Electoral results for the district of Mildura

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mildura in Victorian state elections.

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

Elections in the 2010s

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

Victorian state election, 2010: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Crisp	15,170	46.66	+6.43
	Independent	Glenn Milne	5,209	16.02	+16.02
	Labor	Ali Cupper	4,943	15.20	+8.54
	Independent	Doug Tonge	4,696	14.44	+14.44
	Family First	Christopher Gray	999	3.07	-0.51
	Greens	Gavin Rees	563	1.73	-0.40
	Democratic Labor	Ross Douglass	475	1.46	+1.46
	Independent	Anthony Connell	457	1.41	+1.41
Total formal votes			32,512	94.17	-0.95
Informal votes			2,011	5.83	+0.95
Turnout			34,523	91.72	-0.44
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Peter Crisp	19,310	59.19	+3.39
	Independent	Glenn Milne	13,312	40.81	+40.81
	National hold		Swing	+3.39

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Crisp	12,808	40.2	+15.0
	Independent	Russell Savage	10,822	34.0	-17.7
	Liberal	Gavin Sedgmen	3,686	11.6	+1.3
	Labor	Alison Smith	2,120	6.7	-2.8
	Family First	Tim Middleton	1,140	3.6	+3.6
	Greens	Bruce Rivendell	678	2.1	+0.4
	Independent	Chris Katis	585	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			31,839	95.1	-1.8
Informal votes			1,632	4.9	+1.8
Turnout			33,471	92.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Peter Crisp	17,854	56.1	+24.5
	Independent	Russell Savage	13,985	43.9	-24.5
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+24.5

Victorian state election, 2002: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Russell Savage	16,712	51.7	+8.8
	National	Tom Crouch	8,136	25.2	+3.8
	Liberal	Stan Sleep	3,316	10.3	-14.4
	Labor	John Zigouras	3,075	9.5	+0.4
	Greens	Bruce Rivendell	563	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Tony Cursaro	535	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			32,337	96.9	-0.4
Informal votes			1,043	3.1	+0.4
Turnout			33,380	92.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Russell Savage	22,121	68.4	+12.5
	National	Tom Crouch	10,197	31.6	+31.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+12.5

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Russell Savage	13,551	44.4	+8.7
	Liberal	Peter Danson	7,998	26.2	-19.0
	National	Anne Mansell	6,015	19.7	+19.7
	Labor	John Zigouras	2,572	8.4	-9.5
	Democrats	Tom Joyce	391	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			30,527	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			763	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			31,290	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Russell Savage	17,290	56.6	+5.2
	Liberal	Peter Danson	13,237	43.4	-5.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.2

Victorian state election, 1996: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	13,443	45.2	-20.8
	Independent	Russell Savage	10,616	35.7	+35.7
	Labor	Robyn Paull	5,338	17.9	-6.6
	Natural Law	Andrew Lawson Kerr	364	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			29,761	98.3	+0.7
Informal votes			521	1.7	-0.7
Turnout			30,282	94.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Russell Savage	15,273	51.4	+51.4
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	14,447	48.6	-22.3
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+51.4

Victorian state election, 1992: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	19,141	65.9	+33.6
	Labor	John Zigouras	7,130	24.6	+2.9
	Independent	Tom Campbell	2,763	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			29,034	97.5	+0.0
Informal votes			735	2.5	-0.0
Turnout			29,769	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	20,579	70.9	+1.1
	Labor	John Zigouras	8,455	29.1	-1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Arnold	10,594	38.26	-20.43
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	8,849	31.96	+13.54
	Labor	Lindsay Leake	5,962	21.53	-1.36
	Independent	David Caccianiga	2,287	8.26	+8.26
Total formal votes			27,692	97.52	-0.37
Informal votes			703	2.48	+0.37
Turnout			28,395	92.52	-0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	14,096	50.96	+50.96
	National	John Arnold	13,565	49.04	-26.55
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1985: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Milton Whiting	15,283	58.7	+4.7
	Labor	Lindsay Leake	5,959	22.9	-6.9
	Liberal	Diana Duck	4,796	18.4	+7.2
Total formal votes			26,038	97.9
Informal votes			560	2.1
Turnout			26,598	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Milton Whiting	19,008	73.0	+5.7
	Labor	Lindsay Leake	7,050	27.0	-5.7
	National hold		Swing	+5.7

Victorian state election, 1982: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Milton Whiting	13,097	54.0	-2.1
	Labor	Lindsay Leake	7,233	29.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Ron Wilson	2,714	11.2	-7.2
	Democrats	Donald Wilson	1,225	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			24,269	97.4	+0.9
Informal votes			635	2.6	-0.9
Turnout			24,904	93.0	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Milton Whiting	16,197	66.7	-5.6
	Labor	Lindsay Leake	8,072	33.3	+5.6
	National hold		Swing	-5.6

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Milton Whiting	13,033	56.1	+4.3
	Labor	Harry Sugars	5,912	25.5	+2.1
	Liberal	David Mattiske	4,269	18.4	-3.1
Total formal votes			23,214	96.5	-1.4
Informal votes			843	3.5	+1.4
Turnout			24,057	94.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Milton Whiting	16,794	72.3	-1.9
	Labor	Harry Sugars	6,420	27.7	+1.9
	National hold		Swing	-1.9

Victorian state election, 1976: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Milton Whiting	11,521	51.8	-7.2
	Labor	Noel Treharne	5,197	23.4	-1.2
	Liberal	Lloyd Beasy	4,773	21.5	+10.7
	Democratic Labor	Stanley Croughan	752	3.4	-1.9
Total formal votes			22,243	97.9
Informal votes			472	2.1
Turnout			22,715	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Milton Whiting	16,494	74.2	+0.3
	Labor	Noel Treharne	5,749	25.8	-0.3
	National hold		Swing	+0.3

Victorian state election, 1973: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Milton Whiting	8,536	46.7	+5.9
	Labor	Lance Fraser	6,209	34.0	-5.7
	Liberal	Kevin Coogan	2,179	11.9	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	John Conroy	1,355	7.4	-2.8
Total formal votes			18,279	96.8	+0.3
Informal votes			601	3.2	-0.3
Turnout			18,880	94.3	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Milton Whiting	11,753	64.3	+8.7
	Labor	Lance Fraser	6,526	35.7	-8.7
	Country hold		Swing	+8.7

Victorian state election, 1970: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Milton Whiting	7,014	40.8	-9.7
	Labor	Lance Fraser	6,814	39.7	+9.5
	Democratic Labor	John Conroy	1,759	10.2	-0.2
	Liberal	Kevin Coogan	1,600	9.3	+0.4
Total formal votes			17,187	96.5	-0.6
Informal votes			614	3.5	+0.6
Turnout			17,801	95.2	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Milton Whiting	9,551	55.6	-11.8
	Labor	Lance Fraser	7,636	44.4	+11.8
	Country hold		Swing	-11.8

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Milton Whiting	8,514	50.5	+2.3
	Labor	Lance Fraser	5,093	30.2	-2.0
	Democratic Labor	John Conroy	1,749	10.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Bruce Wright	1,506	8.9	-1.5
Total formal votes			16,862	97.1
Informal votes			506	2.9
Turnout			17,368	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Milton Whiting	11,356	67.4	+2.0
	Labor	Lance Fraser	5,506	32.6	-2.0
	Country hold		Swing	+2.0

Victorian state election, 1964: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Milton Whiting	9,827	50.4	-8.1
	Labor	Lance Fraser	5,888	30.2	+6.9
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Wright	1,911	9.8	+1.0
	Democratic Labor	Donald Delaney	1,874	9.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			19,500	97.6	+0.2
Informal votes			485	2.4	-0.2
Turnout			19,985	95.3	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Milton Whiting	13,141	67.4	-7.1
	Labor	Lance Fraser	6,359	32.6	+7.1
	Country hold		Swing	-7.1

Victorian state election, 1961: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	11,215	59.5	-1.1
	Labor	Douglas Burgess	4,462	23.3	-4.7
	Democratic Labor	William McInerney	1,809	9.4	-2.1
	Liberal and Country	Raymond Dixon	1,696	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			19,182	97.4	-1.3
Informal votes			505	2.6	+1.3
Turnout			19,687	95.4	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	14,279	74.5	+4.2
	Labor	Douglas Burgess	4,903	25.5	-4.2
	Country hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	11,499	60.6
	Labor	William Nicholas	5,311	28.0
	Democratic Labor	John Cotter	2,174	11.4
Total formal votes			18,984	98.7
Informal votes			250	1.3
Turnout			19,234	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	13,348	70.3
	Labor	William Nicholas	5,636	29.7
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	9,356	52.2
	Labor	Alan Lind	8,579	47.8
Total formal votes			17,935	99.1
Informal votes			159	0.9
Turnout			18,094	94.8
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Lind	6,860	51.1	+3.9
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	6,573	48.9	+12.1
Total formal votes			13,433	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			133	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			13,566	95.4	+0.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+1.6

Victorian state election, 1950: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Louis Garlick	6,266	47.2	-0.8
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	4,889	36.8	-15.2
	Liberal and Country	Kathleen Richardson	2,127	16.0	+16.0
Total formal votes			13,282	98.9	-0.3
Informal votes			147	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			13,429	94.6	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	6,703	50.5	-1.5
	Labor	Louis Garlick	6,579	49.5	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	-1.5

References

• "Mildura District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.