| Barwon New South Wales—Legislative Assembly |
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Location in New South Wales |
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| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1894, 1927 |
| Abolished: | 1904 |
| MP: | Kevin Humphries |
| Party: | National Party of Australia |
| Electors: | 43,779 (2011) |
| Area: | 221,570 km² (85,549 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kevin Humphries of the National Party of Australia.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,049 electors on 29 April 2007.[1]
At the 2007 election it encompassed Warrumbungle Shire (including Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Coolah, Dunedoo and Mendooran), almost all of Narrabri Shire (including Narrabri and Wee Waa), Moree Plains Shire (including Moree), Gilgandra Shire, Coonamble Shire, Walgett Shire, Brewarrina Shire, Bourke Shire, Cobar Shire, Bogan Shire, Warren Shire, some of Narromine Shire (including Trangie) and almost all of Lachlan Shire (including Condobolin).[2]
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Barwon was originally created in 1894, when it along with Moree, replaced Gwydir. In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, Gwydir was recreated and Moree and Barwon were abolished. In 1927, with the breakup of the three-member Electoral district of Namoi, it was recreated.
| First incarnation (1894—1904) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Willis | Protectionist | 1894—1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901—1904 | ||
| Second incarnation (1927—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Walter Wearne | Nationalist | 1927—1930 | |
| Bill Ratcliffe | Labor | 1930—1932 | |
| Ben Wade | Country | 1932—1940 | |
| Roy Heferen | Labor | 1940—1950 | |
| Geoff Crawford | Country | 1950—1976 | |
| Wal Murray | Country, National | 1976—1995 | |
| Ian Slack-Smith | National | 1995—2007 | |
| Kevin Humphries | National | 2007—present | |
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Barwon[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Kevin Humphries | 30,949 | 79.1 | +34.8 | |
| Labor | Patrick Massarani | 6,276 | 16.0 | -3.4 | |
| Greens | Ian George | 1,882 | 4.8 | +1.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,107 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 876 | 2.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 39,983 | 91.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| National | Kevin Humphries | 31,349 | 82.0 | +26.0 | |
| Labor | Patrick Massarani | 6,883 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
| National hold | Swing | +26.0 | |||