Electoral district of Murrumbidgee Totally Explained

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Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River. It is represented by Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia.
According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it's estimated that the electoral district will have 49,117 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it'll include most of Junee Shire (including Junee, Wantabagery, 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).

History

Murrumbidgee and Parramatta are 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 to 1927, it absorbed parts of Lachlan and Ashburnham and elected three members under proportional representation. Since 1927 it has elected one member.

Members for Electoral district of Murrumbidgee

Murrumbidgee - two-member electorate (1856–1859)
Member	Party	Term
John Hay	None	1856-1859
George Macleay	None	1856-1859
Murrumbidgee - single-member electorate (1859–1880)
Member	Party	Term
William John Macleay	None	1859-1874
William Forster	None	1875-1876
Joseph Leary	None	1876-1880
Murrumbidgee - two-member electorate (1880–1885)
Member	Party	Term
James Douglas	None	1880-1882
Auber Jones	None	1882-1885
George Loughnan	None	1880-1885
Murrumbidgee - three-member electorate (1885–1894)
Member	Party	Term
James Gormly	None	1885-1894
George Dibbs	None	1885-1894
Alexander Bolton	None	1885-1887
John Gale	None	1887-1889
David Copland	None	1889-1891
Arthur Rae	None	1891-1894
Murrumbidgee - single-member electorate (1894–1920)
Member	Party	Term
Thomas Fitzpatrick	Protectionist Party	1894-1904
Patrick McGarry	Australian Labor Party	1904-1920
Murrumbidgee - proportional representation, 4 members (1920–1827)
Member	Party	Term
Arthur Grimm	Nationalist Party of Australia	1920-1925
Edmund Best	Nationalist Party of Australia	1925-1927
Ernest Buttenshaw	Country Party	1920-1927
Martin Flannery	Australian Labor Party	1920-1927
Murrumbidgee - single-member electorate (1927–)
Member	Party	Term
Martin Flannery	Australian Labor Party	1927-1932
Robert Hankinson	Country Party	1932-1941
Ambrose Enticknap	Australian Labor Party	1941-1965
Albert Grassby	Australian Labor Party	1965-1969
Alan Gordon	Australian Labor Party	1970-1984
Adrian Cruickshank	National Party of Australia	1984-1999
Adrian Piccoli	National Party of Australia	1999–present

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