Electoral district of Tamworth

For the British constituency, see Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency).

Tamworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the Honourable Kevin Anderson MP of the National Party. In 2019 Anderson was sworn in as the Minister for Better Regulation & Innovation, with additional responsibility for Thoroughbred, Greyhound and Harness Racing codes in New South Wales.

Tamworth New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1880–1920 1927–present
MP	Kevin Anderson
Party	National Party
Namesake	Tamworth
Electors	60,747 (2023)
Area	21,719.78 km2 (8,386.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Electorates around Tamworth: Barwon Northern Tablelands Northern Tablelands Barwon Tamworth Northern Tablelands Barwon Upper Hunter Upper Hunter

Tamworth covers the entirety of Tamworth Regional Council, Gunnedah Shire, Walcha Shire and a small part of Liverpool Plains Shire around Werris Creek.^[1]

History

Tamworth was created in 1880 and it elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates, new electorates were established such as Quirindi, Bingara and Uralla-Walcha, and Tamworth became a single-member electorate. Proportional representation was introduced in 1920 and Tamworth, along with Gwydir, was absorbed into Namoi. In 1927 single-member electorates were re-established, including Tamworth.

Members for Tamworth

First incarnation 1880–1920

Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Levien [2]	None	1880–1887		Sydney Burdekin [3]	None	1880–1882
					John Gill [4]	None	1882–1885
					Michael Burke [5]	None	1885–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1894		William Dowel [6]	Protectionist	1887–1894

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Dibbs [7]	Protectionist	1894–1895
	Albert Piddington [8]	Free Trade	1895–1898
	William Sawers [9]	Protectionist	1898–1901
	Raymond Walsh [10]	Independent	1901–1903
		Progressive	1903–1903
	John Garland [11]	Liberal Reform	1903–1904
	Robert Levien [2]	Progressive	1904–1907
		Former Progressive	1907–1910
		Independent Liberal	1910–1913
	Frank Chaffey [12]	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

Second incarnation 1927–present

Single-member (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Chaffey [12]	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1940
	Bill Chaffey [13]	United Australia	1940–1941
		Independent	1941–1947
		Country	1947–1972
		Independent	1972–1973
	Noel Park [14]	National	1973–1991
	Tony Windsor [15]	Independent	1991–2001
	John Cull [16]	National	2001–2003
	Peter Draper [17]	Independent	2003–2011
	Kevin Anderson [18]	National	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tamworth

2023 New South Wales state election: Tamworth^{[19][20][21][22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kevin Anderson	27,333	51.7	−1.8
	Independent	Mark Rodda	10,418	19.7	+4.0
	Labor	Kate McGrath	6,864	13.0	+3.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Matthew Scanlan	3,705	7.0	−9.8
	Greens	Ryan Brooke	1,786	3.4	+0.6
	Legalise Cannabis	Sue Raye	1,554	2.9	+2.9
	Informed Medical Options	Rebecca McCredie	887	1.7	+1.7
	Sustainable Australia	Colin Drain	328	0.6	+0.5
Total formal votes			52,875	97.5	−0.3
Informal votes			1,374	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			54,249	89.3	−1.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Kevin Anderson	32,433	74.2	−3.8
	Labor	Kate McGrath	11,292	25.8	+3.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	29,998	65.8	−5.0
	Independent	Mark Rodda	15,601	34.2	+5.0
	National hold		Swing	−5.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Tamworth.[edit]