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 | Adrian Piccoli |
| Party | National Party of Australia |
| 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 | |
| John Hay | None | 1859–1864 | |
| Robert Landale | None | 1864–1869 | |
| Patrick Jennings | None | 1869–1872 | |
| William Hay | None | 1872–1877 | |
| Robert Barbour | None | 1877–1880 | |
| Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| William Hay | None | 1880–1882 | Alexander Wilson | None | 1880–1885 | ||
| Robert Barbour | None | 1882–1887 | None | ||||
| 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 | Labor | 1904–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
| Brian Doe | Nationalist | 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 | Progressive | 1920–1925 | |||||||||
| Country | 1925—1927 | Vern Goodin | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||
| Independent | 1927–1927 | ||||||||||
| Murray (1927–1999) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Mat Davidson | Labor | 1927–1930 | |
| John Donovan | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| Joe Lawson | Country | 1932–1968 | |
| Independent | 1968–1973 | ||
| Mary Meillon | Liberal | 1973–1980 | |
| Tim Fischer | National | 1980–1984 | |
| Jim Small | National | 1985–1999 | |
| Murray (2015–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Adrian Piccoli | National | 2015–present | |
References
- ↑ "Murray". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.