Electoral district of Murwillumbah

Murwillumbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 1999, which included the town of Murwillumbah.

Murwillumbah replaced Byron and its only member was Donald Frederick Beck, a member of the National Party. Murwillumbah was replaced by Tweed.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Murwillumbah

Member Party Term
  Don Beck National 1988–1999

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murwillumbah
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murwillumbah.[edit]
1995 New South Wales state election: Murwillumbah [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Don Beck 14,701 41.2 +4.3
Labor Trevor Wilson 10,005 28.0 −1.7
Independent Jade Hurley 8,139 22.8 +5.4
Greens Samuelle Leonard 1,543 4.3 +4.3
Independent John Diamond 665 1.9 +1.9
Against Further Immigration Ken Harradine 359 1.0 +1.0
The Country Party John Morrison 213 0.6 +0.6
Independent Ron Evans 100 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 35,725 95.9 +0.6
Informal votes 1,511 4.1 −0.6
Turnout 37,236 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Beck 16,713 52.1 −1.0
Labor Trevor Wilson 15,394 47.9 +1.0
National hold Swing −1.0

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Donald Frederick Charles Beck (1936- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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