Electoral district of Mildura
| Mildura Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Mildura (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1927 |
| MP | Peter Crisp |
| Party | National |
| Namesake | Town of Mildura |
| Electors | 42,452 (2014) |
| Area | 35,702 km2 (13,784.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
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 Peter Crisp of the National Party.
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, the National Party's larger, traditionally city-based coalition partner, 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Allnutt | Country Progressive, Country, Independent | 1927–1945 | |
| 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–present |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Peter Crisp | 16,794 | 46.1 | −3.5 | |
| Independent | Ali Cupper | 7,755 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
| Labor | Shane Roberts | 4,244 | 11.6 | −3.5 | |
| Country Alliance | Danny Lee | 3,485 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
| Independent | Jo Clutterbuck | 1,556 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Carl Carter | 1,012 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Greens | Morgana Russell | 671 | 1.8 | −0.0 | |
| Family First | Judith Fenn | 633 | 1.7 | −1.3 | |
| Independent | Mark Cory | 286 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,436 | 92.9 | −1.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,763 | 7.0 | +1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 39,199 | 92.3 | +1.4 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Peter Crisp | 21,271 | 58.0 | −6.5 | |
| Independent | Ali Cupper | 15,379 | 42.0 | +42.0 | |
| National hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Local Newspapers
The Mildura Cultivator - Archival newspaper (Vic.:1888-1920)
Mildura Independent Star - Archival newspaper (Vic.:2007-2014)
Mildura Weekly 2000-2013
Sunraysia Daily 1920 -2014
References
- ↑ "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria - electorates. Retrieved 12 February 2015.