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 km^2 (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

Victorian state election, 2014: Mildura
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

1. "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria - electorates. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission