Tamworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by independent member Peter Draper. Tamworth was held by independent member Tony Windsor between 1991 and 2001 when he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Member for New England.
According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 48,457 electors on 29 April 2007.[1] At the 2007 election it will include almost all of Tamworth Regional Council, Gunnedah Shire, a small part of Liverpool Plains Shire (including Werris Creek) and a small part of Narrabri Shire (including Boggabri).[2]
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History
Tamworth was created in 1880 and it elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates, new electorates were established, such as Quirindi, Bingara and Uralla-Walcha, and Tamworth became a single-member electorate. Proportional representation was introduced in 1920 and Tamworth, along with Gwydir, was absorbed into Namoi. In 1927, single-member electorates were re-established, including Tamworth.
Members for Tamworth
| Two members (1880—1894) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Robert Levien | None | 1880—1887 | Sydney Burdekin | None | 1880—1882 | ||
| John Gill | None | 1882—1885 | |||||
| Michael Burke | None | 1885—1887 | |||||
| Protectionist | 1887—1894 | William Dowel | Protectionist | 1887—1894 | |||
| Single-member (1894—1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Dibbs | Protectionist | 1894—1895 | |
| Albert Piddington | Free Trade | 1895—1898 | |
| William Sawers | Protectionist | 1898—1901 | |
| Raymond Walsh | Independent | 1901—1903 | |
| John Garland | Liberal Reform | 1903—1904 | |
| Robert Levien | Progressive | 1904—1907 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1907—1910 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 1910—1913 | ||
| Frank Chaffey | Liberal Reform | 1913—1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917—1920 | ||
| Single-member (1927—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Frank Chaffey | Nationalist | 1927—1932 | |
| United Australia | 1932—1940 | ||
| Bill Chaffey | United Australia | 1940—1941 | |
| Independent | 1941—1947 | ||
| Country | 1947—1972 | ||
| Independent | 1972—1973 | ||
| Noel Park | National | 1973—1991 | |
| Tony Windsor | Independent | 1991—2001 | |
| John Cull | National | 2001—2003 | |
| Peter Draper | Independent | 2003—present | |
Election results
| New South Wales state election, 2007: Tamworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Peter Draper | 20,531 | 46.2 | +10.2 | |
| National | Kevin Anderson | 17,912 | 40.3 | +1.0 | |
| Labor | Denise McHugh | 3,813 | 8.6 | -4.5 | |
| Christian Democrats | Neville Mammen | 963 | 2.2 | -2.0 | |
| Greens | Bruce Taylor | 537 | 1.2 | -0.8 | |
| AAFI | Norman Parsons | 435 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Stan Heuston | 209 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 44,400 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 527 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 44,927 | 94.8 | |||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Independent | Peter Draper | 22,690 | 54.8 | +2.9 | |
| National | Kevin Anderson | 18,721 | 45.2 | -2.9 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
References
- ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report". Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ "Tamworth Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/tamworth. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
External links
- "State Electoral District - Tamworth Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.tamworth.aspx. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "State Electoral District - Tamworth Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/tamworth/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- "State Electoral District - Tamworth Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/tamworth/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
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