Electoral district of Temora

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Temora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1927 to 1981, including the town of Temora.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Members for Temora

	Party	Term
Hugh Main	Country	1927–1938
Doug Dickson	Country	1938–1960
Jim Taylor	Country	1960–1981

History

Temora was created in 1927 with the abandonment of proportional representation, replacing part of the 3 member district of Cootamundra and its first member, Hugh Main, had been one of the members for Cootamundra. The district was abolished in the 1980 redistribution and was divided between Burrinjuck, Lachlan and Murrumbidgee.^[6]

Election results

1978 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jim Taylor	12,872	67.6	-0.1
	Labor	Alroy Provan	6,154	32.4	+2.7
Total formal votes			19,026	98.4	-0.9
Informal votes			301	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			19,327	93.4	-1.2
	National Country hold		Swing	-1.5

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References

↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Temora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
↑ "The Hon. Hugh Main (1883-1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
↑ "Mr Samuel Douglas Dickson (1894-1960)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "Mr (Jim) James Hugh Taylor". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
↑ Green, Antony. "1978 Temora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[Green_Temora-2] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Temora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[Hugh_Main_NSW_Parl-3] "The Hon. Hugh Main (1883-1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[Doug_Dickson_NSW_Parl-4] "Mr Samuel Douglas Dickson (1894-1960)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Jim_Taylor_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr (Jim) James Hugh Taylor". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[6] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Temora-7] Green, Antony. "1978 Temora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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