Electoral district of Murray
Murray New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location in New South Wales | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1859–1999 2015–present |
MP | Helen Dalton |
Party | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers |
Namesake | Murray River |
Electors | 55,784 (2019) |
Area | 107,362.20 km2 (41,452.8 sq mi) |
Murray, The Murray until 1910, is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Murray is a regional electorate lying in the southwestern corner of the state. It encompasses several local government areas, namely Wentworth Shire, Balranald Shire, Carrathool Shire, the City of Griffith, Leeton Shire, Hay Shire, Murrumbidgee Shire, Murray River Council, Edward River Council and Berrigan Shire.[1]
History
Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1880, returning two members from 1880 to 1894, returning to a single member electorate from 1894 to 1920. The district created in 1859 included the districts surrounding the towns of Deniliquin, Moama and Moulamein.[2] It was substantially re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[3] The member for The Murray from 1894 to 1904 was James Hayes who was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.[4]
The district re-created in 1904 consisted of the abolished seat of Wentworth and parts of The Lachlan and the abolished seat of Hay.[5][6] The member for Wentworth was Robert Scobie (Labour).[7] The member for The Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Hay was Frank Byrne who did not contest the election.
From 1920 to 1927 it returned three members, having merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga, voting by proportional representation. It returned to being a single-member electorate from 1927. Murray was abolished in 1999 when it was merged with Broken Hill to create Murray-Darling.[8]
Murray was recreated for the 2015 state election, combining the southern part of the abolished district of Murray-Darling and the western part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.[9]
Members for Murray
First incarnation (1859-1999)
1858–1880, 1 member | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Hay [10] | None | 1859–1864 | |
Robert Landale [11] | None | 1864–1869 | |
Patrick Jennings [12] | None | 1869–1872 | |
William Hay [13] | None | 1872–1877 | |
Robert Barbour [14] | None | 1877–1880 |
Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
William Hay [13] | None | 1880–1882 | Alexander Wilson [15] | None | 1880–1885 | ||
Robert Barbour [14] | None | 1882–1887 | |||||
John Chanter [16] | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Protectionist | 1887–1894 |
Single-member (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
James Hayes [4] | Protectionist | 1894–1901 | |
Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
Robert Scobie [7] | Labour | 1904–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
Brian Doe [17] | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
George Beeby [18] | Progressive | 1920–1920 | William O'Brien [19] | Labor | 1920–1925 | Richard Ball [20] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | |||
Matthew Kilpatrick [21] | Progressive | 1920–1925 | |||||||||
Country | 1925—1927 | Vern Goodin [22] | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||
Independent | 1927–1927 |
Murray (1927–1999) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Mat Davidson [23] | Labor | 1927–1930 | |
John Donovan [24] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
Joe Lawson [25] | Country | 1932–1968 | |
Independent | 1968–1973 | ||
Mary Meillon [26] | Liberal | 1973–1980 | |
Tim Fischer [27] | National | 1980–1984 | |
Jim Small [28] | National | 1985–1999 |
Second incarnation (2015-present)
2015–present, 1 member | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Adrian Piccoli [29] | National | 2015–2017 | |
Austin Evans [30] | National | 2017–2019 | |
Helen Dalton [31] | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 2019–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Helen Dalton | 18,305 | 38.75 | +38.75 | |
National | Austin Evans | 16,636 | 35.22 | −20.28 | |
Labor | Alan Purtill | 4,134 | 8.75 | −7.43 | |
One Nation | Tom Weyrich | 3,949 | 8.36 | +8.36 | |
Greens | Nivanka De Silva | 1,238 | 2.62 | +0.39 | |
Ind. Riverina State | David Landini | 976 | 2.07 | +2.07 | |
Christian Democrats | Philip Langfield | 715 | 1.51 | +0.11 | |
Independent | Brian Mills | 633 | 1.34 | −2.42 | |
Sustainable Australia | Carl Kendall | 455 | 0.96 | +0.96 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Liam Davies | 192 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 47,233 | 96.15 | −0.11 | ||
Informal votes | 1,889 | 3.85 | +0.11 | ||
Turnout | 49,122 | 88.06 | +0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Austin Evans | 20,029 | 74.91 | −0.29 | |
Labor | Alan Purtill | 6,707 | 25.09 | +0.29 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Helen Dalton | 20,765 | 53.54 | +53.54 | |
National | Austin Evans | 18,020 | 46.46 | −26.19 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers gain from National |
References
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- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Mr James Hayes (1831-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Proposed new Electoral Districts". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2340. Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Notice of final electoral districts". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 227. 22 April 1904. p. 3238. Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Mr Robert Scobie (2) (1848-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murray". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Sir John Hay (1816-1892)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Robert Landale (1833-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings (1831-1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr William Hay (1850-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Robert Barbour (1827-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Alexander Wilson (1849-1927)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Moore Chanter (1845-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Brian James Doe (1862-1941)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir George Stephenson Beeby (1869–1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Joseph O'Brien (1882–1953)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Richard Thomas Ball (1857–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Matthew Kilpatrick (1875–1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Vernon William Edward Goodin (1892-1971)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Mark Anthony Davidson (1869-1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Rawdon Donovan". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Joseph Alexander Lawson (1893-1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Mary Meillon". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Tim) Timothy Andrew Fischer (1946-2019)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Jim) James Richard Small (1933- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Adrian Piccoli (1970- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Austin William Evans (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Helen Jennifer Dalton MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Murray: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Murray: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.