| Tamworth | |
| State: | nsw |
| Lifespan: | 1880–1920 1927–present |
| Mp: | Kevin Anderson |
| Mp-Party: | National Party |
| Namesake: | Tamworth |
| Electors: | 56751 |
| Electors Year: | 2019 |
| Area: | 21719.78 |
| Class: | Provincial and rural |
| Near-N: | Northern Tablelands |
| Near-Ne: | Northern Tablelands |
| Near-Nw: | Barwon |
| Near-E: | Northern Tablelands |
| Near-W: | Barwon |
| Near-S: | Upper Hunter |
| Near-Se: | Upper Hunter |
| Near-Sw: | Barwon |
Tamworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the Honourable Kevin Anderson MP of the National Party. In 2019 Anderson was sworn in as the Minister for Better Regulation & Innovation, with additional responsibility for Thoroughbred, Greyhound and Harness Racing codes in New South Wales.
Tamworth covers the entirety of Tamworth Regional Council, Gunnedah Shire, Walcha Shire and a small part of Liverpool Plains Shire around Werris Creek.[1]
Tamworth was created in 1880 and it elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates, new electorates were established such as Quirindi, Bingara and Uralla-Walcha, and Tamworth became a single-member electorate. Proportional representation was introduced in 1920 and Tamworth, along with Gwydir, was absorbed into Namoi. In 1927 single-member electorates were re-established, including Tamworth.
| Two members (1880–1894) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Robert Levien[2] | None | 1880–1887 | Sydney Burdekin[3] | None | 1880–1882 | |||
| John Gill[4] | None | 1882–1885 | ||||||
| Michael Burke[5] | None | 1885–1887 | ||||||
| 1887–1894 | William Dowel[6] | 1887–1894 | ||||||
| Single-member (1894–1920) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | ||
| George Dibbs[7] | 1894–1895 | |||
| Albert Piddington[8] | 1895–1898 | |||
| William Sawers[9] | 1898–1901 | |||
| Raymond Walsh[10] | 1901–1903 | |||
| 1903–1903 | ||||
| John Garland[11] | 1903–1904 | |||
| Robert Levien | 1904–1907 | |||
| 1907–1910 | ||||
| 1910–1913 | ||||
| Frank Chaffey[12] | 1913–1917 | |||
| 1917–1920 | ||||
| Single-member (1927—present) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||
| Frank Chaffey | 1927–1932 | ||||
| 1932–1940 | |||||
| Bill Chaffey[13] | 1940–1941 | ||||
| 1941–1947 | |||||
| 1947–1972 | |||||
| 1972–1973 | |||||
| Noel Park[14] | 1973–1991 | ||||
| Tony Windsor[15] | 1991–2001 | ||||
| John Cull[16] | 2001–2003 | ||||
| Peter Draper[17] | 2003–2011 | ||||
| Kevin Anderson[18] | 2011–present | ||||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Tamworth.