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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Mildura District

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Location: Mildura, Ouyen, Wycheproof
Legislative Council: Northern Victoria Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 47,941
Enrolment November 2025: 48,109

Sitting member: Jade Benham (Nationals): Elected 2022

2018 Independent majority over Nationals: 00.3%
2022 Nationals majority over Independent: 01.2%

Status: Very safe Nationals versus Labor, vulnerable to independent

Mildura was created in 1927, based on the irrigated agriculture of the Murray Valley, and has changed very little since. Labor won it in 1945 and again in 1952, but since 1955 it has become reliably conservative, although it has fluctuated between Country Party / Nationals, Liberals and independents. Recent members: Milton Whiting (Country Party) 1962-88, Craig Bildstien (Liberal) 1988-96, Russell Savage (Independent) 1996-2006, Peter Crisp (Nationals) 2006-18, Ali Cupper (Independent) 2018-22, Jade Benham (Nationals) since 2022.

  • 2022 results
  • Boundaries following
    2021 redistricting

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  • Candidates:
    Jade Benham
    The Nationals

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