Electoral district of Murray (South Australia) explained

Murray
State:	sa
Created:	1902
Abolished:	1985
Namesake:	Murray River
Class:	Rural

Murray is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. The electorate, incorporating part of the River Murray, was rural in nature, with Mannum the only large town within its boundaries.^{[1] [2]} From its establishment to the 1938 state election, Murray was a three-member electorate, but was made a single-member electorate afterwards, as part of a system of electoral malapportionment known as the "Playmander". In both incarnations it elected candidates from both major parties as marginal and safe seat holders at various times. If just 21 LCL votes were Labor votes in Murray at the 1968 election, Labor would have formed majority government. Murray was one of two gains in 1968 that put the LCL in office. The electorate was abolished prior to the 1985 election, with its territory now forming part of the districts of Hammond, Kavel, and Schubert. In total, 24 people represented Murray between 1902 and 1985, with its most notable member being Thomas Playford IV, who later served as Premier of South Australia.^[3]

List of members

First incarnation (1902–1938, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Walter Duncan	National League	1902–1906					1902–1905			Robert Homburg	National League	1902–1905
				National League	1905–1910					National League	1905–1906
			National League				1906–1910				Liberal and Democratic	1906–1910
			1910–1915				1910–1915					1910–1912
								Harry Young	Liberal Union	1912–1923
				1915–1917								1915–1917
			1917–1918								1917–1918
					Independent	1918–1918
		Sid O'Flaherty	Labor	1918–1921			Herbert Parsons				Liberal Union	1918–1921
				1921–1923								1921–1923
			Liberal Federation	1923–1924						1923–1924		Liberal Federation	1923–1927
	Clement Collins	Labor	1924–1933			Frank Staniford	Labor		1924–1927
					Ernest Hannaford	Liberal Federation	1927–1930			Hermann Homburg	Liberal Federation	1927–1930
					Frank Staniford	Labor	1930–1931					1930–1931
			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933				Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933				Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
		George Morphett	Liberal and Country	1933–1938			Thomas Playford IV	Liberal and Country	1933–1938			Howard Shannon	Liberal and Country	1933–1938
Second incarnation (1938–1977)
Member		Party	Term
			Independent	1938–1943
				1943–1953
				1953–1956
				1956–1968
				1968–1974
				1974–1977
				1977–1985

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray (South Australia).

External links

• The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle

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Notes and References

1. See Third Schedule, page 227 "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MURRAY" in .
2. See section 11, pages 709-710 "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MURRAY" in .
3. List of members is not directly navigable. Enter "Murray" in electorate drop-down menu to display list of members for the electorate. Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia – Parliament of South Australia.