
Polling Day 23 March 2019
First Wagga Wagga National Party Candidate Since 1999 State Election
Victor P Taffa
National Party will contest the State seat of Wagga Wagga for the first time since the 1999 State Election.
At the 1999 State Election National Party candidate Jim Booth secured 22.9% of the vote.
Members Of Wagga Wagga State Electorate
Wagga Wagga State Electorate has had three incarnations since the seat was first created.
Electorate Incarnation is when the Electoral Commission initially creates the seat. During an electoral redistribution seats survive or they are abolished. Name of the seat is retained by the Electoral Commission in the event that the seat is recreated.
At a State level Parliamentary seats are referred to as Districts. At a Federal level Parliamentary seats are referred to as Divisions.
Members for Wagga Wagga are as follows:
Member Party Term
Third incarnation (1927–present)
Joe McGirr Independent 2018-Present
Daryl Maguire Independent 2018
Daryl Maguire Liberal 1999-2018
Joe Schipp Liberal 1975-1999
Wal Fife Liberal 1957-1975
Eddie Graham Labor 1941-1957
Matthew Kilpatrick Country 1927-1941
Second incarnation (1913–1920)
George Beeby Nationalist 1917-1920
Walter Boston Labor 1913-1917
First incarnation (1894–1904)
James Gormly Progressive 1901-1904
James Gormly Protectionist 1894-1901
Party Name Change
National Party originally was the Country Party and then changed name to the National Country Party before changing to its current name.