Murray (The Murray until 1910) is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Murray is a regional electorate lying in the southwestern corner of the state. It encompasses several local government areas, namely Wentworth Shire, Balranald Shire, Carrathool Shire, the City of Griffith, Leeton Shire, Hay Shire, Murrumbidgee Shire, Murray River Council, Edward River Council and Berrigan Shire.
History Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1880, returning two members from 1880 to 1894, returning to a single member electorate from 1894 to 1920. The district created in 1859 included the districts surrounding the towns of Deniliquin, Moama and Moulamein. It was substantially re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. The member for The Murray from 1894 to 1904 was James Hayes who was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.
The district re-created in 1904 consisted of the abolished seat of Wentworth and parts of The Lachlan and the abolished seat of Hay. The member for Wentworth was Robert Scobie (Labour). The member for The Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Hay was Frank Byrne who did not contest the election.
From 1920 to 1927 it returned three members, having merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga, voting by proportional representation. It returned to being a single-member electorate from 1927. Murray was abolished in 1999 when it was merged with Broken Hill to create Murray-Darling.
Murray was recreated for the 2015 state election, combining the southern part of the abolished district of Murray-Darling and the western part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.
Members for Murray First incarnation (1859–1999) Single member (1859–1880) Member Party Term John Hay None 1859–1864 Robert Landale 1864–1869 Patrick Jennings 1869–1872 William Hay 1872–1877 Robert Barbour 1877–1880 Two members (1880–1894) Member Party Term Member Party Term William Hay None 1880–1882 Alexander Wilson None 1880–1885 Robert Barbour 1882–1887 John Chanter None 1885–1887 1887–1894 1887–1894 Single member (1894–1920) Member Party Term James Hayes 1894–1901 1901–1904 Robert Scobie 1904–1917 1917–1917 Brian Doe 1917–1920 Three members (1920–1927) Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term George Beeby 1920–1920 William O'Brien1920–1925 Richard Ball1920–1927Matthew Kilpatrick 1920–1925 1925—1927 Vern Goodin 1925–1927 1927–1927 Single member (1927–1999) Member Party Term Mat Davidson 1927–1930 John Donovan 1930–1932 Joe Lawson 1932–1968 1968–1973 Mary Meillon 1973–1980 Tim Fischer 1980–1984 Jim Small 1985–1999 Second incarnation (2015–present) Member Party Term Adrian Piccoli 2015–2017 Austin Evans 2017–2019 Helen Dalton 2019–2022 2022–present
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