Electoral district of Oxley

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.

[1][2] Oxley is one of three original (post 1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the Labor Party, the other districts being Tamworth and Upper Hunter.

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 Mid-Coast Council, and the lightly inhabited eastern fringe of Walcha Shire and Armidale Regional Council.

Its significant population centres include Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Macksville, Kempsey and Wauchope.