| Kogarah New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1930–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Chris Minns | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Kogarah | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,226 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.13 km2 (7.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Kogarah is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The electorate is located in St George. It is represented by Chris Minns of the Australian Labor Party.
Kogarah includes the Sydney suburbs of Allawah, Beverly Hills, Carlton, Carss Park, Kogarah and parts of Bexley, Bexley North, Blakehurst, Hurstville, Kingsgrove, Penshurst and South Hurstville.[1]
History
Kogarah was created for the 1930 election, partly replacing the abolished districts of Oatley and St George. It was a marginal seat in the 1930s and 1940s but, since 1953, it became increasingly safe for Labor.
The seat was first won by former state MP for St George and Oatley, Mark Gosling of the Labor Party.[2] However, following factionalism, splits and sectarianism within the state and federal Labor parties, the United Australia Party, later the Liberal Party, won the seat at the 1932 election. Winning back the seat in 1941, the Labor Party have since held the seat for seventy-eight of the seats ninety-three years of its existence.
Members for Kogarah
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gosling [3] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| James Ross [4] | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
| William Currey [5] | Labor | 1941–1948 | |
| Douglas Cross [6] | Liberal | 1948–1953 | |
| Bill Crabtree [7] | Labor | 1953–1983 | |
| Brian Langton [8] | Labor | 1983–1999 | |
| Cherie Burton [9] | Labor | 1999–2015 | |
| Chris Minns [10] | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Chris Minns | 30,916 | 60.6 | +19.7 | |
| Liberal | Craig Chung | 14,380 | 28.2 | −15.4 | |
| Greens | Tracy Yuen | 3,511 | 6.9 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Troy Stolz | 2,186 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,993 | 96.0 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,145 | 4.0 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 53,138 | 89.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Minns | 33,393 | 68.3 | +18.1 | |
| Liberal | Craig Chung | 15,523 | 31.7 | −18.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +18.1 | |||
References
- ^ "Kogarah". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Swing To Labor". The Tweed Daily. Vol. XVII, no. 259. New South Wales, Australia. 27 October 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Clyde Ross (1895–1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Matthew Currey VC (1895-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Mr Douglas Donald Cross (1892–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Cherie Ann Burton (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher John Minns MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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