Division of Mallee

{{Infobox Australian Electorate

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| name = Mallee

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|From the 2022 federal election to 2025

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|From the 2025 federal election

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| caption = Interactive map of electorate boundaries

| created = 1949

| mp = Anne Webster{{cite news |last1=Shields |first1=Jason |title=Federal election 2019: Nationals brand rocked, but Mallee voters give Anne Webster a chance |url=http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/story/6132224/federal-election-2019-nationals-brand-rocked-but-mallee-voters-give-anne-webster-a-chance/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=sunraysiadaily.com.au}}

| mp-party = The Nationals

| namesake = The Mallee

| electors = 121662

| electors_year = 2025

| area = 83412

| class = Rural

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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 {{convert|81962|km2|sqmi|0}}, 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.{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017}}

History

File:Entering The Mallee.jpg, 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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23930633 "Australian election: Ten things"], BBC News, 5 September 2013

Members

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! Image ! Member ! Party ! Term ! Notes
{{Australian party style\|Country}}\| \| 100px \| Sir Winton Turnbull {{small\|(1899–1980)}} \| Country \| nowrap \| 10 December 1949 – 2 November 1972 \| Previously held the Division of Wimmera. Retired
{{Australian party style\|Country}}\| \| rowspan=3 \| 100px \| rowspan=3 \| Peter Fisher {{small\|(1936–)}} \| Country \| nowrap \| 2 December 1972 – 2 May 1975 \| rowspan=3 \| Retired
{{Australian party style\|National Country}}\| \| National Country \| nowrap \| 2 May 1975 – 16 October 1982
{{Australian party style\|National}}\| \| Nationals \| nowrap \| 16 October 1982 – 8 February 1993
{{Australian party style\|Nationals}}\| \| 100px \| John Forrest {{small\|(1949–)}} \| Nationals \| nowrap \| 13 March 1993 – 5 August 2013 \| Retired
{{Australian party style\|Nationals}}\| \| 100px \| Andrew Broad {{small\|(1975–)}} \| Nationals \| nowrap \| 7 September 2013 – 11 April 2019 \| Retired
{{Australian party style\|Nationals}}\| \| 100px \| Anne Webster {{small\|(1959–)}} \| Nationals \| nowrap \| 18 May 2019 – present \| Incumbent

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! Image

! Member

! Party

! Term

! Notes

{{Australian party style|Country}}|

| 100px

| Sir Winton Turnbull
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| Country

| nowrap | 10 December 1949 –
2 November 1972

| Previously held the Division of Wimmera. Retired