Electoral district of Temora

Temora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1927 to 1981, including the town of Temora.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Members for Temora

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh Main	Country	1927–1938
	Doug Dickson	Country	1938–1960
	Jim Taylor	Country	1960–1981

History

Temora was created in 1927 with the abandonment of proportional representation, replacing part of the 3 member district of Cootamundra and its first member, Hugh Main, had been one of the members for Cootamundra. The district was abolished in the 1980 redistribution and was divided between Burrinjuck, Lachlan and Murrumbidgee.^[6]

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Temora

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Temora.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jim Taylor	12,872	67.6	−0.1
	Labor	Alroy Provan	6,154	32.4	+2.7
Total formal votes			19,026	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			301	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			19,327	93.4	−1.2
	National Country hold		Swing	−1.5