Electoral district of Murwillumbah

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Murwillumbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 1999, which included the town of Murwillumbah.

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Murwillumbah replaced Byron and its only member was Donald Frederick Beck, a member of the National Party. Murwillumbah was replaced by Tweed. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Members for Murwillumbah

MemberPartyTerm
  Don Beck National 1988–1999

Election results

1995 New South Wales state election: Murwillumbah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Don Beck 14,70141.2+4.3
Labor Trevor Wilson10,00528.0-1.7
Independent Jade Hurley8,13922.8+5.4
Greens Samuelle Leonard1,5434.3+4.3
Independent John Diamond6651.9+1.9
AAFI Ken Harradine3591.0+1.0
The Country PartyJohn Morrison2130.6+0.6
Independent Ron Evans1000.3+0.3
Total formal votes35,72595.9+0.6
Informal votes1,5114.1-0.6
Turnout 37,23692.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Beck 16,71352.1-1.0
Labor Trevor Wilson15,39447.9+1.0
National hold Swing -1.0

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. "Mr Donald Frederick Charles Beck (1936- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "1995 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.