Electoral district of Monaro

Location in New South Wales

Monaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Barilaro of the National Party of Australia.

According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 46,979 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will include all of the City of Queanbeyan, almost all of Palerang Council (including Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat), a small part of Yass Valley Council (including Sutton), all of Cooma-Monaro Shire (including Cooma, Nimmitabel, Numeralla, Bredbo and Michelago), all of Snowy River Shire (including Berridale, Jindabyne and Adaminaby), all of Bombala Council and a small part of Bega Valley Shire (including Bemboka).

History

The electorate was created in 1856 for the First Parliament under the name Maneroo, derived from an Aboriginal name for the area, now spelt Monaro. It was renamed Monaro for the second Parliament in February 1858. It elected two members between 1880 and 1894. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced state-wide and part of the electorate, (including Bombala), was absorbed into Eden-Bombala. In 1913, it absorbed much of the Electoral district of Queanbeyan, including Queanbeyan, which is its major city. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Goulburn, along with Bega. It was recreated in 1927.

Members for Monaro

First incarnation (1858—1880, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Egan	None	1858—1859
	Alexander Hamilton	None	1859—1860
	Thomas Garrett	None	1860—1864
	James Martin	None	1864—1865
	William Grahame	None	1865—1869
	Daniel Egan	None	1870—1870
	James Hart	None	1870—1872
	William Grahame	None	1872—1874
	Alexander Montague	None	1875—1877
	John Murphy	None	1877—1880

(1880—1894, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Badgery	None	1880—1885		Robert Tooth	None	1880—1884
					David Ryrie	None	1884—1885
	Henry Dawson	None	1885—1887		Harold Stephen	None	1885—1887
		Protectionist	1887—1894		Thomas O'Mara	Independent Protectionist	1887—1889
					Harold Stephen	Protectionist	1889—1889
					Gustave Miller	Protectionist	1889—1894

(1894—1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Gustave Miller	Protectionist	1894—1901
		Labor	1901—1918
	John Bailey	Labor	1918—1920
Second incarnation (1927—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Hedges	Country	1927—1941
	John Seiffert	Labor	1941—1950
		Independent Labor	1950—1953
		Labor	1953—1965
	Steve Mauger	Liberal	1965—1976
	John Akister	Labor	1976—1988
	Peter Cochran	National	1988—1999
	Peter Webb	National	1999—2003
	Steve Whan	Labor	2003—2011
	John Barilaro	National	2011—present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Monaro

New South Wales state election, 2011: Monaro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Barilaro	21,134	47.1	+7.8
	Labor	Steve Whan	18,381	41.0	-6.9
	Greens	Paul Cockram	3,524	7.9	-2.1
	Independent	Kingsley Warburton	1,218	2.7	+2.7
	Christian Democrats	Deanne Graf	618	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			44,875	97.6	+0.1
Informal votes			1,083	2.4	-0.1
Turnout			45,958	91.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	National	John Barilaro	21,918	52.1	+8.4
	Labor	Steve Whan	20,178	47.9	-8.4
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+8.4