The Division of Murray was an
Australian Electoral Division in the
state
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of
Victoria
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. It was located in the north of the state, adjoining the
Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...
, which forms Victoria's border with
New South Wales
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. It included the towns of
Shepparton
Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...
,
Echuca
Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and largest s ...
,
Cobram
Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the admi ...
,
Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira local government area in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is situated on the south bank of the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales, and is located approximately n ...
,
Boort and
Bridgewater. In 2018 the division was renamed the
Division of Nicholls
The Division of Nicholls is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.
Geography
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistr ...
, coming into effect at the
2019 federal election.
History
![MurrayBridgeMurrayRiver](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/MurrayBridgeMurrayRiver.JPG)
The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the
1949 election. It was named after the Murray River, which itself was named after
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
Hist ...
Sir George Murray
Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
Background and education
Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, the second son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet (see Murra ...
. It was first held by
John McEwen
Sir John McEwen, (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980) was an Australian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Australia, holding office from 1967 to 1968 in a caretaker capacity after the disappearance of Harold Holt. He was the ...
, who briefly served as
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
after the
disappearance of Harold Holt
On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Beach, but his body was never recovered. Holt was pr ...
, and subsequently became the inaugural
Deputy Prime Minister
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under
John Gorton
Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician who served as the nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1968 to 1971. He led the Liberal Party during that time, having previously been a l ...
. His successor in the seat,
Bruce Lloyd
Bruce Lloyd, AM (born 24 February 1937) is an Australian retired politician. He was Deputy Leader of the National Party 1987–93.
Career
He was the President of the Victorian Country Party 1969–71. In the 1971 by-election that followed ...
, went on to serve as deputy leader to three successive Nationals leaders -
Ian Sinclair
Ian McCahon Sinclair (born 10 June 1929) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989. He was a government minister under six prime ministers, and later Speaker of the House of Representative ...
,
Charles Blunt
Charles William Blunt (born 19 January 1951) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1989 to 1990.
Early life
Blunt was born in Sydney and graduated from the University of Sydney with a de ...
and
Tim Fischer
Timothy Andrew Fischer (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat who served as leader of the National Party from 1990 to 1999. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1999.
Fischer ...
.
Murray was in the hands of either the
Liberal
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* Sexually liberal feminism
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Arts, entertainment and m ...
or
National
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parties for its entire existence. At the time of its abolition, it was the
third-safest coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
-held seat in Australia, with a 20-point swing required for
Labor
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to win it.
In 2018 the division was renamed the
Division of Nicholls
The Division of Nicholls is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.
Geography
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistr ...
, coming into effect at the
2019 federal election.
Members
Election results
References
External links
Division of Murray - Australian Electoral Commission
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Former electoral divisions of Australia
Constituencies established in 1949
Constituencies disestablished in 2019
1949 establishments in Australia
2019 disestablishments in Australia