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.
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]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Don Beck | National | 1988–1999 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Don Beck | 14,701 | 41.2 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Trevor Wilson | 10,005 | 28.0 | -1.7 | |
Independent | Jade Hurley | 8,139 | 22.8 | +5.4 | |
Greens | Samuelle Leonard | 1,543 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | John Diamond | 665 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
AAFI | Ken Harradine | 359 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
The Country Party | John Morrison | 213 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Ron Evans | 100 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 35,725 | 95.9 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,511 | 4.1 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,236 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Don Beck | 16,713 | 52.1 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Trevor Wilson | 15,394 | 47.9 | +1.0 | |
National hold | Swing | -1.0 |
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