Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Murray-Darling
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Murray-Darling; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Created	1999
Abolished	2015
Namesake	Murray and Darling rivers
Electors	46,083 (2014)
Area	250,388 km2 (96,675.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

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 new Electoral district of Murray and the northern parts (the City of Broken Hill, the Central Darling Shire and the Unincorporated Far West were absorbed into the Electoral district of Barwon.

Members for Murray-Darling[]

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

Election results[]

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[]

^ "State District Enrolments". Enrolment Statistics: Local Government Enrolments. New South Wales Electoral Commission. July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^ 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.
^ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Mr Peter Laurence Black". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Mr John Douglas Williams (1948- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ "Murray-Darling - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2011. ABC News. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ 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.

External links[]

"Murray-Darling". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 October 2011.

[1] "State District Enrolments". Enrolment Statistics: Local Government Enrolments. New South Wales Electoral Commission. July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

[Green_Murray-Darling-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.

[Peter_Black_NSW_Parl-4] "Mr Peter Laurence Black". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[John_Williams_NSW_parl-5] "Mr John Douglas Williams (1948- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[ABC_Murray-Darling-6] "Murray-Darling - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2011. ABC News. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[Results_of_the_2011_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2011-7] 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.

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