Electoral results for the district of Murray-Darling

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Murray-Darling an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1999 and abolished in 2015. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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ElectionMemberParty
1999   Peter Black Labor
2003
2007   John Williams National
2011

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2011

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray-Darling [ edit ]
2011 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National John Williams 28,94174.1+17.6
Labor Neville Gasmier8,09620.7-16.3
Greens Heidi Hendry2,0315.2+2.8
Total formal votes39,06897.3-0.6
Informal votes1,0732.6+0.6
Turnout 40,14187.5
Two-party-preferred result
National John Williams 29,46677.2+17.1
Labor Neville Gasmier8,68422.8-17.1
National hold Swing +17.1

Elections in the 2000s

2007

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray-Darling [ edit ]
2007 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National John Williams 22,91856.5+10.6
Labor Peter Black 15,01537.0-6.7
Independent Tom Kennedy1,0692.6+2.6
Greens Judy Renner9832.4-0.5
Independent Ron Page5711.4+1.4
Total formal votes40,55697.9+0.6
Informal votes8682.1-0.6
Turnout 41,42489.5
Two-party-preferred result
National John Williams 23,59560.1+8.8
Labor Peter Black 15,66439.9-8.8
National gain from Labor Swing +8.8 [lower-alpha 1]

2003

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray-Darling [ edit ]
2003 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Black 17,65950.3+6.1
National Marsha Isbester13,07237.3+1.0
Independent Don McKinnon2,0926.0+6.0
One Nation Tom Kennedy1,4634.2-12.2
Greens Geoff Walch8032.3+2.3
Total formal votes35,09997.3-0.9
Informal votes9882.7+0.9
Turnout 36,07787.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Black 18,59456.7+2.5
National Marsha Isbester14,21443.3-2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray-Darling [ edit ]
1999 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Black 16,78144.2-1.2
National Mark Kersten 13,79036.3-15.6
One Nation Don McKinnon6,23816.4+16.4
Democrats Dave Burton7922.1+2.1
CEC Alan Boyd2460.6+0.6
Non-Custodial Parents John White1410.4+0.4
Total formal votes37,98898.1+4.4
Informal votes7271.9-4.4
Turnout 38,71590.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Black 17,76554.2+7.7
National Mark Kersten 15,00245.8-7.7
Labor gain from National Swing +7.7

Notes

  1. ↑ In 2003, Labor won Murray Darling on a 6.7% margin, however the subsequent redistribution made it notionally National. Labor officially lost the seat at the 2007 election.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murray-Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Murray-Darling - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2011. ABC News . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mr Peter Laurence Black". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr John Douglas Williams (1948- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "2007 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "2003 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1999 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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