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Electoral district of Wagga Wagga

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
nameWagga Wagga
statensw
image
captionInteractive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan1894–1904
1913–1920
1927–present
mpJoe McGirr
mp-party
namesakeWagga Wagga
electors57413
electors_year2023
area12108.11
classProvincial and rural
near-nCootamundra
near-neGoulburn
near-eAustralian Capital Territory
near-seMonaro
near-sAlbury
near-swAlbury
near-wAlbury
near-nwCootamundra

1913–1920 1927–present |mp-party = | near-n = Cootamundra | near-ne = Goulburn | near-e = Australian Capital Territory | near-se = Monaro | near-s = Albury | near-sw = Albury | near-w = Albury | near-nw = Cootamundra

Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The district has been held by MP Joe McGirr since the September 2018 by-election.

Wagga Wagga is a regional electorate. It entirely covers two local government areas: the City of Wagga Wagga and Lockhart Shire. It also covers part of the Snowy Valleys Council, which was established following the merger of Tumut Shire and Tumbarumba Shire.

History

Wagga Wagga was created in 1894. In 1920, Wagga Wagga, Albury and Corowa was absorbed into Murray and elected three members under proportional representation. When proportional representation was replaced by single-member electorates in 1927, Wagga Wagga was recreated, with Matthew Kilpatrick, the Country Party candidate, winning the October election. According to the Wagga Daily Advertiser, it was a decisive vote against the continuance of the Labor government led by Jack Lang.

Labor regained the seat in its 1941 landslide, holding it until the Liberals took it back in 1957. It remained safely Liberal for most of the last half-century, despite being located in the midst of an area considered Country/ National heartland. This tradition was broken in 2018, when longtime Liberal member Daryl Maguire was forced out of politics due to a corruption scandal. At the ensuring by-election, the Liberal primary vote almost halved, allowing independent Joe McGirr to take the seat on 59.6 percent of the two-candidate vote. Although Labor was knocked down to third place on the primary vote, the swing against the Liberals was large enough to make Wagga Wagga a notional Labor seat in a "traditional" two-party matchup with the Liberals.

McGirr retained the seat with an increased majority at the 2019 state election, with the Liberals standing down in favour of the Nationals. Unlike the preceding by-election, the National candidate won the notional "traditional" two-party matchup with Labor.

Members for Wagga Wagga

First incarnation (1894–1904)MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation (1913–1920)MemberPartyTermThird incarnation (1927–present)MemberPartyTerm
James Gormly1894–1901
1901–1904
title=Mr Walter James Boston (1874–1968)id=1261former=Yesaccess-date=7 May 2019}}1913–1917
name=Sir George Stephenson Beeby (1869–1942)id=1209former=Yesaccess-date=1 May 2019}}1917–1920
title=Mr Matthew Kilpatrick (1875–1949)id=1287former=Yesaccess-date=16 June 2019}}1927–1941
Eddie Graham1941–1957
name=The Hon. Wallace Clyde Fife (1929–2017)id=1890former=Yesaccess-date=1 May 2019}}1957–1975
name=The Hon. Joseph John Schipp (1932-2017)former=Yesaccess-date=5 May 2019id=1908}}1975–1999
name=Mr Daryl William Maguire (1959 - )id=12former=Yesaccess-date=2 April 2019}}1999–2018
title=Dr (Joe) Joseph Gregory McGirr MPid=2237access-date=28 October 2019}}2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wagga Wagga

References

References

  1. "Wagga Wagga". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
  2. (10 October 1927). "Kilpatrick Wins Easily". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW).
  3. "Mr James Gormly (1836-1922)".
  4. "Mr Walter James Boston (1874–1968)".
  5. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  6. "Mr Matthew Kilpatrick (1875–1949)".
  7. "The Hon. Edgar Hugh Graham (1897-1957)".
  8. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  9. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  10. {{cite NSW Parliament
  11. "Dr (Joe) Joseph Gregory McGirr MP".
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