# Electoral district of Murray (South Australia)

Murray is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. The electorate, incorporating part of the River Murray, was rural in nature, with Mannum the only large town within its boundaries. From its establishment to the 1938 state election, Murray was a three-member electorate, but was made a single-member electorate afterwards, as part of a system of electoral malapportionment known as the "Playmander". In both incarnations it elected candidates from both major parties as marginal and safe seat holders at various times. If just 21 LCL votes were Labor votes in Murray at the 1968 election, Labor would have formed majority government. Murray was one of two gains in 1968 that put the LCL in office. The electorate was abolished prior to the 1985 election, with its territory now forming part of the districts of Hammond, Kavel, and Schubert. In total, 24 people represented Murray between 1902 and 1985, with its most notable member being Thomas Playford IV, who later served as Premier of South Australia.

## List of members

First incarnation (1902–1938, 3 members) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| | Walter Duncan | National League | 1902–1906 | Friedrich Pflaum | | 1902–1905 | Robert Homburg | National League | 1902–1905 |
| | Walter Duncan | National League | 1902–1906 | Friedrich Pflaum | National League | 1905–1910 | William Jamieson | National League | 1905–1906 |
| | Hermann Homburg | National League | 1906–1910 | Friedrich Pflaum | National League | 1905–1910 | William Jamieson | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 |
| | Hermann Homburg | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | Friedrich Pflaum | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | William Jamieson | Liberal Union | 1910–1912 |
| | Hermann Homburg | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | Friedrich Pflaum | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | George Dunn | Labor | 1915–1917 | Maurice Parish | Labor | 1915–1917 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | George Dunn | National | 1917–1918 | Maurice Parish | National | 1917–1918 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | George Dunn | National | 1917–1918 | Maurice Parish | Independent | 1918–1918 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | 1918–1921 | Herbert Parsons | Liberal Union | 1918–1921 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | John Godfree | Liberal Union | 1921–1923 | John Randell | Liberal Union | 1921–1923 | Harry Young | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 |
| | John Godfree | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | John Randell | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | Harry Young | Liberal Federation | 1923–1927 |
| | Clement Collins | Labor | 1924–1933 | Frank Staniford | Labor | 1924–1927 | Harry Young | Liberal Federation | 1923–1927 |
| | Clement Collins | Labor | 1924–1933 | Ernest Hannaford | Liberal Federation | 1927–1930 | Hermann Homburg | Liberal Federation | 1927–1930 |
| | Clement Collins | Labor | 1924–1933 | Frank Staniford | Labor | 1930–1931 | Robert Hunter | Labor | 1930–1931 |
| | Clement Collins | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Frank Staniford | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Robert Hunter | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 |
| | George Morphett | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Thomas Playford IV | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Howard Shannon | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 |
| Second incarnation (1938–1977) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Richard McKenzie | Independent | 1938–1943 |
| | Richard McKenzie | Labor | 1943–1953 |
| | Hector White | Liberal and Country | 1953–1956 |
| | Gabe Bywaters | Labor | 1956–1968 |
| | Ivon Wardle | Liberal and Country | 1968–1974 |
| | Ivon Wardle | Liberal | 1974–1977 |
| | David Wotton | Liberal | 1977–1985 |