Division of Mallee

Mallee Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Mallee in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1949
MP	Andrew Broad
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	The Mallee
Electors	99,329 (2016)
Area	70,694 km² (27,295.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Mallee is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the far north-west of the state, adjoining the border with South Australia in the west, and the Murray River (which forms the border with New South Wales) in the north. At 70,694 square kilometres (27,295 sq mi), it is the largest Division in Victoria. It includes the centres of Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal, Stawell and Horsham.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after the Mallee region of Victoria, in which the Division is located, which itself is named after the mallee variety of eucalyptus. Note that the Division also includes the Wimmera region of Victoria, which is why the title of the sitting member's newsletter is Wimmera Mallee News.

Mallee has always been a safe Country/The Nationals seat. It is currently the safest Coalition seat in federal parliament and also the safest seat in the entire parliament as of the 2010 election, with a 24-point swing required for Labor to win it. In the 2013 election, however, a Liberal Party candidate stood against the Country/National Party, making it a contest between Coalition parties.^[1]

Members

	Party	Term
(Sir) Winton Turnbull	Country	1949–1972
Peter Fisher	Country	1972–1975
	National Country	1975–1982
	National	1982–1993
John Forrest	National	1993–2013
Andrew Broad	National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Mallee

Australian federal election, 2016: Mallee^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Andrew Broad	56,251	64.31	+25.55
	Labor	Lydia Senior	18,742	21.43	+3.93
	Greens	Helen Healy	6,222	7.11	+4.04
	Rise Up Australia	Tim Middleton	4,536	5.19	+4.29
	CEC	Chris Lahy	1,715	1.96	+1.68
Total formal votes			87,466	95.35	+2.26
Informal votes			4,269	4.65	−2.26
Turnout			91,735	92.35	−2.32
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Broad	62,383	71.32	−2.34
	Labor	Lydia Senior	25,083	28.68	+2.34
	National hold		Swing	−2.34

References

↑ "Australian election: Ten things", BBC News, 5 September 2013
↑ Mallee, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Mallee - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 35°43′08″S 142°10′41″E / 35.719°S 142.178°E / -35.719; 142.178

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