Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Murray, Victoria
The Division of Murray was created in 1949 and abolished in 2019, when it was renamed Nicholls. It was named for the River Murray (after Rt Hon Sir George Murray (1772-1846), British Colonial Secretary).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton
1955: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton
1969: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton
1977: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton
1984: Echuca, Kerang, Rochester, Shepparton
1990: Echuca, Kerang, Rochester, Shepparton
1996: Echuca, Kerang, Rochester, Shepparton
2004: Echuca, Rochester, Shepparton, Wedderburn
2013: Echuca, Rochester, Shepparton, Yarrawonga
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Country Party 13.5
1951: Country Party 11.0
1954: Country Party unopposed
1955: Country Party 21.5
1958: Country Party 23.3
1961: Country Party 23.5
1963: Country Party 26.0
1966: Country Party 27.7
1969: Country Party 24.5
1971b: Country Party 21.5
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1972: Country Party 17.4
1974: Country Party 20.2
1975: Nationals 25.1
1977: Nationals 26.2
1980: Nationals 27.5
1983: Nationals 21.3
1984: Nationals 23.1
1987: Nationals 20.4
1990: Nationals 23.3
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1993: Nationals 20.4
1996: Liberal 03.7 *1
1998: Liberal 21.9
2001: Liberal 23.9
2004: Liberal 24.1
2007: Liberal 18.3
2010: Liberal 20.4
2013: Liberal 20.9
2016: Nationals 05.1 *2
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*1 Majority over Nationals
** Majority over Liberal
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2016
Click here to see full results for Murray at every election from 1949 to 2016.
MEMBERS FOR MURRAY
Rt Hon Sir John McEwen (CP) 1949-71
Bruce Lloyd (CP, NCP, NPA) 1971-96
Hon Dr Sharman Stone (Lib) 1996-2016
Hon Damian Drum (Nat) 2016-19
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| Rt Hon Sir John McEwen (CP) 1949-71 |
Bruce Lloyd (CP, NCP, NPA) 1971-96 |
Hon Dr Sharman Stone (Lib) 1996-2016 |
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| Hon Damian Drum (Nat) 2016-19 |
BOUNDARIES
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