Electoral district of Murrumbidgee









Location in New South Wales


Murrumbidgee is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Members for Murrumbidgee


  • 3 Election results


  • 4 References





History


Until its abolition, Murrumbidgee and Parramatta were the only electorates to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856, although before 1913 it was called The Murrumbidgee. It elected two members between 1856 and 1859, one member between 1859 and 1880, two members between 1880 and 1885, three members between 1885 and 1894 and one member between 1894 and 1920. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy. Between 1920 and 1927, it absorbed parts of Lachlan and Ashburnham and elected three members under proportional representation. From 1927 until its abolition at the 2015 election, it elected one member.


At the 2007 election it included most of Junee Shire (including Junee, Wantabadgery, Harefield, Old Junee and Junee Reefs) Temora Shire, Coolamon Shire, Bland Shire, part of Lachlan Shire (including Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo and Burcher), Narrandera Shire, Leeton Shire, the City of Griffith, Murrumbidgee Shire and part of Carrathool Shire (including Rankins Springs and Carrathool).[1]


Murrumbidgee was abolished at the 2015 election with the recreated electoral district of Cootamundra absorbing Junee Shire, Temora Shire, Coolamon Shire, Bland Shire and Narrandera Shire, the recreated electoral district of Murray absorbing Leeton Shire, the City of Griffith, Murrumbidgee Shire and Carrathool and the Electoral district of Barwon absorbing Lachlan Shire.[2]



Members for Murrumbidgee






















Two members (1856–1859)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
 

John Hay
None
1856–1859
 

George Macleay
None
1856–1859


























Single-member (1859–1880)
Member Party Term
 

William John Macleay
None
1859–1874
 

William Forster
None
1875–1876
 

Joseph Leary
None
1876–1880



























Two members (1880–1885)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
 

James Douglas
None
1880–1882
 

George Loughnan
None
1880–1885
 

Auber Jones
None
1882–1885




























































Three members (1885–1894)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
 

James Gormly
None
1885–1887
 

George Dibbs
None
1885–1887
 

Alexander Bolton
None
1885–1887
 

Protectionist
1887–1894
 

Independent Free Trade
1887–1889
 

John Gale

Protectionist
1887–1889
 

Protectionist
1889–1894
 

David Copland

Protectionist
1889–1891
 

Arthur Rae

Labor
1891–1894
 

Independent Labor
1894–1894



































Single-member (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
 

Thomas Fitzpatrick

Protectionist
1894–1901
 

Progressive
1901–1904
 

Patrick McGarry

Labor
1904–1917
 

Nationalist
1917–1920
 

Independent Nationalist
1920–1920





































Three members (1920–1927)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
 

Arthur Grimm

Nationalist
1920–1925
 

Ernest Buttenshaw

Progressive
1920–1925
 

Martin Flannery

Labor
1920–1927
 

Edmund Best

Nationalist
1925–1927
 

Country
1925–1927























































Single-member (1927–2015)
Member Party Term
 

Martin Flannery

Labor
1927–1932
 

Robert Hankinson

Country
1932–1941
 

George Enticknap

Independent Labor
1941–1944
 

Labor
1944–1965
 

Al Grassby

Labor
1965–1969
 

Lin Gordon

Labor
1970–1984
 

Adrian Cruickshank

National
1984–1999
 

Adrian Piccoli

National
1999–2015


Election results

























































































New South Wales state election, 2011: Murrumbidgee[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National

Adrian Piccoli
31,414
73.4
+10.2


Labor
William Wood
8,431
19.7
-12.2


Greens
George Benedyka
1,577
3.7
-1.2


Christian Democrats
Fiona Bushby
1,362
3.2
+3.2
Total formal votes
42,784
97.6
-0.2
Informal votes
1,070
2.4
+0.2

Turnout
43,854
92.1


Two-party-preferred result


National

Adrian Piccoli
32,260
77.9
+11.8


Labor
William Wood
9,149
22.1
-11.8


National hold

Swing
+11.8



References





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  2. ^ "Electoral Districts Commissioners' Report" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.


  3. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.










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