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Victorian state election, 2018
Mildura District
Northern Victoria: Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Robinvale, Wycheproof
Federal seats: Part of Mallee
Legislative Council: Northern Victoria Region
Local government areas: All of Mildura, parts of Buloke, Swan Hill and Yarraiambiack
Enrolment 2014 election: 42,452
Enrolment 2018 election: 44,401 (up 4.6%)
Sitting member:
Peter Crisp (Nationals): Elected 2006, 2010, 2014
2010 Nationals majority over Independent: 9.2
2014 Nationals majority over Independent: 8.0
Status: Very safe Nationals versus Labor
2014 results
Candidates
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Dr Tony Alessi
Australian Labor Party |
Peter Crisp
The Nationals |
Ali Cupper
Independent |
Cathryn Milne
Australian Greens |
Tony Alessi (Australian Labor Party)
Cathryn Milne (Australian Greens)
Peter Crisp (The Nationals)
Steven Timmis (Independent)
Ali Cupper (Independent)
Mildura District
Mildura was created in 1927, based on the Murray River irrigation city of Mildura and surrounding rural areas. It
has nearly always elected Country Party / Nationals members: Labor last won it in 1952 - which even then was a
surprise. But when the long-serving Nationals member Milton Whiting retired in 1988, the seat was pinched by a
Liberal, Craig Bildstien*. He in turn was defeated in 1996 by an independent, Russell Savage. Savage was one of three
rural independents who agreed to support a minority Labor government after the 1999 election. He was re-elected in
2002 but defeated in 2006 by the Nationals' Peter Crisp.
Peter Crisp, Nationals MLA for Mildure since 2006, was a horticulturalist and Wentworth Shire councillor before his
election. He has been Nationals Whip since 2010.
The Labor candidate, Dr Tony Alessi, is a Mildura chiropractor. The Greens candidate is Cathryn Milne, a student.
But the real threat to the Nationals is an independent, Ali Cupper, a Mildura lawyer, Mildura City councillor and former
union employee. Cupper was the Labor candidate in 2010, and ran as an independent in 2014, when she cut Crisp's
majority to 8%. She will get Labor and Greens preferences. Labor is running attack ads against Crisp, suggesting
that they think he can be beaten this time.
* Yes, that is how it's spelled.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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