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Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kevin Humphries of the National Party of Australia.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,049 electors on 29 April 2007.^[1]

At the 2007 election it encompassed Warrumbungle Shire (including Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Coolah, Dunedoo and Mendooran), almost all of Narrabri Shire (including Narrabri and Wee Waa), Moree Plains Shire (including Moree), Gilgandra Shire, Coonamble Shire, Walgett Shire, Brewarrina Shire, Bourke Shire, Cobar Shire, Bogan Shire, Warren Shire, some of Narromine Shire (including Trangie) and almost all of Lachlan Shire (including Condobolin).^[2]

1 History
2 Members for Barwon
3 Election results
4 References
5 External links

History

Barwon was originally created in 1894, when it along with Moree, replaced Gwydir. In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, Gwydir was recreated and Moree and Barwon were abolished. In 1927, with the breakup of the three-member Electoral district of Namoi, it was recreated.

Members for Barwon

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term'
	William Willis	Independent	1894—1904
Second incarnation (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Wearne	Nationalist	1927—1930
	Wilfred Ratcliffe	Labor	1930—1932
	Ben Wade	Country	1932—1940
	Stephen Heferen	Labor	1940—1950
	Geoff Crawford	Country	1950—1976
	Wal Murray	Country, National	1976—1995
	Ian Slack-Smith	National	1995—2007
	Kevin Humphries	National	2007—present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2007: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kevin Humphries	17,591	44.3	-8.1
	Independent	Tim Horan	11,607	29.2	+29.2
	Labor	Meryl Dillon	7,732	19.5	-9.0
	Greens	Darren Bodell	1,180	3.0	+0.5
	Christian Democrats	Heath Wilson	906	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Les Paul	696	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			40,589	97.9
Informal votes			877	2.1
Turnout			41,466	91.1
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Kevin Humphries	19,000	56.2	-8.1
	Independent	Tim Horan	14,800	43.8	+8.1
	National hold		Swing	-8.1