Electoral district of Corowa

Corowa was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, taking its name from town of Corowa on the Murray River.

History

The district was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[1] It consisted of parts of Albury, The Murray and the abolished seat of The Hume. It moved west in 1913, absorbing the eastern part of the abolished district of Deniliquin and losing its eastern part to the districts of Albury and Wagga Wagga.^[2]

In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, Corowa, Albury and Wagga Wagga were absorbed into Murray and elected four members. At the end of proportional representation in 1927, Corowa was recreated ran through until 1950 until it was abolished.^[3][4][5]

Members for Corowa

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Ball	Liberal Reform	1904–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Ball	Nationalist	1927–1931
		Country	1931–1937
	Christopher Lethbridge	Independent	1937–1946
	Ebenezer Kendell	Country	1946–1950

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Corowa

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Corowa.[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Corowa ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ebenezer Kendell	7,638	63.7	+29.8
	Labor	James Adam	4,352	36.3	+7.0
Total formal votes			11,990	99.1	+1.3
Informal votes			111	0.9	−1.3
Turnout			12,101	93.1	+4.6
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Ebenezer Kendell (Country) had won the seat at the 1946 by-election following the resignation of Christopher Lethbridge (Independent).

References

1. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
2. "1912 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
4. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Corowa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1947 Corowa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.