Electoral district of Kogarah
Kogarah Labor | |||||||||||||||
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Namesake | Kogarah | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,226 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 18.13 km2 (7.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Kogarah is an
Australian Labor Party
.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Kogarah takes in the suburbs of
South Hurstville.[1]
History
Kogarah was created for the
Labor
.
The seat was first won by former state MP for
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 | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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.