Electoral district of Monaro

Monaro New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1858–1920 1927–present
MP	John Barilaro
Party	The Nationals
Area	20,479.02 km^2 (7,907.0 sq mi)

Monaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Barilaro of The Nationals.

Monaro is a regional district in the south of the state. It encompasses the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood, Captains Flat, Cooma, Nimmitabel, Numeralla, Bredbo, Michelago, Berridale, Jindabyne and Adaminaby.^[1]

History

The electorate was created in 1856 for the First Parliament under the name Maneroo, derived from an Aboriginal name for the area, now spelt Monaro. It was renamed Monaro for the second Parliament in February 1858. It elected two members between 1880 and 1894. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced statewide and part of the electorate, (including Bombala), was absorbed into Eden-Bombala. In 1913, it absorbed much of the Electoral district of Queanbeyan, including Queanbeyan, which is its major city. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Goulburn, along with Bega. It was recreated in 1927.

Members for Monaro

First incarnation (1858–1880, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Egan	None	1858–1859
	Alexander Hamilton	None	1859–1860
	Thomas Garrett	None	1860–1864
	James Martin	None	1864–1865
	William Grahame	None	1865–1869
	Daniel Egan	None	1870–1870
	James Hart	None	1870–1872
	William Grahame	None	1872–1874
	Alexander Montague	None	1875–1877
	John Murphy	None	1877–1880

(1880–1894, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Badgery	None	1880–1885		Robert Tooth	None	1880–1884
				David Ryrie	None	1884–1885
	Henry Dawson	None	1885–1887		Harold Stephen	None	1885–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1894		Thomas O'Mara	Independent Protectionist	1887–1889
				Harold Stephen	Protectionist	1889–1889
				Gus Miller	Protectionist	1889–1894

(1894–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Gus Miller	Protectionist	1894–1901
		Labour	1901–1918
	John Bailey	Labor	1918–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Hedges	Country	1927–1941
	John Seiffert	Labor	1941–1950
		Independent Labor	1950–1953
		Labor	1953–1965
	Steve Mauger	Liberal	1965–1976
	John Akister	Labor	1976–1988
	Peter Cochran	National	1988–1999
	Peter Webb	National	1999–2003
	Steve Whan	Labor	2003–2011
	John Barilaro	National	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Monaro^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	John Barilaro	22,518	48.7	+1.7
	Labor	Steve Whan	18,761	40.6	−0.5
	Greens	Peter Marshall	3,620	7.8	+0.1
	No Land Tax	Leslie Dinham	691	1.5	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Joy Horton	613	1.3	−0.0
Total formal votes			46,203	97.4	+0.2
Informal votes			1,237	2.6	−0.2
Turnout			47,440	89.4	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Barilaro	23,314	52.5	+0.5
	Labor	Steve Whan	21,071	47.5	−0.5
	National hold		Swing	+0.5

References

1. "Monaro". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
2. State Electoral District of Monaro: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Monaro: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.