Electoral district of Murray (South Australia)
{{Short description|Former state electoral district of South Australia}}
{{About|the historical South Australian state electorate|the Australian federal electorate|Division of Murray|the New South Wales state electorate|Electoral district of Murray}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate |
|name = Murray
|state = sa
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|created = 1902
|abolished= 1985
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|namesake = Murray River
|area =
|class = Rural
}}
Murray is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. The electorate, incorporating part of the River Murray, was rural in nature, with Mannum the only large town within its boundaries.See Third Schedule, page 227 "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MURRAY" in {{cite Legislation AU|SA|num_act|caaa59o1955335|An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1934–1953}}.See section 11, pages 709-710 "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MURRAY" in {{cite Legislation AU|SA|num_act|caaa110o1969335|An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1934–1965}}. From its establishment to the 1938 state election, Murray was a three-member electorate, but was made a single-member electorate afterwards, as part of a system of electoral malapportionment known as the "Playmander". In both incarnations it elected candidates from both major parties as marginal and safe seat holders at various times. If just 21 LCL votes were Labor votes in Murray at the 1968 election, Labor would have formed majority government. Murray was one of two gains in 1968 that put the LCL in office. The electorate was abolished prior to the 1985 election, with its territory now forming part of the districts of Hammond, Kavel, and Schubert. In total, 24 people represented Murray between 1902 and 1985, with its most notable member being Thomas Playford IV, who later served as Premier of South Australia.List of members is not directly navigable. Enter "Murray" in electorate drop-down menu to display list of members for the electorate. [https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/Members/All-Former-Members Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia] – Parliament of South Australia.
List of members
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! colspan="12" | First incarnation (1902–1938, 3 members) | ||||||||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term | colspan=2|Member | Party | Term | colspan=2|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|National Defence League}}|
| rowspan=2|Walter Duncan | rowspan=2|National League | rowspan=2|1902–1906 | {{Australian party style|Other}}| | rowspan="5"|Friedrich Pflaum | | 1902–1905 | {{Australian party style|National Defence League}}| | 1902–1905 | ||||||||
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|National Defence League}}|
| rowspan=2|National League | rowspan=2|1905–1910 | {{Australian party style|National Defence League}}| | rowspan=3|William Jamieson | 1905–1906 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|National Defence League}}|
| rowspan="3"|Hermann Homburg | 1906–1910 | {{Australian party style|Liberal and Democratic Union}}| | 1906–1910 | ||||||||
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=2|Liberal Union | rowspan=2|1910–1915 | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Liberal Union | rowspan=2|1910–1915 | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | 1910–1912 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=8|Harry Young | rowspan=6|Liberal Union | rowspan=6|1912–1923 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan="3"|George Dunn | Labor | 1915–1917 | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="3"|Maurice Parish | Labor | 1915–1917 | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | ||||||||
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}|
| rowspan=2|National | rowspan=2|1917–1918 | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | National | 1917–1918 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| 1918–1918 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Labor | 1918–1921 | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | 1918–1921 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan="2"|John Godfree | 1921–1923 | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="2"|John Randell | 1921–1923 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| 1923–1924 | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | 1923–1924 | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Liberal Federation | rowspan=2|1923–1927 | ||||||||
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=4|Clement Collins | rowspan=3|Labor | rowspan=3|1924–1933 | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | 1924–1927 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| 1927–1930 | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | 1927–1930 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=2|Frank Staniford | Labor | 1930–1931 | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="2"|Robert Hunter | Labor | 1930–1931 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|Socialist}}|
| 1931–1933 | {{Australian party style|Socialist}}| | 1931–1933 | {{Australian party style|Socialist}}| | 1931–1933 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|LCL}}|
| 1933–1938 | {{Australian party style|LCL}}| | 1933–1938 | {{Australian party style|LCL}}| | 1933–1938 | ||||||||
| colspan="4" style='border-style: none none none none;' | | ||||||||
| colspan="4" | Second incarnation (1938–1977) | ||||||||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term | ||||||
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| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | rowspan="2"|Richard McKenzie | 1938–1943 | ||||||||
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | 1943–1953 | ||||||||
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| {{Australian party style|LCL}}| | 1953–1956 | ||||||||
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | 1956–1968 | ||||||||
| {{Australian party style|LCL}}|
| rowspan="2"|Ivon Wardle | 1968–1974 | ||||||||
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| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | 1974–1977 | ||||||||
| style="background: #f9f9f9"
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | 1977–1985 |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the district of Murray (South Australia)}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87816882 The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle]
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{{Former electoral districts of South Australia |state=expanded}}
{{Electoral districts of South Australia |state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray}}
Category:Former electoral districts of South Australia