Murray-Darling is an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...

 of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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. It is represented by John Williams of the National Party of Australia

National Party of Australia

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.

It includes Urana Shire, Jerilderie Shire, Berrigan Shire, Murray Shire, Deniliquin Council

Deniliquin Council

Deniliquin Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Victoria. It is the only rural local government area in New South Wales left consisting only of a rural town, and is surrounded by two rural local government areas .- Council...

, Conargo Shire, Wakool Shire

Wakool Shire

Wakool Shire is a Local Government Area located between the Murray River and the Murrumbidgee River and on the Sturt Highway.Towns in the Shire are: Barham , Moulamein , Tooleybuc , Wakool and Koraleigh.- Council :...

, Hay Shire, Balranald Shire, Wentworth Shire, part of Carrathool Shire

Carrathool Shire

Carrathool Shire is a Local Government Area in the Far West of New South Wales on the Mid-Western Highway and north of the Sturt Highway.The largest town is Hillston and the council seat is Goolgowi...

 (including Goolgowi

Goolgowi, New South Wales

Goolgowi is located in western New South Wales, Australia, around west of Sydney via the Mid-Western Highway and is the administrative centre of Carrathool Shire. At the 2006 census, Goolgowi had a population of 287 people....

 and Merriwagga

Merriwagga, New South Wales

Merriwagga is a rural village community in the northern part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 20 kilometres north west from Goolgowi and 42 kilometres south from Hillston on the Kidman Way in NSW. According to the ABS Census 2001 it has a population of 66 people...

), Central Darling Shire

Central Darling Shire

Central Darling Shire is a Local Government Area in the Far West of New South Wales, Australia on the Barrier Highway. Central Darling Shire was constituted in 1959 and it is the largest Local Government Area in New South Wales.-Incomes:...

, the City of Broken Hill

City of Broken Hill

The City of Broken Hill is the Local Government Area for Broken Hill, which is an isolated mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia, with a population of just under 20,000....

 and the Unincorporated Far West.

History

Murray

Electoral district of Murray (New South Wales)

Murray was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1920, but from 1920 to 1927 it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga to create a three-member electorate, voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a...

 was a single member electorate from 1859 to 1920. From 1920 to 1927, it was merged with Albury, Corowa

Electoral district of Corowa

Corowa was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales.Created in 1904, it takes its name from town of Corowa. In 1920, Corowa, Albury and Wagga Wagga was absorbed into Murray and elected four members under proportional representation...

 and Wagga Wagga

Electoral district of Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Daryl Maguire of the Liberal Party of Australia....

, to create a four-member electorate, with voting by proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

. It was recreated as a single-member electorate in 1927. In 1999, Broken Hill

Electoral district of Broken Hill

Broken Hill was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. From 1894 to 1913, the Broken Hill district was covered by the electoral districts of Broken Hill, Willyama and Sturt. In the 1912 redistribution, the electoral district of Broken Hill...

 and part of Murray were merged, creating Murray-Darling.

Members for Murray-Darling

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Black Peter Black (Australian politician) Peter Laurence Black OAM is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Black was born in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville and educated at Sydney Boy's Technical High School and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1999 New South Wales state election, 1999 Elections to the 52nd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 27 March 1999. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... —2007
	John Williams	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	2007—present

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