Broken Hill was an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...

 of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

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. From 1894 to 1913, the Broken Hill

Broken Hill, New South Wales

-Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...

 district was covered by the electoral districts of Broken Hill, Willyama

Electoral district of Willyama

Willyama was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales that replaced Broken Hill in 1913, named after the original aboriginal name for the Broken Hill area. It included southern Broken Hill and sparsely occupied areas further south. Northern...

 and Sturt. In the 1912 redistribution, the electoral district of Broken Hill was abolished and absorbed into Willyama and Sturt. In 1920, Willyama, Sturt and the electoral district of Cobar

Electoral district of Cobar

Cobar was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1920, when it was combined with Willyama and Sturt to create a three-member Sturt. Cobar was recreated in 1932 and abolished in 1968. It included Cobar.-Members for Cobar:...

 were combined to create a three-member Sturt. In 1927, single-member electorates were recreated and the city of Broken Hill was split between Sturt and Murray

Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Murray-Darling is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Williams of the National Party of Australia....

. From 1932, the city of Broken Hill was split between Sturt and Cobar

Electoral district of Cobar

Cobar was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1920, when it was combined with Willyama and Sturt to create a three-member Sturt. Cobar was recreated in 1932 and abolished in 1968. It included Cobar.-Members for Cobar:...

. In 1968 Sturt was renamed Broken Hill and included all of the city of Broken Hill. In 1999, it was merged with part of Murray and renamed the electoral district of Murray-Darling

Electoral district of Murray-Darling

Murray-Darling is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Williams of the National Party of Australia....

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Members for Broken Hill

First incarnation (1894—1913)
Member		Party	Term
	John Cann John Cann John Henry Cann was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of James McGowen and William Holman. From 1912 to 1914 he was the Treasurer of New South Wales...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1894—1913
Second incarnation (1968—1999)
Member		Party	Term
	Lew Johnstone Lew Johnstone Lewis Albert "Lew" Johnstone was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Cobar from 1965 to 1968 and Broken Hill from 1968 to 1981....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1968—1981
	Bill Beckroge Bill Beckroge Bill Beckroge was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 until 1999. He was a member of the ALP....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1981—1999