Division of Mallee

Mallee
Australian House of Representatives Division
Mallee; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Mallee (green) in Victoria
Created	1949
MP	Anne Webster
Party	National
Namesake	The Mallee
Electors	89,824 (2010)
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 in the far north-west of the state. At 70,694 square kilometres (27,295 sq mi), it is the largest Division in Victoria. It includes Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal and Horsham.^[1]

The Division was set up in 1949 was named after the Mallee region of Victoria, where it is located. Mallee is a variety of eucalyptus.^[1] The Division also includes the Wimmera region of Victoria.

For the 2013 election, Mallee is the safest Coalition seat in federal parliament with a swing of 24% needed for it to change parties.^[2]

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 (retired)
Andrew Broad	National	2013-present

Winton Turnbull was a prisoner of war during World War Two, and held at the infamous Changi prison in Singapore.^[3] He never missed a single sitting day in Parliament during his 26 years and 8 months as a member.^[3]

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Mallee^[4]
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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Mallee (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
↑ Wright, Tony (5 August 2013). "Let the battle begin for the 2013 bellwether". The Age.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Boadle, Donald (2002). "Turnbull, Sir Winton George (1899–1980)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 22 August 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
↑ Mallee, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.