Kogarah
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1930–present
MPChris Minns
PartyLabor
NamesakeKogarah
Electors53,226 (2019)
Area18.13 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Kogarah:
Bankstown Canterbury Rockdale
Oatley Kogarah Rockdale
Oatley Miranda Rockdale

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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kogarah
2023 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[11][12]
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

  1. ^ "Kogarah". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr James Clyde Ross (1895–1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr William Matthew Currey VC (1895-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Douglas Donald Cross (1892–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Ms Cherie Ann Burton (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher John Minns MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. ^ LA First Preference: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  12. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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