Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Murray-Darling
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales.
StateNew South Wales
Created1999
Abolished2015
NamesakeMurray and Darling rivers
Electors46,083 (2014)[1]
Area250,388 km2 (96,675.3 sq mi)
DemographicRural

Murray-Darling is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.[2][3][4][5]

It included Urana Shire, Jerilderie Shire, Berrigan Shire, Murray Shire, Conargo Shire, Deniliquin Council, Wakool Shire, Hay Shire, Balranald Shire, Wentworth Shire, part of Carrathool Shire (including Goolgowi and Merriwagga), Central Darling Shire, the City of Broken Hill and the Unincorporated Far West.[6]

History

Murray-Darling was created in 1999 from a merger of the Electoral district of Broken Hill and part of the Electoral district of Murray. In 2015, the southern parts of the electorate were absorbed into the revived Murray, while the northern parts (the City of Broken Hill, the Central Darling Shire and the Unincorporated Far West were absorbed into Barwon.

Members for Murray-Darling

Member Party Term
  Peter Black Labor 1999–2007
  John Williams National 2007–2015

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray-Darling
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray-Darling.[edit]
2011 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Williams 28,941 74.1 +17.6
Labor Neville Gasmier 8,096 20.7 −16.3
Greens Heidi Hendry 2,031 5.2 +2.8
Total formal votes 39,068 97.3 −0.6
Informal votes 1,073 2.6 +0.6
Turnout 40,141 87.5
Two-party-preferred result
National John Williams 29,466 77.2 +17.1
Labor Neville Gasmier 8,684 22.8 −17.1
National hold Swing +17.1

References

  1. ^ "State District Enrolments". Enrolment Statistics: Local Government Enrolments. New South Wales Electoral Commission. July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murray-Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr Peter Laurence Black". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr John Douglas Williams (1948- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Murray-Darling - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2011. ABC News. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.