- Electoral district of Murray Valley
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Murray Valley
Victoria—Legislative AssemblyState or territory: Victoria Created: 1945 MP: Tim McCurdy Party: National Party of Australia Electors: 38,342 (2010) Area: 5,020 km² (1,938 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Electoral district of Murray Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
It contains the towns of Cobram, Numurkah, Rutherglen, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga, as well as many other smaller towns.
The electorate was created in 1945 and since creation has been safely held by the National Party and its antecedent, the Country Party. The current member is Tim McCurdy.
Members for Murray Valley
Member Party Term George Moss Country 1945-1973 Bill Baxter Country 1973–1975 National Country 1975–1976 Ken Jasper National Country 1976–1982 National 1982–2010 Tim McCurdy National 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray ValleyVictorian state election, 2010: Murray Valley Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Tim McCurdy 18,357 53.83 +2.92 Labor Lachlan Enshaw 7,065 20.72 -1.20 Independent Roberto Paino 3,339 9.79 +9.79 Country Alliance Peter Watson 2,668 7.82 +7.82 Greens Doug Ralph 1,598 4.69 -0.75 Family First Ray Hungerford 1,073 3.15 -1.00 Total formal votes 34,100 94.87 -1.43 Informal votes 1,845 5.13 +1.43 Turnout 35,945 93.75 +0.59 Two-candidate preferred result National Tim McCurdy 23,604 69.04 -2.72 Labor Lachlan Enshaw 10,587 30.96 +2.72 National hold Swing -2.72 External links
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