Murray
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–1999
2015–present
MPHelen Dalton
PartyIndependent
NamesakeMurray River
Electors55,784 (2019)
Area107,362.20 km2 (41,452.8 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around Murray:
Barwon Barwon Barwon
South Australia Murray Cootamundra
Albury
South Australia Victoria Victoria

Murray (The Murray until 1910) 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, Murray River Council, Edward River Council and Berrigan Shire.[1]

History

Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1880, returning two members from 1880 to 1894, returning to a single member electorate from 1894 to 1920. The district created in 1859 included the districts surrounding the towns of Deniliquin, Moama and Moulamein.[2] It was substantially re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[3] The member for The Murray from 1894 to 1904 was James Hayes who was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.[4]

The district re-created in 1904 consisted of the abolished seat of Wentworth and parts of The Lachlan and the abolished seat of Hay.[5][6] The member for Wentworth was Robert Scobie (Labour).[7] The member for The Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Hay was Frank Byrne who did not contest the election.

From 1920 to 1927 it returned three members, having merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga, voting by proportional representation. It returned to being a single-member electorate from 1927. Murray was abolished in 1999 when it was merged with Broken Hill to create Murray-Darling.[8]

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.[9][10][11][12]

Members for Murray

First incarnation (1859–1999)
Single member (1859–1880)
Member Party Term
  John Hay None 1859–1864
Robert Landale 1864–1869
Patrick Jennings 1869–1872
William Hay 1872–1877
Robert Barbour 1877–1880
Two members (1880–1894)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  William Hay None 1880–1882   Alexander Wilson None 1880–1885
Robert Barbour 1882–1887  
  John Chanter None 1885–1887
  Protectionist 1887–1894   Protectionist 1887–1894
Single member (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
  James Hayes Protectionist 1894–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904
  Robert Scobie Labour 1904–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1917
Brian Doe 1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  George Beeby Progressive 1920–1920   William O'Brien Labor 1920–1925   Richard Ball Nationalist 1920–1927
Matthew Kilpatrick 1920–1925
  Country 1925—1927   Vern Goodin Labor 1925–1927
  Independent 1927–1927
Single member (1927–1999)
Member Party Term
  Mat Davidson Labor 1927–1930
John Donovan 1930–1932
  Joe Lawson Country 1932–1968
  Independent 1968–1973
  Mary Meillon Liberal 1973–1980
  Tim Fischer National 1980–1984
Jim Small 1985–1999
 
Second incarnation (2015–present)
Member Party Term
  Adrian Piccoli National 2015–2017
Austin Evans 2017–2019
  Helen Dalton Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 2019–2022
  Independent 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray
2023 New South Wales state election: Murray[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Helen Dalton 24,824 50.2 +50.2
National Peta Betts 12,974 26.3 −8.4
Labor Max Buljubasic 4,124 8.3 −0.7
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Desiree Gregory 2,369 4.8 −33.3
Legalise Cannabis Adrian Carle 1,840 3.7 +3.7
Ind. Riverina State David Landini 1,207 2.4 +0.3
Greens Amelia King 913 1.8 −0.8
Public Education Kevin Farrell 446 0.9 +0.9
Sustainable Australia Michael Florance 404 0.8 −0.3
Independent Greg Adamson 314 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 49,415 96.8 +0.7
Informal votes 1,631 3.2 −0.7
Turnout 51,046 86.3 −1.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
National Peta Betts 17,003 72.1 −2.7
Labor Max Buljubasic 6,570 27.9 +2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Helen Dalton 27,260 66.0 +66.0
National Peta Betts 14,035 34.0 −13.2
Independent gain from Shooters, Fishers, Farmers  

References

  1. ^ "Murray". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Electoral law amendment bill". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 July 1858. p. 11. Retrieved 16 December 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Mr James Hayes (1831-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Proposed new Electoral Districts". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2340. Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Notice of final electoral districts". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 227. 22 April 1904. p. 3238. Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Mr Robert Scobie (2) (1848-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murray". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Murray- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  13. ^ LA First Preference: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  14. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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