Electoral district of Camden
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| Namesake | Camden, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 70,392 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 228 km2 (88.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Camden is an
Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Sally Quinnell of the Labor
party, who achieved a 13% swing in the 2023 election.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Camden takes in the suburbs of
Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Kirkham, Mount Annan, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Smeaton Grange, and Spring Farm.[1]
History
Camden was originally created in 1859, replacing part of
Southern Highlands and the Illawarra. It elected two members from 1859 to 1889 and three members from 1889 to 1894, when multi-member electorates were abolished. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1981.[2] In recent decades it has been a marginal seat, falling to both the Labor and Liberal
parties on separate occasions.
Except in 1984-91 and 1995-2003, Camden in its second incarnation, has been held by the government party.
Camden was evident as a bellwether seat at the 1991 election when the ALP lost the seat to the Liberal Party despite the former party making huge gains at that election which was close but not enough for them to win the election. If the ALP had retained Camden in 1991, the party would have been in a strong position to form a minority government when it then won The Entrance by-election in 1992.
Members for Camden
| First incarnation (1859–1889, 2 members) | |||||||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||
| Henry Oxley | None | 1859–1860 | William Wild | None | 1859–1860 | ||||||
| John Morrice | None | 1860–1872 | John Douglas | None | 1860–1861 | ||||||
| David Bell | None | 1861–1864 | |||||||||
| Richard Roberts | None | 1864–1869 | |||||||||
Arthur Onslow
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None | 1869–1880 | |||||||||
| Thomas Garrett | None | 1872–1887 | |||||||||
John Kidd
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None | 1880–1882 | |||||||||
| William McCourt | None | 1882–1885 | |||||||||
John Kidd
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None | 1885–1887 | |||||||||
| Free Trade | 1887–1889 | William McCourt | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |||||||
| 1889–1894, 3 members | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Thomas Garrett | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | William McCourt | Free Trade | 1889–1894 | John Kidd
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Protectionist | 1889–1894 | |||
| William Cullen | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | |||||||||
| 1894–1920, 1 member | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
John Kidd
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Protectionist | 1894–1895 | |||||||||
| Charles Bull | Free Trade | 1895–1898 | |||||||||
John Kidd
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Protectionist | 1898–1901 | |||||||||
| Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||||||||||
| Fred Downes | Liberal Reform | 1904–1913 | |||||||||
| John Hunt | Liberal Reform | 1913–1917 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
| Second incarnation (1981–present, 1 member) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Ralph Brading | Labor | 1981–1984 | |||||||||
| John Fahey | Liberal | 1984–1988 | |||||||||
| Peter Primrose | Labor | 1988–1991 | |||||||||
| Liz Kernohan | Liberal | 1991–2003 | |||||||||
| Geoff Corrigan | Labor | 2003–2011 | |||||||||
| Chris Patterson | Liberal | 2011–2019 | |||||||||
| Peter Sidgreaves | Liberal | 2019–2023 | |||||||||
| Sally Quinnell | Labor | 2023–present | |||||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Sally Quinnell | 21,945 | 40.6 | +11.2 | |
| Liberal | Peter Sidgreaves | 19,686 | 36.4 | −5.7 | |
| One Nation | Garry Dollin | 7,437 | 13.8 | +0.4 | |
| Greens | Emily Rivera | 3,136 | 5.8 | +1.7 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Jessie Bijok | 1,868 | 3.5 | +2.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 54,072 | 96.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,056 | 3.7 | +0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,128 | 90.7 | +3.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sally Quinnell | 25,060 | 53.0 | +10.3 | |
| Liberal | Peter Sidgreaves | 22,222 | 47.0 | −10.3 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.3 | |||
References
- ^ "Camden". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camden 1859-2007". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Camden, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Camden, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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