Electoral district of Barwon
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Roy Butler, a former member of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party who is now an independent MP.
| Barwon New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1894–1904 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Roy Butler | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Barwon River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,735 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 356,291.70 km2 (137,565.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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Covering roughly 44% of the land mass of New South Wales, Barwon is by far the state's largest electoral district. It includes the local government areas of Bourke Shire, Brewarrina Shire, Narrabri Shire, Walgett Shire, Warrumbungle Shire, Coonamble Shire, Gilgandra Shire, Warren Shire, Bogan Shire, Lachlan Shire, Cobar Shire, Central Darling Shire, the City of Broken Hill as well as the large Unincorporated Far West Region surrounding Broken Hill.[1][2][3]
History
Barwon was originally created in 1894, when it along with Moree, replaced Gwydir. In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, Gwydir was recreated and Moree and Barwon were abolished. In 1927, with the breakup of the three-member Electoral district of Namoi, it was recreated.
Originally a marginal seat that traded hands between the Labor Party and the conservative parties, it was considered a safe seat for the National Party who held it without interruption from 1950 until 2019, when it was won by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.
Members for Barwon
| First incarnation (1894–1904) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Willis [4] | Protectionist | 1894–1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Walter Wearne [5] | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
| Bill Ratcliffe [6] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| Ben Wade [7] | Country | 1932–1940 | |
| Roy Heferen [8] | Labor | 1940–1950 | |
| Geoff Crawford [9] | Country | 1950–1976 | |
| Wal Murray [10] | Country, National | 1976–1995 | |
| Ian Slack-Smith [11] | National | 1995–2007 | |
| Kevin Humphries [12] | National | 2007–2019 | |
| Roy Butler | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 2019–2022 | |
| Independent | 2022–present | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Roy Butler | 19,630 | 44.78 | +44.78 | |
| National | Annette Turner | 11,158 | 25.45 | −4.93 | |
| Labor | Joshua Roberts-Garnsey | 6,816 | 15.55 | −5.37 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Paul Britton | 2,983 | 6.80 | −26.16 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Ben Hartley | 1,591 | 3.63 | +3.63 | |
| Greens | Pat Schultz | 881 | 2.01 | −1.01 | |
| Independent | Stuart Howe | 460 | 1.05 | +1.05 | |
| Public Education | Thomas McBride | 318 | 0.73 | +0.73 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,837 | 96.94 | +0.49 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,384 | 3.06 | −0.49 | ||
| Turnout | 45,221 | 84.16 | −2.64 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| National | Annette Turner | 15,971 | 60.76 | +8.24 | |
| Labor | Joshua Roberts-Garnsey | 10,316 | 39.24 | −8.24 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Roy Butler | 23,868 | 65.99 | +65.99 | |
| National | Annette Turner | 12,299 | 34.01 | −9.39 | |
| Member changed to Independent from Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | |||||