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PATERSON, New South Wales 
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Named for: A B "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941), poet and author
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Created 1949
Redistributed 1955, 1969, 1977
Abolished 1984
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1949: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton
1955: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton
1969: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Quirindi, Singleton
1977: Gunnedah, Maitland, Mudgee, Muswellbrook
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Enrolments
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1949  39,473           1961  41,891 (+00.7)   1974  56,584 (+10.8) 
1951  39,879 (+01.0)   1963  42,023 (+00.3)   1975  58,888 (+04.1) 
1954  41,853 (+05.0)   1966  42,802 (+01.9)   1977* 67,883 (+15.3) 
1955* 41,345 (-01.2)   1969* 47,725 (+11.5)   1980  70,602 (+04.0) 
1958  41,602 (+00.6)   1972  51,071 (+07.0)   1983  73,110 (+03.6) 
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Two-party majorities
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1949   1951   1954   1955   1958   1961   1963   1966   1969   1972   
-08.5  -07.1  -04.5  -10.2  -11.9  -05.1  -11.4  -19.0  -07.5  -00.4  
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1974   1975   1977   1980   1983   
-00.3  -07.3  -12.2  -07.7  -05.9                       
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Members
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Hon Allen Fairhall (Lib) 1949-69     
Frank O'Keefe (CP, NCP, NPA) 1969-84
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