page_title: Electoral district of Barwon
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Electoral district of Barwon / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of a polling booth at the Double Gates Hotel from circa 1914. Hotel meat house and store room converted for the election in the Cobar area, NSW.
context_page_description: Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Roy Butler of the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party.
  Covering roughly 44% of the land mass of New South Wales, Barwon is by far the state's largest electoral district. It includes the local government areas of Bourke Shire, Brewarrina Shire, Narrabri Shire, Walgett Shire, Warrumbungle Shire, Coonamble Shire, Gilgandra Shire, Warren Shire, Bogan Shire, Lachlan Shire, Cobar Shire, Central Darling Shire, the City of Broken Hill as well as the large Unincorporated Far West Region surrounding Broken Hill.
context_section_description: Barwon was originally created in 1894, when it along with Moree, replaced Gwydir.  In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, Gwydir was recreated and Moree and Barwon were abolished.  In 1927, with the breakup of the three-member Electoral district of Namoi, it was recreated.
  Originally a marginal seat that traded hands between the Labor Party and the conservative parties, it was considered a safe seat for the National Party who held it without interruption from 1950 until 2019, when it was won by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.
caption: Polling booth, Double Gates Hotel, c.1914
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