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
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 km^2 (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
	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

2018 Victorian state election: Mildura[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1. "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria – electorates. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
2. State Election 2018: Mildura District, VEC.

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission