electoral district of Wagga Wagga
{{Short description|State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate |
|name = Wagga Wagga
|state = nsw
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Wagga Wagga.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-35.4|frame-longitude=147.6|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}
|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
|lifespan = 1894–1904
1913–1920
1927–present
|mp = Joe McGirr
|mp-party = {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
|namesake = Wagga Wagga
|electors = 57413
|electors_year = 2023
|area = 12108.11
|class = Provincial and rural
| near-n = Cootamundra
| near-ne = Goulburn
| near-e = Australian Capital Territory
| near-se = Monaro
| near-s = Albury
| near-sw = Albury
| near-w = Albury
| near-nw = Cootamundra
}}
Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The district has been held by {{Australian politics/name|Independent}} MP Joe McGirr since the September 2018 by-election.
Wagga Wagga is a regional electorate. It entirely covers two local government areas: the City of Wagga Wagga and Lockhart Shire. It also covers part of the Snowy Valleys Council, which was established following the merger of Tumut Shire and Tumbarumba Shire.{{cite web |title=Wagga Wagga |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Wagga-Wagga |access-date=23 November 2019}}
History
Wagga Wagga was created in 1894. In 1920, Wagga Wagga, Albury and Corowa was absorbed into Murray and elected three members under proportional representation. When proportional representation was replaced by single-member electorates in 1927, Wagga Wagga was recreated, with Matthew Kilpatrick, the Country Party candidate, winning the October election. According to the Wagga Daily Advertiser, it was a decisive vote against the continuance of the Labor government led by Jack Lang.{{Cite news|url = https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143882050|title = Kilpatrick Wins Easily|date = 10 October 1927|work = Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW)|access-date = 6 February 2015}}
Labor regained the seat in its 1941 landslide, holding it until the Liberals took it back in 1957. It remained safely Liberal for most of the last half-century, despite being located in the midst of an area considered Country/ National heartland. This tradition was broken in 2018, when longtime Liberal member Daryl Maguire was forced out of politics due to a corruption scandal. At the ensuring by-election, the Liberal primary vote almost halved, allowing independent Joe McGirr to take the seat on 59.6 percent of the two-candidate vote. Although Labor was knocked down to third place on the primary vote, the swing against the Liberals was large enough to make Wagga Wagga a notional Labor seat in a "traditional" two-party matchup with the Liberals.
McGirr retained the seat with an increased majority at the 2019 state election, with the Liberals standing down in favour of the Nationals. Unlike the preceding by-election, the National candidate won the notional "traditional" two-party matchup with Labor.
Members for Wagga Wagga
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | First incarnation (1894–1904) | ||
|---|---|---|
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Protectionist}}|
| rowspan="2"|James Gormly{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr James Gormly (1836-1922) |id=703 |former=Yes |access-date=8 June 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Protectionist}} | 1894–1901 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Progressive}}|
| {{Australian politics/name|Progressive}} | 1901–1904 | ||
| colspan="4" | Second incarnation (1913–1920) | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}|
| Walter Boston{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Walter James Boston (1874–1968) |id=1261 |former=Yes |access-date=7 May 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | 1913–1917 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}|
| George Beeby{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Sir George Stephenson Beeby (1869–1942) |id=1209 |former=Yes |access-date=1 May 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}} | 1917–1920 | ||
| colspan="4" | Third incarnation (1927–present) | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}}|
| Matthew Kilpatrick{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Matthew Kilpatrick (1875–1949) |id=1287 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}} | 1927–1941 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}|
| Eddie Graham{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |title=The Hon. Edgar Hugh Graham (1897-1957) |id=1587 |former=Yes |access-date=30 April 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | 1941–1957 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}|
| Wal Fife{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon. Wallace Clyde Fife (1929–2017) |id=1890 |former=Yes |access-date=1 May 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | 1957–1975 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}|
| Joe Schipp{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon. Joseph John Schipp (1932-2017) |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019 |id=1908}} | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | 1975–1999 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}|
| Daryl Maguire{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Daryl William Maguire (1959 - ) |id=12 |former=Yes |access-date=2 April 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | 1999–2018 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| Joe McGirr{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Dr (Joe) Joseph Gregory McGirr MP |id=2237 |access-date=28 October 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Independent}} | 2018–present |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the district of Wagga Wagga}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Wagga Wagga}}
References
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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}
{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}
{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}
Category:1894 establishments in Australia