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Electoral district of Murray Darling

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State
  
New South Wales

Abolished
  
2015

Founded
  
1999

Elector
  
46,083

Created
  
1999

Electors
  
46,083 (2014)

Date dissolved
  
2015

Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Namesake
  
Murray and Darling rivers

Area
  
250,388 km (96,675.3 sq mi)

Murray-Darling is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

It included Urana Shire, Jerilderie Shire, Berrigan Shire, Murray Shire, Conargo Shire, Deniliquin Council, Wakool Shire, Hay Shire, Balranald Shire, Wentworth Shire, part of Carrathool Shire (including Goolgowi and Merriwagga), Central Darling Shire, the City of Broken Hill and the Unincorporated Far West.

History

Murray-Darling was created in 1999 from a merger of the Electoral district of Broken Hill and part of the Electoral district of Murray. In 2015, the southern parts of the electorate were absorbed into the new Electoral district of Murray and the northern parts (the City of Broken Hill, the Central Darling Shire and the Unincorporated Far West were absorbed into the Electoral district of Barwon.

References

Electoral district of Murray-Darling Wikipedia


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