Electoral district of Murray

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Murray. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Murray (South Australia).
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)
MemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTerm
  James Hayes Protectionist 1894–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904
  Robert Scobie Labour 1904–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1917
  Brian Doe Nationalist 1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTerm
  Adrian Piccoli National 2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Murray[2][3]
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

  1. ↑ "Murray". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  2. ↑ State Electoral District of Murray: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  3. ↑ State Electoral District of Murray: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

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