Electoral district of Mildura
Mildura is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria and sits within the Northern Victoria electorate.[1] It is a 35,702 km² rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Robinvale. It is currently represented by independent Ali Cupper.
Mildura Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location of Mildura (dark green) in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1927 |
MP | Ali Cupper |
Party | Independent |
Namesake | Town of Mildura |
Electors | 44,401 (2018) |
Area | 35,702 km2 (13,784.6 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
Mildura was first proclaimed in 1927 and was, for most of its history, a safe seat for the rural conservative Country Party, excluding two terms of Labor control from 1945 to 1947 and 1952–1955. In 1988, however, it became one of a number of rural seats to fall to the Liberal Party, with journalist Craig Bildstien winning the seat on Labor preferences. Bildstien held the seat for eight years before a surprise loss in 1996 to conservative independent Russell Savage. Savage was twice re-elected with large margins, but was a widely unexpected casualty of the 2006 election, losing his seat to the National Party's Peter Crisp in a landslide.
Crisp retained the seat in 2010 and 2014, only to be swept out in a shock defeat by Cupper, only the fourth time that the seat has not been held by a conservative party.
Towns within the district include: Birchip, Boundary Bend, Hopetoun, Irymple, Manangatang, Merbein, Mildura, Murrayville, Ouyen, Patchewollock, Piangil, Red Cliffs, Robinvale, Sea Lake, Walpeup, Woomelang and Wycheproof.
Members for Mildura
Member | Party | Term | |
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Albert Allnutt | Country Progressive | 1927–1930 | |
Country | 1930–1945 | ||
Independent | 1945 | ||
Louis Garlick | Labor | 1945–1947 | |
Nathaniel Barclay | Country | 1947–1952 | |
Alan Lind | Labor | 1952–1955 | |
Nathaniel Barclay | Country | 1955–1962 | |
Milton Whiting | Country | 1962–1975 | |
National Country | 1975–1982 | ||
National | 1982–1988 | ||
Craig Bildstien | Liberal | 1988–1996 | |
Russell Savage | Independent | 1996–2006 | |
Peter Crisp | National | 2006–2018 | |
Ali Cupper | Independent | 2018–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Peter Crisp | 14,654 | 39.39 | −6.71 | |
Independent | Ali Cupper | 12,180 | 32.74 | +11.45 | |
Labor | Tony Alessi | 6,404 | 17.21 | +5.56 | |
Independent | Steven Timmis | 2,555 | 6.87 | +6.87 | |
Greens | Cathryn Milne | 1,414 | 3.80 | +1.96 | |
Total formal votes | 37,207 | 94.91 | +1.96 | ||
Informal votes | 1,996 | 5.09 | −1.96 | ||
Turnout | 39,203 | 88.29 | −4.04 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Peter Crisp | 20,692 | 55.61 | −14.61 | |
Labor | Tony Alessi | 16,515 | 44.39 | +14.61 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ali Cupper | 18,730 | 50.34 | +8.38 | |
National | Peter Crisp | 18,477 | 49.66 | −8.38 | |
Independent gain from National | Swing | +8.38 |
References
- "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria – electorates. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- State Election 2018: Mildura District, VEC.