Electoral district of Braidwood

{{Short description|State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

Braidwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=12 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Former Members |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |access-date=12 December 2019}}{{cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Braidwood |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Braidwood |access-date=16 August 2020}} one of 62 new districts created established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW),{{cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_act|teao1858n23179.pdf|Electoral Act 1858}}. in the 1858 redistribution.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1858-redistribution.html |title=1858 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031821/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1858-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} Braidwood was named after and included the town of Braidwood. It replaced parts of the districts of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent and the Southern Boroughs. In 1904 it was largely absorbed into the district of Queanbeyan. The balance of the district went to the new district of The Clyde.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112785475 |title=The new electorates: where and what they are |newspaper=Evening News |date=26 March 1904 |access-date=7 December 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}