United Counties of Murray and St Vincent was an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly in the
Australia
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n state of
New South Wales
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from 1856 to 1859.
It was named after
Murray
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Businesses
* Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles
* Murrays, an Australian bus company
* Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust
* D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...
and
St Vincent counties, including
Canberra
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is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
and
Braidwood, although Braidwood and
Queanbeyan
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were
exclaves
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of the electoral district and formed parts of
Southern Boroughs. Coastal St Vincent county (
Batemans Bay
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and the
Jervis Bay
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A area of land around the southern headland of the bay is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia ...
area) were included in the
electoral district of St Vincent
St Vincent was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales
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. Its only member was
William Forster.
Murray and St Vincent was replaced by
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the ...
and
Braidwood.
Members for United Counties of Murray and St Vincent
Election results
Notes
References
Former electoral districts of New South Wales
Constituencies established in 1856
1856 establishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1859
1859 disestablishments in Australia
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