Liverpool Plains was an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

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n state of New South Wales

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, created in 1859 and including the Liverpool Plains (which includes Quirindi

Quirindi, New South Wales

Quirindi is a small town on the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, in Liverpool Plains Shire Local Government Area ....

 and Gunnedah

Gunnedah, New South Wales

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) and the extensive pastoral

Pastoralism

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 district around the Gwydir River

Gwydir River

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 in the northwest of the state. It was created when the seat of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

Electoral district of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1856 and including the Liverpool Plains and the extensive pastoral district around the Gwydir River in the northwest of the state...

 was divided into two. It was abolished in 1880, and partly replaced by Gunnedah

Electoral district of Gunnedah

Gunnedah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880, partly replacing Liverpool Plains, and named after and including Gunnedah. In 1904 it was abolished and replaced by Liverpool Plains and Namoi.-Members for Gunnedah:...

. In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, it was recreated, partly replacing Gunnedah and Quirindi

Electoral district of Quirindi

Quirindi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, named after Quirindi. It was abolished in 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation and partly replaced by Liverpool Plains.-Members for...

. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation

Proportional representation

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 it was absorbed into Wammerawa

Electoral district of Wammerawa

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, along with Castlereagh

Electoral district of Castlereagh

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 and Mudgee

Electoral district of Mudgee

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. Liverpool Plains was recreated for the 1927 election and finally abolished in 1962.

Members for Liverpool Plains

First incarnation (1859—1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Loder	None	1859—1860
	Charles Kemp	None	1860—1860
	Alexander Dick Alexander Dick Alexander Williamson "Alec" Dick is an Australian cricketer who played one match for Western Australia in 1949. He played his only match against Victoria, scoring a duck batting at number eight in the first innings and eight runs batting at number nine in the second innings...	None	1860—1862
	Marshall Burdekin	None	1863—1864
	John Lloyd	None	1864—1869
	Charles Cowper Charles Cowper Sir Charles Cowper, KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870....	None	1869—1870
	Lewis Levy	None	1871—1872
	Hanley Bennett	None	1872—1880
Second incarnation (1904—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	John Perry	Independent Liberal Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1904—1907
		Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time...	1907—1907
	Henry Horne	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1907—1911
	John Perry	Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time...	1911—1911
	William Ashford William Ashford (Australian politician) William George Ashford was an Australian politician.Born at Sparks Creek near Scone to selector John Ashford and Rebecca Bell, he attended Sparks Creek Public School before starting work on his father's farm. He later bought a farm on the Hawkesbury River, but sold it to return to Sparks Creek...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1911—1917
		Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1917—1920
Third incarnation (1927—1962)
Member		Party	Term
	Harry Carter	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1927—1941
	Roger Nott Roger Nott The Hon. Roger Bede Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1941—1961
	Frank O'Keefe Frank O'Keefe Frank Lionel O'Keefe, AM was an Australian politician. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he attended state schools before becoming a farm machinery distributor and oil merchant. He was mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council for 18 years, and also served on Namoi Valley County Council...	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1961—1962