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Electoral district of Murray

Electoral district in Australia

Summary

Electoral district in Australia

Field	Value
name	Murray
state	nsw
image
caption	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan	1859–1999
2015–present
mp	Helen Dalton
mp-party
namesake	Murray River
electors	59138
electors_year	2023
area	107362.20
class	Rural
near-n	Barwon
near-ne	Barwon
near-nw	Barwon
near-e	Cootamundra
Albury
near-w	South Australia
near-s	Victoria
near-se	Victoria
near-sw	South Australia

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.{{cite web | access-date = 23 November 2019}}

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. 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. 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.

The district re-created in 1904 consisted of the abolished seat of Wentworth and parts of The Lachlan and the abolished seat of Hay. The member for Wentworth was Robert Scobie (Labour). 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.

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

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray

References

(10 July 1858). "Electoral law amendment bill". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
"1904 Redistribution". NSW Land & Property Information.
"Mr James Hayes (1831-1908)".
(18 March 1904). "Proposed new Electoral Districts". [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]].
(22 April 1904). "Notice of final electoral districts". [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]].
"Mr Robert Scobie (2) (1848-1917)".
(DistrictIndexes). "Elections for the District of Murray".
"Overview of Determinations".
"Murray- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". [[ABC News (Australia).
{{NSW Parliamentary Record
"Former Members". [[Parliament of New South Wales]].

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