Electoral district of Deniliquin

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

Deniliquin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the town of Deniliquin.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=11 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=11 December 2019}}{{cite NSW election|title=Elections for the District of Deniliquin |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Deniliquin |access-date=1 September 2020}}

History

Prior to 1894 the town of Deniliquin was part of the district of The Murray which returned two members. Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Deniliquin.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1893-redistribution.html |title=1893 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031719/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1893-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} Deniliquin consisted of parts of The Murray, Balranald and The Murrunbidgee.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222121035 |title=Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=23 August 1893 |access-date=2020-10-24 |page=6696 |via=Trove}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222197006 |title=Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=5 October 1893 |access-date=2020-10-24 |page=7790 |via=Trove}}

Deniliquin was expanded to include part of The Murray in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html |title=1904 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/1904-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}

The district was abolished in 1913, with the majority of the district, including the town of Deniliquin being absorbed by The Murray and the eastern part being absorbed by Corowa.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1912-redistribution.html |title=1912 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/1912-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Members for Deniliquin

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colspan="2"\|Member !Party !Term
{{Australian party style\|Protectionist}}\| \| John Chanter \| {{Australian politics/name\|Protectionist}} \| 1894–1901
{{Australian party style\|Independent Progressive}}\| \| Joseph Evans \| {{Australian politics/name\|Independent Progressive}} \| 1901–1904
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| George Reynoldson \| {{Australian politics/name\|Independent}} \| 1904–1907
{{Australian party style\|Labour NSW}}\| \| Henry Peters \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labour NSW}} \| 1907–1913

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colspan="2"|Member

!Party

!Term

{{Australian party style|Protectionist}}|

| John Chanter

| {{Australian politics/name|Protectionist}}

| 1894–1901

{{Australian party style|Independent Progressive}}|

| Joseph Evans

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent Progressive}}

| 1901–1904