Electoral district of Murray
| Murray New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current | 1859–1999 2015–present |
| MP | Adrian Piccoli |
| Party | The Nationals |
| Namesake | Murray River |
| Area | 107,362.20 km2 (41,452.8 sq mi) |
Murray 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, Wakool Shire, Conargo Shire, Murray Shire, Deniliquin Council and Berrigan Shire.[1]
History
Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1920, but from 1920 to 1927 it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga to create a three-member electorate, voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a single-member electorate in 1927. Murray was abolished in 1999 when it was merged with Broken Hill to create Murray-Darling.
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.
Members for Murray
| Single-member (1859–1880) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John Hay | None | 1859–1864 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Robert Landale | None | 1864–1869 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Patrick Jennings | None | 1869–1872 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | William Hay | None | 1872–1877 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Robert Barbour | None | 1877–1880 |
| Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | William Hay | None | 1880–1882 | rowspan="2" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Alexander Wilson | None | 1880–1885 |
| rowspan="2" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Robert Barbour | None | 1882–1887 | None | |||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John Chanter | None | 1885–1887 | ||||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist| | Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist| | Protectionist | 1887–1894 | ||
| Single-member (1894–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist| | James Hayes | Protectionist | 1894–1901 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Progressive| | Progressive | 1901–1904 | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Robert Scobie | Labour | 1904–1917 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist| | Nationalist | 1917–1917 | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist| | Brian Doe | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
| Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Progressive (1920)| | George Beeby | Progressive | 1920–1920 | rowspan="2" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | William O'Brien | Labor | 1920–1925 | rowspan="4" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist| | Richard Ball | Nationalist | 1920–1927 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Progressive (1920)| | Matthew Kilpatrick | Progressive | 1920–1925 | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals| | Country | 1925—1927 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Vern Goodin | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent| | Independent | 1927–1927 | |||||||||
| Murray (1927–1999) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Mat Davidson | Labor | 1927–1930 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | John Donovan | Labor | 1930–1932 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals| | Joe Lawson | Country | 1932–1968 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent| | Independent | 1968–1973 | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| | Mary Meillon | Liberal | 1973–1980 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals| | Tim Fischer | National | 1980–1984 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals| | Jim Small | National | 1985–1999 |
| Murray (2015–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals| | Adrian Piccoli | National | 2015–present |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Adrian Piccoli | 25,752 | 55.5 | −22.3 | |
| Independent | Helen Dalton | 8,440 | 18.2 | +18.2 | |
| Labor | Max Buljubasic | 7,509 | 16.2 | −1.3 | |
| Independent | Brian Mills | 1,745 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Greens | Jordanna Glassman | 1,035 | 2.2 | −1.1 | |
| No Land Tax | Garry Codemo | 929 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Christian Democrats | David Elder | 651 | 1.4 | +0.0 | |
| Independent | Atul Misra | 337 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 46,398 | 96.3 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,801 | 3.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 48,199 | 87.5 | −3.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Adrian Piccoli | 28,295 | 75.2 | −5.7 | |
| Labor | Max Buljubasic | 9,329 | 24.8 | +5.7 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Adrian Piccoli | 27,504 | 72.7 | −8.3 | |
| Independent | Helen Dalton | 10,353 | 27.3 | +27.3 | |
| National hold | Swing | −8.3 | |||
References
- ^ "Murray". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ State Electoral District of Murray: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ^ State Electoral District of Murray: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.