Electoral district of Lismore

Lismore is an [New South Wales New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly electoral districts|electoral district] of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Janelle Saffin of the Labor Party.
The electoral district includes all of the City of Lismore, much of inland Tweed Shire, all of Kyogle Council and all of Tenterfield Shire. (including Tenterfield, Drake, Jennings, Liston, Legume, Torrington and Urbenville)

History

Lismore was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894, when it was split from [Electoral district of Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales)|Richmond (New South Wales)|Richmond]. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. In 1913, Lismore was recreated, replacing Richmond. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Lismore and Clarence were absorbed into Byron. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Lismore and Clarence were recreated.
Historically a Country Party/National Party seat, Lismore has only been represented by two Labor MPs: Keith Compton, who was elected at a by-election in 1959 and re-elected in 1962, and Janelle Saffin, who was elected in 2019 who is also the first woman to represent the division.