Electoral district of Moruya

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

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

Moruya was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, named after Moruya.{{Cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Moruya |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Moruya |access-date=15 October 2019}}{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=2020-09-20}} It was created from parts of the districts of Eden and The Shoalhaven.{{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=12 April 2020 |page=6583 |via=Trove}} Its only member was William Millard,{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr William Millard (1844–1921) |id=830 |former=Yes |access-date=26 June 2019}} who held it for the Free Trade Party until 1904 when it was replaced by 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}}

Members for Moruya

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{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| rowspan="2"|William Millard

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1894–1901

{{Australian party style|Liberal Reform}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal Reform}}

| 1901–1904

Election results

{{Main|Electoral results for the district of Moruya}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election|section=Moruya}}

References

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{{Results of New South Wales state elections}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}

{{Electoral results for the former districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly}}

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Category:Former electoral districts of New South Wales

Category:Constituencies established in 1894

Category:1894 establishments in Australia

Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1904

Category:1904 disestablishments in Australia

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