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State:

New South Wales

Name Derivation:

Named after the Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 21 621 sq km from the Blue Mountains in the east to Eugowra in the west, Evans Shire in the north to Blayney, Cowra and Oberon Shires in the South.

The main towns include Bathurst, Blayney, Canowindra, Cowra, Eugowra, Lithgow, Molong, Oberon, Orange, Portland, Wallerawang and Yeoval.

Products/Industries of the area:

Coal mining, cement works, fruit growing, timber, vineyards, wool mills, transport industry, whitegoods manufacturing, agriculture and pastoral.

First Proclaimed

1906

Members

Peter Andren (IND) 1996-

D W Simmons (ALP) 1983-96

A J MacKenzie (NCP/NP) 1975-83

J A England (CP/NCP) 1960-75

J B Howse (LP) 1946-60

J P Breen (ALP) 1940-46

H V Thorby (CP) 1931-40

G A Gibbons (ALP) 1929-31

(Sir)N R Howse (NAT) 1922-29

T J Lavelle (ALP) 1919-22

H R M Pigott (LIB/NAT) 1913-19

T Brown (ALP) 1906-13

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Demographic Rating

Rural

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 78 339 Informal Vote: 3.38% Turnout: 96.20% Seat Status: Safe Independent Two Party Preferred: ALP: 46.79% LP: 53.21% Two Candidate Preferred*: ALP: 27.69% IND: 72.31%	Enrolment: 79 082 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.79% Preamble Question 0.82% Turnout: Republic Question 96.52% Preamble Question 96.52%	Enrolment: 85 310 Informal Vote: 3.28% Turnout: 96.18% Seat Status: Safe Independent Two Party Preferred: ALP: 48.27% NP: 51.73% Two Candidate Preferred*: IND: 75.04% NP: 24.96%
*Based on the distribution of preferences between ALP and IND Candidate.		*Based on the distribution of preferences between IND and NP Candidate.