Division of Mallee

Mallee Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Mallee in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1949
MP	Anne Webster
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	The Mallee
Electors	110,676 (2022)
Area	83,412 km2 (32,205.6 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 81,962 square kilometres (31,646 sq mi), it is the largest Division in Victoria. It includes the centres of Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal, Stawell, Horsham and Maryborough.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

The Mallee, a region in Victoria from which the division takes its name

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/National seat. It was previously the safest Coalition seat in federal parliament and also previously the safest seat in the entire parliament in the 2010 election, with a 24-point swing required for Labor to have won it. In the 2013 and 2019 elections a Liberal Party candidate stood against the National Party, making it a contest between the Coalition parties.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sir Winton Turnbull (1899–1980)	Country	10 December 1949 – 2 November 1972	Previously held the Division of Wimmera. Retired
		Peter Fisher (1936–)	Country	2 December 1972 – 2 May 1975	Retired
			National Country	2 May 1975 – 16 October 1982
			Nationals	16 October 1982 – 8 February 1993
		John Forrest (1949–)	Nationals	13 March 1993 – 5 August 2013	Retired
		Andrew Broad (1975–)	Nationals	7 September 2013 – 11 April 2019	Retired
		Anne Webster (1959–)	Nationals	18 May 2019 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Mallee

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Mallee.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Mallee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Anne Webster	50,187	49.09	+22.65
	Labor	Carole Hart	17,133	16.76	+0.22
	Independent	Sophie Baldwin	10,256	10.03	+10.03
	United Australia	Stuart King	9,271	9.07	+5.56
	One Nation	Vanessa Atkinson	6,901	6.75	+6.75
	Greens	Sam McColl	5,463	5.34	+1.68
	Independent	Claudia Haenel	2,196	2.15	+2.15
	Australian Citizens	Chris Lahy	822	0.80	+0.38
Total formal votes			102,229	94.36	+5.22
Informal votes			6,113	5.64	−5.22
Turnout			108,342	90.19	−4.09
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Anne Webster	70,523	68.99	+3.31
	Labor	Carole Hart	31,706	31.01	−3.31
	National hold		Swing	+3.31

External links

• Division of Mallee - Australian Electoral Commission