Electoral district of Oxley

Oxley New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1920–1988 1991–present
MP	Melinda Pavey
Party	National Party of Australia
Area	9,239.31 km^2 (3,567.3 sq mi)

Oxley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

History

Oxley was created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, replacing Gloucester and Raleigh, and elected three members. It was named after John Oxley. In 1927 it was divided into the single-member electorates of Oxley, Gloucester and Raleigh. In 1988 it was abolished and replaced by Port Macquarie. It was recreated in 1991.^[1]

Oxley is one of three original (post 1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the Australian Labor Party, the other districts being Tamworth and Upper Hunter. The National Party has held the seat since its current incarnation was created in 1991.

At the 2007 election it included most of Bellingen Shire (including Bellingen and Dorrigo), Nambucca Shire (including Nambucca Heads, Macksville and Bowraville), Kempsey Shire, some of inland Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, including Wauchope, the lightly inhabited northwest of the City of Greater Taree, and the lightly inhabited eastern fringe of Walcha Shire and Armidale Dumaresq Shire.^[2]

The next redistribution taking effect at the 2015 state election redrew Oxley to contain the entirety of Bellingen Shire, Nambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire and a large inland component of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. Its significant population centres include Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Macksville, Kempsey and Wauchope. ^[3]

Members for Oxley

Three members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	George Briner	Progressive	1920–1920		Joseph Fitzgerald	Labor	1920–1927		Richard Price	Progressive	1920–1922
	Theodore Hill	Progressive	1920–1922
		Nationalist	1922–1927					Roy Vincent	Progressive	1922–1925

Single-member (1927–1988)
Member		Party	Term
	Lewis Martin	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1941
	George Mitchell	Independent	1941–1944
	Les Jordan	Country	1944–1959
		Liberal	1959–1965
	Bruce Cowan	Country	1965–1980
	Peter King	National	1981–1981
	Jim Brown	National	1981–1984
	Bruce Jeffery	National	1984–1988
Single-member (1991–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bruce Jeffery	National	1991–1999
	Andrew Stoner	National	1999–2015
	Melinda Pavey	National	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Oxley[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Melinda Pavey	24,504	52.7	−14.2
	Labor	Fran Armitage	12,414	26.7	+14.1
	Greens	Carol Vernon	7,032	15.1	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	John Klose	1,382	3.0	+1.2
	No Land Tax	Joe Costa	1,187	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			46,519	96.7	−0.6
Informal votes			1,588	3.3	+0.6
Turnout			48,107	89.1	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Melinda Pavey	25,636	60.9	−17.9
	Labor	Fran Armitage	16,454	39.1	+17.9
	National hold		Swing	−17.9

References

1. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
2. "Oxley". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
3. "Oxley". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
4. State Electoral District of Oxley: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
5. State Electoral District of Oxley: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.