Electoral district of Camden
Camden New South WalesβLegislative Assembly | |
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Location within Sydney | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1859β1920, 1981βcurrent |
MP | Chris Patterson |
Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Electors | 50,907 (2011) |
Area | 228 km2 (88.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Chris Patterson of the Liberal Party of Australia.
It currently includes the suburbs of Austral, Badgerys Creek, Bickley Vale, Bringelly, Camden, Camden Park, Camden South, Catherine Field, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Currans Hill, Elderslie, Ellis Lane, Gledswood Hills, Grasmere, Greendale, Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Kirkham, Leppington, Luddenham, Mount Annan, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Oran Park, Rossmore, Smeaton Grange, Spring Farm, Wallacia and West Hoxton.[1]
History
Camden was originally created in 1859, replacing part of West Camden and named after the town of Camden or Camden County, which includes Camden, the 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 (1859β1889, 2 members) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Henry Oxley | None | 1859β1860 | William Wild | None | 1859β1860 | ||
John Morrice | None | 1860β1872 | John Douglas | None | 1860β1861 | ||
David Bell | None | 1861β1864 | |||||
Richard Roberts | None | 1864β1869 | |||||
Arthur Onslow | None | 1869β1880 | |||||
Thomas Garrett | None | 1872β1887 | |||||
John Kidd | None | 1880β1882 | |||||
William McCourt | None | 1882β1885 | |||||
John Kidd | None | 1885β1887 | |||||
Free Trade | 1887β1889 | William McCourt | Free Trade | 1887β1889 | |||
(1889β1894, 3 members) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
Thomas Garrett | Free Trade | 1889β1891 | William McCourt | Free Trade | 1889β1894 | John Kidd | Protectionist | 1889β1894 | |||
William Cullen | Free Trade | 1891β1894 | |||||||||
(1894β1920, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Kidd | Protectionist | 1894β1895 | |
Charles Bull | Free Trade | 1895β1898 | |
John Kidd | Protectionist | 1898β1901 | |
Progressive | 1901β1904 | ||
Fred Downes | Liberal Reform | 1904β1913 | |
John Hunt | Liberal Reform | 1913β1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917β1920 | ||
Second incarnation (1981βpresent, 1 member) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Ralph Brading | Labor | 1981β1984 | |
John Fahey | Liberal | 1984β1988 | |
Peter Primrose | Labor | 1988β1991 | |
Liz Kernohan | Liberal | 1991β2003 | |
Geoff Corrigan | Labor | 2003β2011 | |
Chris Patterson | Liberal | 2011βpresent |
Election results
New South Wales state election, 2015: Camden[3][4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
Liberal | Chris Patterson | 29,545 | 61.4 | β2.8 | |
Labor | Cindy Cagney | 13,105 | 27.2 | +4.5 | |
Greens | Danica Sajn | 2,551 | 5.3 | β0.2 | |
No Land Tax | Mario Tabone | 1,513 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Christian Democrats | Colin Broadbridge | 1,440 | 3.0 | β0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,154 | 96.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,800 | 3.6 | β0.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,954 | 93.1 | +6.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Chris Patterson | 30,693 | 68.3 | β4.5 | |
Labor | Cindy Cagney | 14,258 | 31.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | β4.5 | |||
References
- β "Camden". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- β "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- β State Electoral District of Camden: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- β State Electoral District of Camden: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
External links
- "Camden". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2015.