Division of Murray

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Murray. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Murray (South Australia).

Murray Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Murray in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1949
MP	Damian Drum
Party	National
Namesake	Murray River
Electors	104,430 (2016)
Area	16,229 km² (6,266.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Murray is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the north of the state, adjoining the Murray River, which forms Victoria's border with New South Wales. It includes the towns of Shepparton, Echuca, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Boort and Bridgewater.

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 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Sir George Murray. Murray has been in the hands of either the Liberal or National parties for its entire existence. It is currently the third safest coalition held seat in Australia, with a 20-point swing required for Labor to win it. It was first held by Rt Hon Sir John McEwen, who was the caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after the disappearance of Harold Holt.

Members

Australian federal election, 2016: Murray^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Damian Drum	31,105	35.34	+35.34
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	28,194	32.03	−29.38
	Labor	Alan Williams	13,188	14.98	−5.76
	Greens	Ian Christoe	3,880	4.41	+0.48
	Country	Robert Danieli	3,556	4.04	+4.04
	Independent	Fern Summer	3,323	3.78	+3.78
	Independent	Andrew Bock	1,467	1.67	+1.67
	Rise Up Australia	Yasmin Gunasekera	1,195	1.36	+0.73
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	1,037	1.18	+1.18
	Independent	Nigel Hicks	844	0.96	+0.96
	CEC	Jeff Davy	227	0.26	−0.10
Total formal votes			88,016	91.16	−2.51
Informal votes			8,530	8.84	+2.51
Turnout			96,546	92.45	−2.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	65,920	74.90	+4.03
	Labor	Alan Williams	22,096	25.10	−4.03
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Damian Drum	48,527	55.13	+55.13
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	39,489	44.87	−26.00
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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