Electoral district of Tamworth

Tamworth New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
File:Nsw electoral district tamworth 2015.svg Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1880–1920 1927–present
MP	Kevin Anderson
Party	National Party of Australia
Area	21,719.78 km2 (8,386.1 sq mi)

Tamworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kevin Anderson of the National Party of Australia. Tamworth was held by independent member Tony Windsor between 1991 and 2001 when he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Member for New England.

Tamworth covers the entirety of Tamworth Regional Council, Gunnedah Shire, Walcha Shire and a small part of Liverpool Plains Shire around Werris Creek.

History

Tamworth was created in 1880 and it elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates, new electorates were established such as Quirindi, Bingara and Uralla-Walcha, and Tamworth became a single-member electorate. Proportional representation was introduced in 1920 and Tamworth, along with Gwydir, was absorbed into Namoi. In 1927 single-member electorates were re-established, including Tamworth.

Members for Tamworth

Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Levien	None	1880–1887		Sydney Burdekin	None	1880–1882
					John Gill	None	1882–1885
					Michael Burke	None	1885–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1894		William Dowel	Protectionist	1887–1894

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Dibbs	Protectionist	1894–1895
	Albert Piddington	Free Trade	1895–1898
	William Sawers	Protectionist	1898–1901
	Raymond Walsh	Independent	1901–1903
		Progressive	1903–1903
	John Garland	Liberal Reform	1903–1904
	Robert Levien	Progressive	1904–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1910
		Independent Liberal	1910–1913
	Frank Chaffey	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Single-member (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Chaffey	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1940
	Bill Chaffey	United Australia	1940–1941
		Independent	1941–1947
		Country	1947–1972
		Independent	1972–1973
	Noel Park	National	1973–1991
	Tony Windsor	Independent	1991–2001
	John Cull	National	2001–2003
	Peter Draper	Independent	2003–2011
	Kevin Anderson	National	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 2015: Tamworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kevin Anderson	26,990	55.1	+0.9
	Independent	Peter Draper	16,855	34.4	−4.2
	Labor	Joe Hillard	2,831	5.8	+1.2
	Greens	Pat Schultz	1,047	2.1	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Michelle Ryan	655	1.3	+1.3
	No Land Tax	Richard Nock	319	0.7	+0.7
		Stan Heuston	314	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			49,011	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			1,156	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			50,167	92.2	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	30,783	78.9	−1.8
	Labor	Joe Hillard	8,215	21.1	+1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	27,777	60.0	+3.2
	Independent	Peter Draper	18,491	40.0	−3.2
	National hold		Swing	+3.2