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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Mallee, Victoria
Northern Victoria: Horsham, Mildura, Stawell, Swan Hill
Sitting member: Andrew Broad (Nationals), elected 2013
Enrolment at close of rolls: 99,329
2013 Nationals majority over Liberal 6.2%
2013 Nationals majority over Labor 23.7%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Andrew Broad
The Nationals |
2. Chris Lahy
Citizens Electoral Council |
3. Lydia Senior
Australian Labor Party |
4. Tim Middleton
Rise Up Australia |
5. Helen Healy
Australian Greens |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Mallee was created in 1949, from the northern part of the Federation seat of Wimmera. Wimmera was abolished in 1977 and Mallee now has nearly identical borders to the old seat. It covers the north-western quarter of Victoria, including the Murray Valley and the wheat country of the Wimmera. It has one of the highest proportions of its workforce engaged in agriculture of any seat, and like all such seats it has a relatively low median family income level and a low proportion of people born in non English speaking countries, although it has a surprisingly high proportion of people in professional occupations.
Mallee has always been a safe seat for the Country Party and its successor the Nationals, although the Liberals nearly pinched it in 1993 and again in 2013. It is now the safest Coalition seat in Australia. Despite their security, none of the Country / Nationals members has ever been promoted from the backbench.
Andrew Broad, Nationals MP for Mallee since 2013, was a wheat and sheep farmer and president of the Victorian Farmers Federation before his election. Having narrowly survived a Liberal challenge in 2013, he is now safe. His Labor opponent in 2016 will be Lydia Senior.
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