Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Location in New South Wales

Murray-Darling is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Williams of the National Party of Australia.

It includes Urana Shire, Jerilderie Shire, Berrigan Shire, Murray Shire, Deniliquin Council, Conargo Shire, Wakool Shire, Hay Shire, Balranald Shire, Wentworth Shire, part of Carrathool Shire (including Goolgowi and Merriwagga), Central Darling Shire, the City of Broken Hill and the Unincorporated Far West.

History

Murray was a single member electorate from 1859 to 1920. From 1920 to 1927, it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga, to create a four-member electorate, with voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a single-member electorate in 1927. In 1999, Broken Hill and part of Murray were merged, creating Murray-Darling.

Members for Murray-Darling

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Black	Labor	1999—2007
	John Williams	National	2007—present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray-Darling

New South Wales state election, 2011: Murray-Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Williams	28,941	74.1	+17.6
	Labor	Neville Gasmier	8,096	20.7	-16.3
	Greens	Heidi Hendry	2,031	5.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			39,068	97.3	-0.6
Informal votes			1,073	2.6	+0.6
Turnout			40,141	87.5
Two-candidate preferred result
	National	John Williams	29,466	77.2	+17.1
	Labor	Neville Gasmier	8,684	22.8	-17.1
	National hold		Swing	+17.1

External links

• "Murray-Darling". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/murray-darling. Retrieved 2011-10-10.