Electoral district of Merrylands
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Merrylands was an electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of New South Wales
, named after and including the Sydney
suburb of Merrylands
. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...
for the Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, named after and including the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Merrylands
Merrylands, New South Wales
Merrylands is a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Holroyd...
. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.
Members for Merrylands
| First incarnation (1959—1962) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Jack Ferguson Jack Ferguson Laurie John Ferguson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early life:... |
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... |
1959—1962 | |
| Second incarnation (1968—1988) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Jack Ferguson Jack Ferguson Laurie John Ferguson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early life:... |
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... |
1968—1984 | |
| Geoff Irwin Geoff Irwin Geoffrey Stewart Irwin is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1995.... |
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... |
1984—1988 | |