
Murrumbidgee is a formerelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales, named after theMurrumbidgee River. It existed in various forms from the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1856 until its abolition in 2015.
Until its abolition, Murrumbidgee andParramatta were the only electorates to haveexisted continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856, although before 1913 it was calledThe 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 ofLachlan andAshburnham and elected three members underproportional representation. From 1927 until its abolition at the2015 election, it elected one member.
At the 2007 election it included most ofJunee Shire (includingJunee,Wantabadgery,Harefield,Old Junee andJunee Reefs)Temora Shire,Coolamon Shire,Bland Shire, part ofLachlan Shire (includingCondobolin,Lake Cargelligo andBurcher),Narrandera Shire,Leeton Shire, theCity of Griffith,Murrumbidgee Shire and part ofCarrathool Shire (includingRankins Springs andCarrathool).[1]
Murrumbidgee was abolished at the 2015 election with the recreatedelectoral district of Cootamundra absorbing Junee Shire, Temora Shire, Coolamon Shire, Bland Shire and Narrandera Shire, the recreatedelectoral district of Murray absorbing Leeton Shire, the City of Griffith, Murrumbidgee Shire and Carrathool and theElectoral district of Barwon absorbing Lachlan Shire.[2]
| 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 | |||
| Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Ind. Free Trade | 1887–1889 | John Gale | Protectionist | 1887–1889 | |||||
| Protectionist | 1889–1894 | David Copland | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | |||||||
| Arthur Rae | Labor | 1891–1894 | |||||||||
| Independent Labor | 1894–1894 | ||||||||||
| Single-member (1894–1920) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Thomas Fitzpatrick | Protectionist | 1894–1901 | |||||||||
| Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||||||||||
| Patrick McGarry | Labor | 1904–1917 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | 1920–1920 | ||||||||||
| Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Arthur Grimm | Nationalist | 1920–1925 | Ernest Buttenshaw | Progressive | 1920–1925 | Martin Flannery | Labor | 1920–1927 | |||
| Edmund Best | Nationalist | 1925–1927 | Country | 1925–1927 | |||||||
| Single-member (1927–2015) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Martin Flannery | Labor | 1927–1932 | |||||||||
| Robert Hankinson | Country | 1932–1941 | |||||||||
| George Enticknap | Independent Labor | 1941–1944 | |||||||||
| Labor | 1944–1965 | ||||||||||
| Al Grassby | Labor | 1965–1969 | |||||||||
| Lin Gordon | Labor | 1970–1984 | |||||||||
| Adrian Cruickshank | National | 1984–1999 | |||||||||
| Adrian Piccoli | National | 1999–2015 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Adrian Piccoli | 31,414 | 73.4 | +10.2 | |
| Labor | William Wood | 8,431 | 19.7 | −12.2 | |
| Greens | George Benedyka | 1,577 | 3.7 | −1.2 | |
| Christian Democrats | Fiona Bushby | 1,362 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,784 | 97.6 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,070 | 2.4 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,854 | 92.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Adrian Piccoli | 32,260 | 77.9 | +11.8 | |
| Labor | William Wood | 9,149 | 22.1 | −11.8 | |
| Nationalhold | Swing | +11.8 | |||