Electoral district of Murrumbidgee explained

Murrumbidgee is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River.

History

Until its abolition, Murrumbidgee and Parramatta were the only electorates to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856, although before 1913 it was called The Murrumbidgee. It elected two members between 1856 and 1859, one member between 1859 and 1880, two members between 1880 and 1885, three members between 1885 and 1894 and one member between 1894 and 1920. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy. Between 1920 and 1927, it absorbed parts of Lachlan and Ashburnham and elected three members under proportional representation. From 1927 until its abolition at the 2015 election, it elected one member.

At the 2007 election it included most of Junee Shire (including Junee, Wantabadgery, Harefield, Old Junee and Junee Reefs) Temora Shire, Coolamon Shire, Bland Shire, part of Lachlan Shire (including Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo and Burcher), Narrandera Shire, Leeton Shire, the City of Griffith, Murrumbidgee Shire and part of Carrathool Shire (including Rankins Springs and Carrathool).^[1]

Murrumbidgee was abolished at the 2015 election with the recreated electoral district of Cootamundra absorbing Junee Shire, Temora Shire, Coolamon Shire, Bland Shire and Narrandera Shire, the recreated electoral district of Murray absorbing Leeton Shire, the City of Griffith, Murrumbidgee Shire and Carrathool and the Electoral district of Barwon absorbing Lachlan Shire.^[2]

Members for Murrumbidgee

Two members (1856–1859)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		John Hay	None	1856–1859			George Macleay	None	1856–1859
Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
		William Macleay	None	1859–1874
		William Forster	None	1875–1876
		Joseph Leary	None	1876–1880
Two members (1880–1885)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		James Douglas	None	1880–1882		George Loughnan	None	1880–1885
		Auber Jones	None	1882–1885
Three members (1885–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		James Gormly	None	1885–1887			George Dibbs	None	1885–1887			Alexander Bolton	None	1885–1887
			1887–1894					1887–1889			John Gale		1887–1889
						1889–1894				David Copland		1889–1891
										Arthur Rae		1891–1894
												1894–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
		Thomas Fitzpatrick		1894–1901
				1901–1904
		Patrick McGarry		1904–1917
				1917–1920
				1920–1920
Three members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		Arthur Grimm		1920–1925			Ernest Buttenshaw		1920–1925		Martin Flannery		1920–1927
		Edmund Best		1925–1927					1925–1927
Single-member (1927–2015)
Member		Party	Term
		Martin Flannery		1927–1932
		Robert Hankinson		1932–1941
		George Enticknap		1941–1944
				1944–1965
		Al Grassby		1965–1969
		Lin Gordon		1970–1984
		Adrian Cruickshank		1984–1999
		Adrian Piccoli		1999–2015

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Murrumbidgee.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Murrumbidgee . . 2011-09-30 .
2. Web site: Electoral Districts Commissioners' Report . . 18 September 2013 . 6 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106180600/https://forms.redistribution.nsw.gov.au/Redistribution/Redistribution_2013_MAPS_A3_ALL.pdf . 6 January 2014 .