Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Gwydir, New South Wales
The Division of Gwydir was created in 1901 and abolished in 2007. It was named for the Gwydir River (named by the explorer Allan Cunningham after his patron Lord Gwydir, who took his title from a castle in Wales).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda
1906: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda
1913: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda
1922: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda
1934: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi
1949: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi
1955: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi
1969: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri
1977: Dubbo, Moree, Narrabri, Narromine
1984: Gunnedah, Moree, Walgett, Wee Wah
1993: Gunnedah, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett
2001: Bourke, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 12.9
1903: Labor 11.4
1906: Labor 03.3
1910: Labor 09.6
1913: Labor 02.2
1914: Labor 03.8
1917: Nationalist 06.5
1919: Labor 03.2
1922: Labor 00.1
1925: Nationalist 03.1
1928: Nationalist 02.3
1929: Labor 03.7
1931: Country Party 09.8
1934: Country Party 04.5
1937b: Labor 04.3
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1937: Labor 02.4
1940: Labor 08.8
1943: Labor 13.7
1946: Labor 01.2
1949: Country Party 05.1
1951: Country Party 03.2
1953b: Country Party 02.8
1954: Country Party 03.1
1955: Country Party 07.9
1958: Country Party 05.0
1961: Country Party 03.9
1963: Country Party 05.0
1966: Country Party 11.3
1969b: Country Party 03.6
1969: Country Party 03.0
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1972: Country Party 04.2
1974: Country Party 08.6
1975: Nationals 13.5
1977: Nationals 13.3
1980: Nationals 110.4
1983: Nationals 08.8
1984: Nationals 07.3
1987: Nationals 10.3
1989b: Nationals 03.6
1990: Nationals 11.2
1993: Nationals 10.3
1996: Nationals 18.5
1998: Nationals 13.6
2001: Nationals 14.9
2004: Nationals 18.4
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2004
Click here to see full results for Gwydir at every election from 1901 to 2004.
MEMBERS FOR GWYDIR
George Cruickshank (Prot) 1901-03
Hon William Webster (ALP, Nat) 1903-19
Lou Cunningham (ALP) 1919-25
Aubrey Abbott (CP) 1925-29
Hon Lou Cunningham (ALP) 1929-31
Hon Aubrey Abbott (CP) 1931-37
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Hon William Scully (ALP) 1937b-49
Thomas Treloar (CP) 1949-53
Ian Allan (CP) 1953b-69
Hon Ralph Hunt (CP, NCP, NPA) 1969b-89
Hon John Anderson (NPA) 1989b-2007
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| George Cruickshank (Prot) 1901-03 |
Hon William Webster (ALP, Nat) 1903-19 |
Lou Cunningham (ALP) 1919-25 |
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| Aubrey Abbott (CP) 1925-29 |
Hon Lou Cunningham (ALP) 1929-31 |
Hon Aubrey Abbott (CP) 1931-37 |
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| Hon William Scully (ALP) 1937-49 |
Thomas Treloar (CP) 1949-53 |
Ian Allan (CP) 1953-69 |
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| Hon Ralph Hunt (CP, NCP, NPA) 1969-89 |
Hon John Anderson (NPA) 1989-2007 |
BOUNDARIES
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