Electoral results for the district of Murray-Darling

Murray-Darling an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1999 and abolished in 2015.[1][2][3][4][5]

Election	Member		Party
1999		Peter Black	Labor
2003
2007		John Williams	National
2011

Election results

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Williams	28,941	74.1	+17.6
	Labor	Neville Gasmier	8,096	20.7	-16.3
	Greens	Heidi Hendry	2,031	5.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			39,068	97.3	-0.6
Informal votes			1,073	2.6	+0.6
Turnout			40,141	87.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Williams	29,466	77.2	+17.1
	Labor	Neville Gasmier	8,684	22.8	-17.1
	National hold		Swing	+17.1

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Williams	22,918	56.5	+10.6
	Labor	Peter Black	15,015	37.0	-6.7
	Independent	Tom Kennedy	1,069	2.6	+2.6
	Greens	Judy Renner	983	2.4	-0.5
	Independent	Ron Page	571	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			40,556	97.9	+0.6
Informal votes			868	2.1	-0.6
Turnout			41,424	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Williams	23,595	60.1	+8.8
	Labor	Peter Black	15,664	39.9	-8.8
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+8.8 [lower-alpha 1]

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Black	17,659	50.3	+6.1
	National	Marsha Isbester	13,072	37.3	+1.0
	Independent	Don McKinnon	2,092	6.0	+6.0
	One Nation	Tom Kennedy	1,463	4.2	-12.2
	Greens	Geoff Walch	803	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			35,099	97.3	-0.9
Informal votes			988	2.7	+0.9
Turnout			36,077	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Black	18,594	56.7	+2.5
	National	Marsha Isbester	14,214	43.3	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Murray-Darling [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Black	16,781	44.2	-1.2
	National	Mark Kersten	13,790	36.3	-15.6
	One Nation	Don McKinnon	6,238	16.4	+16.4
	Democrats	Dave Burton	792	2.1	+2.1
	CEC	Alan Boyd	246	0.6	+0.6
	Non-Custodial Parents	John White	141	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			37,988	98.1	+4.4
Informal votes			727	1.9	-4.4
Turnout			38,715	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Black	17,765	54.2	+7.7
	National	Mark Kersten	15,002	45.8	-7.7
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+7.7

Notes

1. In 2003, Labor won Murray Darling on a 6.7% margin, however the subsequent redistribution made it notionally National. Labor officially lost the seat at the 2007 election.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murray-Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
2. "Murray-Darling - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2011. ABC News. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
4. "Mr Peter Laurence Black". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
5. "Mr John Douglas Williams (1948- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
6. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
7. Green, Antony. "2007 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "2003 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
9. Green, Antony. "1999 MurrayDarling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.