THE POLL BLUDGER
House of Representatives Election 2007
MALLEE
Nationals 24.8%
| State | Victoria | Region | North-Western Victoria |
| Candidates | Glenn Coulthard (Family First) John Zigouras (Labor) Chris Lahy (CEC) Liam Farrelly (Greens) Vikki McLeod (Democrats) John Forrest (Nationals) |
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Covering the north-western corner of Victoria, including the south bank of the Murray River from Mildura and Swan Hall and further territory south to Horsham, Mallee was created in 1949 from territory which had mostly been in Wimmera, which was pushed southwards and later abolished. It has always been held by the National/Country Party, although their candidate John Forrest was pushed very hard by Liberal candidate Adrian Kidd when Peter Fisher retired in 1993.
In the first week of the campaign, Labor's perennial candidate John Zigouras told local paper the Wimmera Mail-Times that the area he hoped to represent was “redneck country surrounded by neo-Nazis”.