Electoral district of Monaro

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Short description Template:Template other Monaro, also known as Maneroo (1856–1858), Monara (1858–1879) and Manaro (1894–1904) is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Steve Whan of the Labor party since the 2023 New South Wales state election.

Monaro is a regional district in the south of the state. It encompasses the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council and Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood, Cooma, Bombala, Captains Flat, Nimmitabel, Delegate, Bredbo, Michelago, Berridale, Jindabyne and Adaminaby.

History

The electorate was created in 1856 for the First Parliament under the name Maneroo, derived from an Aboriginal name for the area, now spelt Monaro. It was renamed Monara for the second Parliament in February 1858. The spelling was changed to Monaro from 1877 until 1894. It elected two members between 1880 and 1894. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced statewide and part of the electorate, (including Bombala), was absorbed into Eden-Bombala. At this time the spelling was changed to Manaro. The 1903 New South Wales referendum required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90, the district was expanded to include parts of Queanbeyan and the abolished seat of Eden-Bombala and the spelling reverted to Monaro. In 1913, it absorbed much of the electoral district of Queanbeyan, including Queanbeyan, which is its major city. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Goulburn, along with Bega. It was recreated in 1927.

Nationals member Nichole Overall made history in 2022 by being elected as the first female representative of the Monaro. Overall's husband was previously mayor of the City of Queanbeyan.

Members for Monaro

First incarnation (1858–1920)
1856–1880, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Daniel Egan	None	1856–1859
Template:Australian party style|	Alexander Hamilton	None	1859–1860
Template:Australian party style|	Thomas Garrett	None	1860–1864
Template:Australian party style|	James Martin	None	1864–1865
Template:Australian party style|	William Grahame	None	1865–1869
Template:Australian party style|	Daniel Egan	None	1870–1870
Template:Australian party style|	James Hart	None	1870–1872
Template:Australian party style|	William Grahame	None	1872–1874
Template:Australian party style|	Alexander Montague	None	1875–1877
Template:Australian party style|	John Murphy	None	1877–1880
1880–1894, 2 members
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|	Henry Badgery	None	1880–1885	Template:Australian party style|	Robert Tooth	None	1880–1884
Template:Australian party style|				David Ryrie	None	1884–1885
Template:Australian party style|	Henry Dawson	None	1885–1887	Template:Australian party style|	Harold Stephen	None	1885–1887
rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1887–1894	Template:Australian party style|	Thomas O'Mara	Template:Australian politics/name	1887–1889
Template:Australian party style|				Harold Stephen	Template:Australian politics/name	1889–1889
Template:Australian party style|				Gus Miller	Template:Australian politics/name	1889–1894
1894–1920, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Gus Miller	Template:Australian politics/name	1894–1901
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1901–1918
Template:Australian party style|	John Bailey	Template:Australian politics/name	1918–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present)
1927–present 1 member
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	William Hedges	Template:Australian politics/name	1927–1941
Template:Australian party style|	John Seiffert	Template:Australian politics/name	1941–1950
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1950–1953
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1953–1965
Template:Australian party style|	Steve Mauger	Template:Australian politics/name	1965–1976
Template:Australian party style|	John Akister	Template:Australian politics/name	1976–1988
Template:Australian party style|	Peter Cochran	Template:Australian politics/name	1988–1999
Template:Australian party style|	Peter Webb	Template:Australian politics/name	1999–2003
Template:Australian party style|	Steve Whan	Template:Australian politics/name	2003–2011
Template:Australian party style|	John Barilaro	Template:Australian politics/name	2011–2021
Template:Australian party style|	Nichole Overall	Template:Australian politics/name	2022–2023
Template:Australian party style|	Steve Whan	Template:Australian politics/name	2023–present