Electoral district of Orange
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of the Legislative Assembly
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in the Australian state of New South Wales
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. It is represented by Andrew Gee
Andrew Gee
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of the National Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
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According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 48,200 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will include the City of Orange
City of Orange
The City of Orange is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia, including Orange and the surrounding areas. It is on the Mitchell Highway and the Main Western railway line.It includes the villages of Lucknow, Shadforth, Spring Hill and March....
, most of Cabonne Shire (including Molong
Molong, New South Wales
Molong is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Cabonne Shire.Molong is located on the Mitchell Highway about 300 kilometres west of Sydney and about 30 kilometres from the city of Orange. It is elevated at 529 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census, Molong...
, Cargo, Cudal
Cudal, New South Wales
Cudal is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Cudal is in the Cabonne Shire Council Local Government area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2006 census, Cudal had a population of 389...
, Cumnock
Cumnock, New South Wales
Cumnock is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the now closed cross-country railway line from Molong to Dubbo. The town is located in Cabonne Shire. At the 2006 census, Cumnock had a population of 288 people...
and Manildra
Manildra, New South Wales
Manildra is a small town located halfway between Orange and Parkes in Cabonne Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Manildra had a population of 503.-Industries:...
), Wellington Council
Wellington Council
Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....
and most of the Mid-Western Regional Council (including Mudgee and Gulgong
Gulgong, New South Wales
Gulgong is a 19th century gold rush town in the Central-West of the Australian state of New South Wales. The town is located about north west of Sydney, and about 30 km north of Mudgee along the Castlereagh Highway. At the 2006 census, Gulgong had a population of 1,907 people...
).
History
Orange was created in 1859. Orange and HartleyElectoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)
Hartley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859 in the Lithgow area and named after the town of Hartley, near Lithgow. It replaced part of Cook and Westmoreland. From 1891 to 1894, it elected two members...
were absorbed into Bathurst, which elected three members under proportional representation
Proportional representation
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, between 1920 to 1927. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates.
Members for Orange
| 1 member (1859—1880) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Saul Samuel Saul Samuel Sir Saul Samuel CMG, KCMG, CB was an Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, pastoralist, and prominent Jew... |
None | 1859—1860 | |
| John Peisley | None | 1860—1862 | |
| James Martin James Martin (Australian politician) Sir James Martin, KCB, QC was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886.-Early career:... |
None | 1862—1863 | |
| Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1863—1864 | |
| William Forlonge | None | 1864—1867 | |
| George McKay | None | 1867—1869 | |
| Saul Samuel Saul Samuel Sir Saul Samuel CMG, KCMG, CB was an Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, pastoralist, and prominent Jew... |
None | 1869—1872 | |
| Harris Nelson Harris Nelson Harris Nelson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Harris Levi Nelson was the member for Orange in the 7th and 8th NSW Parliaments, from 1872 to 1877.-References:... |
None | 1872—1877 | |
| Edward Combes | None | 1877—1879 | |
| Andrew Kerr | None | 1879—1880 | |
| 2 members (1880—1894) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | William Clarke William Clarke (Australian politician) William Clarke was an Australian businessman and parliamentarian.Clarke was born in Melbourne, where he married Mary Ann Mortimer on 25 June 1862. He was a Justice of the Peace for the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, and was M.L.A. for Orange in the former colony, but was... |
None | 1880—1887 | Andrew Kerr | None | 1880—1882 | |||
| Thomas Dalton | None | 1882—1887 | |||||||||
| Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1887—1889 | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1887—1891 | ||||||||
| James Torpy | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1889—1894 | |||||||||
| Henry Newman | 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... |
1891—1894 | |||||||||
| 1 member (1894—1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Henry Newman | Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1894—1901 | |
| Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time... |
1901—1904 | ||
| Albert Gardiner Albert Gardiner Albert Gardiner was an Australian Labor Party politician. He held the distinction of being the party's sole Senator between 1920 and 1922.... |
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... |
1904—1907 | |
| John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick was an Australian politician and journalist.Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former Australian newspaper's Windsor... |
Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time... |
1907—1917 | |
| Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
1917—1920 | ||
| 1 member (1927—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick was an Australian politician and journalist.Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former Australian newspaper's Windsor... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
1927—1930 | |
| William Folster William Folster William Folster was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932, representing the electorate of Orange.... |
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... |
1930—1932 | |
| Alwyn Tonking | United Australia United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia... |
1932—1941 | |
| Robert O'Halloran Robert O'Halloran Robert "Bob" Emmet O'Halloran was an Australian politician. He was an Labor Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly spanning 27 years, representing Eastern Suburbs between 1920 to 1927 and Orange between 1941 and 1947.-Early years:O'Halloran was born in Euchareena, 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... |
1941—1947 | |
| Charles Cutler Charles Cutler Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler KBE, ED was an Australian politician, holding office for 28 years as an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange... |
Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
1947—1975 | |
| Garry West Garry West (politician) Garry West is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange... |
Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... , National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
1976—1996 | |
| Russell Turner Russell Turner Russell William Turner , a former Australian politician, was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Orange between 1996 and 2011 for the National Party of Australia.... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
1996—2011 | |
| Andrew Gee | National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
2011 New South Wales state election, 2011 Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has... —present |
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