Murray (The Murray until 1910) is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales.
| Murray New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1859–1999 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Helen Dalton | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Murray River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,784 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 107,362.20 km2 (41,452.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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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 edit
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][10][11][12]
Members for Murray edit
| First incarnation (1859–1999) | |||||||||||
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| Single member (1859–1880) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| John Hay | None | 1859–1864 | |||||||||
| Robert Landale | 1864–1869 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Jennings | 1869–1872 | ||||||||||
| William Hay | 1872–1877 | ||||||||||
| Robert Barbour | 1877–1880 | ||||||||||
| Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||
| William Hay | None | 1880–1882 | Alexander Wilson | None | 1880–1885 | ||||||
| Robert Barbour | 1882–1887 | ||||||||||
| John Chanter | None | 1885–1887 | |||||||||
| Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Protectionist | 1887–1894 | ||||||||
| Single member (1894–1920) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| James Hayes | Protectionist | 1894–1901 | |||||||||
| Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||||||||||
| Robert Scobie | Labour | 1904–1917 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||||||||||
| Brian Doe | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
| Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| George Beeby | Progressive | 1920–1920 | William O'Brien | Labor | 1920–1925 | Richard Ball | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | |||
| Matthew Kilpatrick | 1920–1925 | ||||||||||
| Country | 1925—1927 | Vern Goodin | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||
| Independent | 1927–1927 | ||||||||||
| Single member (1927–1999) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Mat Davidson | Labor | 1927–1930 | |||||||||
| John Donovan | 1930–1932 | ||||||||||
| Joe Lawson | Country | 1932–1968 | |||||||||
| Independent | 1968–1973 | ||||||||||
| Mary Meillon | Liberal | 1973–1980 | |||||||||
| Tim Fischer | National | 1980–1984 | |||||||||
| Jim Small | 1985–1999 | ||||||||||
| Second incarnation (2015–present) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Adrian Piccoli | National | 2015–2017 | |||||||||
| Austin Evans | 2017–2019 | ||||||||||
| Helen Dalton | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 2019–2022 | |||||||||
| Independent | 2022–present | ||||||||||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Helen Dalton | 24,824 | 50.2 | +50.2 | |
| National | Peta Betts | 12,974 | 26.3 | −8.4 | |
| Labor | Max Buljubasic | 4,124 | 8.3 | −0.7 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Desiree Gregory | 2,369 | 4.8 | −33.3 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Adrian Carle | 1,840 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Ind. Riverina State | David Landini | 1,207 | 2.4 | +0.3 | |
| Greens | Amelia King | 913 | 1.8 | −0.8 | |
| Public Education | Kevin Farrell | 446 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Michael Florance | 404 | 0.8 | −0.3 | |
| Independent | Greg Adamson | 314 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,415 | 96.8 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,631 | 3.2 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 51,046 | 86.3 | −1.8 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| National | Peta Betts | 17,003 | 72.1 | −2.7 | |
| Labor | Max Buljubasic | 6,570 | 27.9 | +2.7 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Helen Dalton | 27,260 | 66.0 | +66.0 | |
| National | Peta Betts | 14,035 | 34.0 | −13.2 | |
| Member changed to Independent from Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Murray". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Electoral law amendment bill". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 July 1858. p. 11. Retrieved 16 December 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "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 Trove.
- ^ "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 Trove.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Murray- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ LA First Preference: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.