Electoral district of Murray-Mallee

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Murray-Mallee
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
State South Australia
Created1985
Abolished1993
Namesake Murray Mallee
DemographicRural
Coordinates 35°S140°E / 35°S 140°E / -35; 140
Footnotes
coordinates [1]

Murray-Mallee was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1985 to 1993. [1] [2]

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Murray-Mallee was created in a boundary redistribution in 1985, replacing the Electoral district of Mallee. The last member for Mallee, Peter Lewis, became the first representative for Murray-Mallee in December 1985. [2]

Murray-Mallee was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1993, replaced in part by the Electoral district of Ridley. The member for Murray-Mallee, Peter Lewis, went on to represent Ridley from December 1993. [2]

Member

MemberPartyTerm
  Peter Lewis Liberal 1985–1993

Election results

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References

  1. 1 2 Gerard, Gerard (24 August 1990). Background Paper South Australian Elections 1989 (PDF). Canberra, ACT: Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Research Service. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.