Electoral district of Tenterfield

Tenterfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, partly replacing New England and Macleay, and named after, and including, Tenterfield. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Northern Tablelands, along with Armidale and Gough. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981 and partly replaced by the recreated Northern Tablelands.^[1][2][3]

For its entire tenure as a single-member seat, it was held by the Bruxner family of the National Country Party. Future Deputy Premier and longtime party leader Michael Bruxner won the seat in 1927, handing it to son Tim in 1962.

Members for Tenterfield

First incarnation (1859–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Randolph Nott	None	1859–1860
	Robert Meston	None	1860–1861
	Hugh Gordon	None	1861–1869
	Colin Fraser	None	1869–1872
	Robert Abbott	None	1872–1877
	John Dillon	None	1877–1882
	Augustus Fraser	None	1882
	Sir Henry Parkes	None	1882–1884
	Charles Lee	None	1884–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Single-member (1927–1981)
Member		Party	Term
	Michael Bruxner	Country	1927–1962
	Tim Bruxner	Country	1962–1975
		National Country	1975–1981

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tenterfield

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

1978 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Tim Bruxner	11,819	59.4	−6.6
	Labor	Jim Curran	8,093	40.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			19,912	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			274	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			20,186	93.4	−0.2
	National Country hold		Swing	−6.6