative Assembly was created on 13 March 1856 with the passing of the Victorian Electoral Bill, five years after the creation of the original unicameral Legislative Council. The Assembly first met on 21 November 1856, and consisted of sixty members representing thirty-seven multi and single-member electorates. On the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Parliament of Victoria continued except that the colony was now called a state.