Electoral district of Sturt (New South Wales)

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Sturt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Broken Hill area. It was a single member electorate from 1889 to 1920. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Sturt

Single-member (1889—1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Wyman Brown   [4] Protectionist 1889–1891
  John Cann   [5] Labor 1891–1894
  William Ferguson   [6] Labor 1894–1901
  Independent Labor 1901–1904
  Liberal Reform 1904–1904
  Arthur Griffith   [7] Labor 1904–1913
  John Cann   [5] Labor 1913–1917
  Percy Brookfield   [8] Labor 1917–1919
  Ind. Socialist Labor 1919–1920
Three members (1920—1927)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Percy Brookfield   [8] Socialist Labor 1920–1921  Mat Davidson   [9] Labor 1920–1927  Brian Doe   [10] Nationalist 1920–1927
  Jabez Wright   [11] Labor 1921–1922
  Ted Horsington   [12] Labor 1922–1927
Single-member (1927—1968)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ted Horsington   [12] Labor 1927–1939
  Industrial Labor 1939–1939
  Labor 1939–1947
  William Wattison   [13] Labor 1947–1968
 
Single-member (1971—1981)
MemberPartyTerm
  Tim Fischer   [14] National 1971–1980
  John Sullivan   [15] National 1981

History

Prior to 1889 Broken Hill was part of the district of Wentworth. The population in Wentworth had grown significantly since the 1880 redistribution, especially as a result of the growth of mining at Broken Hill. Under the formula for seats, Wentworth was due to return 3 members. Because of the large area covered by the district, in 1889 it was split into 3, Wentworth, Sturt and Wilcannia. [16] In 1894 Sturt became a rural district, with the towns of Broken Hill and Alma (now known as South Broken Hill) in the eponymous districts of Broken Hill and Alma. [17] In 1904 Alma was absorbed into Broken Hill. [18] At the 1912 redistribution Sturt was recast, absorbing north Broken Hill, and the western part of the abolished district of The Darling, including the town of Tibooburra. South Broken Hill, the southern part of Sturt were combined in the new district of Willyama, along with the north western part of Murray. [19]

In 1920 Sturt was combined with Cobar, Willyama and much of the area of Murray to create a three-member electorate, elected by proportional representation. At the time it was one of the largest electoral districts in the world, said to be 121,000 square miles, with votes having to be brought sometimes 500 miles by the primitive transportation of the time to the central counting place. But proportional representation pundits as far as away as Canada revelled in STV's successful implementation under such conditions. [20]

In 1927, it became a single member electorate, but was renamed Broken Hill in 1968.

An entirely different district was created in 1971, containing the town of Narrandera and replacing parts of Albury, Murray, Murrumbidgee and Temora. [21] It was abolished in 1981 and replaced by Albury, Lachlan, Murray, Murrumbidgee and Wagga Wagga. [22]

Election results

This section is an excerpt from 1981 Sturt state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1981 Sturt by-election
Saturday 21 February  [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Country John Sullivan 11,61463.1-3.0
Labor Michael Anthony6,80537.0+3.0
Total formal votes18,41999.1+0.5
Informal votes1650.9−0.5
Turnout 18,58482.6−11.2
National Country hold Swing -3.0
Tim Fischer (National Country) resigned to successfully contest the 1980 Murray by-election. [23]

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