ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CLARENCE

'Clarence' is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Steve Cansdell of the National Party of Australia.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,074 electors on 29 April 2007.^[1] At the 2007 election it will include all of the Clarence Valley Council (including Grafton, Maclean, Yamba, Illuka, Junction Hill, Ulmarra, Coutts Crossing and Glenreagh), almost all of the Richmond Valley Council (including Casino, Coraki, Woodburn, Evans Head and Tatham) and the far northern part of the City of Coffs Harbour (including Red Rock, Corindi and Corindi Beach).^[2]

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History

Members for Clarence

References

External links

History

'Clarence' was created in 1859, replacing Clarence and Darling Downs. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it was absorbed in to Byron along with Lismore. In 1927, it was recreated.

Members for Clarence

Clarence (1859—1920)
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Clark Irving	none	1859-1864
John Laycock	none	1864-1866
John Robertson	none	1866-1869
Thomas Bawden	none	1869-1880
Charles Fawcett	none	1880-1880
John Purves	none	1880-1887
John McFarlane	none/Protectionist Party	1887-1910
John McFarlane	Commonwealth Liberal Party	1910-1915
William Zuill	Nationalist Party of Australia	1915-1920
Clarence (1927— )
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Alfred Pollack	Country Party	1927-1931
Alfred Henry	Country Party	1931-1938
Cecil Wingfield	Country Party	1938-1955
William Weiley	Country Party	1955-1971
Matt Singleton	Country Party	1971-1981
Don Day	Australian Labor Party	1981-1984
Ian Causley	National Party	1984-1996
Harry Woods	Australian Labor Party	1996-2003
Steve Cansdell	National Party	2003-present

References

1. Redistribution Commissioners' Report
2. Clarence Electoral District (new boundaries)

External links

★ State Electoral District - Clarence Results 2007

★ State Electoral District - Clarence Results 2003

★ State Electoral District - Clarence Results 1999