Electoral district of Oxley

Oxley New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1920–1988 1991–present
MP	Melinda Pavey
Party	National Party of Australia
Area	9,239.31 km2 (3,567.3 sq mi)

Oxley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Oxley was created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, replacing Gloucester and Raleigh, and elected three members. It was named after John Oxley. In 1927 it was divided into the single-member electorates of Oxley, Gloucester and Raleigh. In 1988 it was abolished and replaced by Port Macquarie. It was recreated in 1991.

Oxley is one of three original (post 1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the Australian Labor Party, the other districts being Tamworth and Upper Hunter. The National Party has held the seat since its current incarnation was created in 1991.

At the 2007 election it included most of Bellingen Shire (including Bellingen and Dorrigo), Nambucca Shire (including Nambucca Heads, Macksville and Bowraville), Kempsey Shire, some of inland Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, including Wauchope, the lightly inhabited northwest of the City of Greater Taree, and the lightly inhabited eastern fringe of Walcha Shire and Armidale Dumaresq Shire.

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