Electoral results for the district of Kogarah

Kogarah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had one incarnation, from 1930 until the present.[1][2][3][4]

Members

edit
Election Member Party
1930   Mark Gosling Labor
1932   James Ross United Australia
1935
1938
1941   William Currey Labor
1944
1947
1948 by   Douglas Cross Liberal
1950
1953   Bill Crabtree Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1983 by Brian Langton
1984
1988
1991
1995
1999 Cherie Burton
2003
2007
2011
2015 Chris Minns
2019

Election results

edit

Elections in the 2020s

edit

2023

edit
2023 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[5][6]
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

Elections in the 2010s

edit

2019

edit
2019 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Chris Minns 19,254 42.25 −3.17
Liberal Scott Yung 19,185 42.09 +7.92
Greens Greta Werner 2,950 6.47 −0.02
One Nation Phillip Pollard 2,790 6.12 +6.12
Keep Sydney Open Natalie Resman 1,397 3.07 +3.07
Total formal votes 45,576 95.56 +0.13
Informal votes 2,120 4.44 −0.13
Turnout 47,696 89.61 −0.91
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Chris Minns 21,544 51.77 −5.09
Liberal Scott Yung 20,073 48.23 +5.09
Labor hold Swing −5.09

2015

edit
2015 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Chris Minns 21,084 45.4 −2.0
Liberal Nick Aroney 15,866 34.2 −3.9
Unity Annie Tang 3,647 7.9 +7.9
Greens Brent Heber 3,015 6.5 −2.3
Christian Democrats Sonny Susilo 1,638 3.5 −2.2
No Land Tax David Lin 1,173 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 46,423 95.4 +0.2
Informal votes 2,225 4.6 −0.2
Turnout 48,648 90.5 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Chris Minns 23,058 56.9 +1.5
Liberal Nick Aroney 17,492 43.1 −1.5
Labor hold Swing +1.5

2011

edit
2011 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cherie Burton 19,668 44.2 −12.6
Liberal Miray Hindi 18,360 41.3 +14.3
Greens Simone Francis 3,952 8.9 +1.8
Christian Democrats Joseph Abdel Massih 2,507 5.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 44,487 96.0 −0.8
Informal votes 1,851 4.0 +0.8
Turnout 46,338 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cherie Burton 21,207 51.9 −15.8
Liberal Miray Hindi 19,665 48.1 +15.8
Labor hold Swing −15.8

Elections in the 2000s

edit

2007

edit
2007 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cherie Burton 24,301 56.8 −2.2
Liberal Peter El Khouri 11,534 27.0 −0.9
Greens Therese Bolt 3,042 7.1 +0.5
Unity Marcus Ho 2,172 5.1 +0.6
Christian Democrats Chris Svolos 1,708 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 42,757 96.8 0.0
Informal votes 1,396 3.2 0.0
Turnout 44,153 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cherie Burton 26,448 67.7 −1.4
Liberal Peter El Khouri 12,616 32.3 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −1.4

2003

edit
2003 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cherie Burton 23,778 59.2 +11.2
Liberal Val Colyer 11,209 27.9 −6.9
Greens Soraya Kassim 2,749 6.8 +3.6
Unity Naxin Liu 1,736 4.3 +1.3
Democrats Alison Bailey 701 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 40,173 96.8 −0.1
Informal votes 1,344 3.2 +0.1
Turnout 41,517 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cherie Burton 26,355 69.2 +11.7
Liberal Val Colyer 11,703 30.8 −11.7
Labor hold Swing +11.7

Elections in the 1990s

edit

1999

edit
1999 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cherie Burton 19,628 48.0 +1.9
Liberal Sam Witheridge 14,226 34.8 −10.6
One Nation Neil Baird 1,752 4.3 +4.3
Greens Dominic Kanak 1,301 3.2 +3.2
Unity Ilia Uzunoski 1,244 3.0 +3.0
Independent Polly Chan 1,039 2.5 +2.5
Christian Democrats Mark Ison 838 2.0 +0.5
Independent Les Crompton 368 0.9 +0.9
Against Further Immigration John Whalen 237 0.6 −0.3
Outdoor Recreation Nathan Jones 235 0.6 +0.6
Non-Custodial Parents Alexander Peniazev 40 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 40,908 96.9 +2.2
Informal votes 1,308 3.1 −2.2
Turnout 42,216 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cherie Burton 21,381 57.5 +6.9
Liberal Sam Witheridge 15,784 42.5 −6.9
Labor hold Swing +6.9

1995

edit
1995 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Langton 16,047 48.0 −1.5
Liberal Margaret Dombkins 14,981 44.8 +0.2
Democrats Craig Chung 1,664 5.0 −0.9
Call to Australia David Copeland 713 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 33,405 95.0 +6.2
Informal votes 1,741 5.0 −6.2
Turnout 35,146 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Langton 16,912 51.5 −1.8
Liberal Margaret Dombkins 15,935 48.5 +1.8
Labor hold Swing −1.8

1991

edit
1991 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Langton 15,376 49.5 +5.1
Liberal Pat O'Brien 13,873 44.7 +0.8
Democrats John Mukai 1,819 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 31,068 88.8 −7.7
Informal votes 3,917 11.2 +7.7
Turnout 34,985 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Langton 16,270 53.3 +1.7
Liberal Pat O'Brien 14,254 46.7 −1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1980s

edit

1988

edit
1988 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Langton 13,033 44.4 −8.8
Liberal Stephen Milgate 12,840 43.7 +2.7
Independent Anne Field 2,663 9.1 +9.1
Independent Jack Maddox 831 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 29,367 96.4 −0.9
Informal votes 1,086 3.6 +0.9
Turnout 30,453 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Langton 14,738 52.2 −4.2
Liberal Stephen Milgate 13,509 47.8 +4.2
Labor hold Swing −4.2

1984

edit
1984 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Langton 15,254 53.1 −9.9
Liberal Robert Young 11,804 41.0 +8.8
Democrats Ronald George 1,697 5.9 +1.1
Total formal votes 28,755 97.4 −0.2
Informal votes 780 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 29,535 93.7 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Langton 56.3 −3.6
Liberal Robert Young 43.7 +3.6
Labor hold Swing −3.6

1983 by-election

edit
1983 Kogarah by-election
Saturday 22 October [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Langton 12,263 51.2 −11.8
Liberal Robert Young 11,679 48.8 +16.6
Total formal votes 23,942 98.2
Informal votes 449 1.8
Turnout 24,391 76.7
Labor hold Swing −15.0 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000047−QINU`"'
Bill Crabtree (Labor) resigned.[19]

1981

edit
1981 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 18,022 63.0 −4.9
Liberal Patrick O'Brien 9,198 32.2 +0.1
Democrats Albert Ost 1,374 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 28,594 97.2
Informal votes 816 2.8
Turnout 29,410 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 18,644 66.2 −1.7
Liberal Patrick O'Brien 9,498 33.8 +1.7
Labor hold Swing −1.7

Elections in the 1970s

edit

1978

edit
1978 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 21,397 67.9 +12.5
Liberal Terrence Fraser 10,117 32.1 −10.1
Total formal votes 31,514 97.2 −0.4
Informal votes 897 2.8 +0.4
Turnout 32,411 93.0 −1.3
Labor hold Swing +11.8

1976

edit
1976 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 17,753 55.4 +1.1
Liberal Terrence Fraser 13,537 42.2 +0.5
Workers Robert Schollbach 761 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 32,051 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 457 1.4 −0.7
Turnout 32,508 94.3 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 17,981 56.1 +1.0
Liberal Terrence Fraser 14,070 43.9 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

1973

edit
1973 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 16,258 54.3 −0.1
Liberal Edward Griffiths 12,497 41.7 +2.8
Democratic Labor Harold Rich 1,195 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 29,950 97.9
Informal votes 635 2.1
Turnout 30,585 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 16,497 55.1 −3.5
Liberal Edward Griffiths 13,453 44.9 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

1971

edit
1971 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 13,438 52.4 +1.6
Liberal William Marshall 10,485 40.9 −4.6
Independent Margot Caulfield 1,708 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 25,631 98.1
Informal votes 495 1.9
Turnout 26,126 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 14,463 56.4 +5.1
Liberal William Marshall 11,168 43.6 −5.1
Labor hold Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1960s

edit

1968

edit
1968 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 13,837 51.8 +0.2
Liberal Albert Oakey 11,889 44.5 −1.2
Democratic Labor Brian Harnett 986 3.7 +1.0
Total formal votes 26,712 97.9
Informal votes 568 2.1
Turnout 27,280 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 14,034 52.5 +0.4
Liberal Albert Oakey 12,678 47.5 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4

1965

edit
1965 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,169 51.6 −4.4
Liberal Albert Oakey 10,790 45.7 +1.7
Democratic Labor Hubert O'Connell 635 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 23,594 98.5 −0.6
Informal votes 347 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 23,941 94.6 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,296 52.1 −3.9
Liberal Albert Oakey 11,298 47.9 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9

1962

edit
1962 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 13,007 56.0 +2.7
Liberal John Partridge 10,233 44.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 23,240 99.1
Informal votes 200 0.9
Turnout 23,440 94.5
Labor hold Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1950s

edit

1959

edit
1959 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,079 53.3
Liberal Jeffrey Skehan 9,816 43.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Brosnan 404 1.8
Communist Leslie McPhillips 357 1.6
Total formal votes 22,656 98.6
Informal votes 329 1.4
Turnout 22,985 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,446 54.9
Liberal Jeffrey Skehan 10,210 45.1
Labor hold Swing

1956

edit
1956 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,467 55.0 −0.7
Liberal Horace Harper 10,195 45.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,662 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 276 1.2 −0.6
Turnout 22,938 94.1 −0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.7

1953

edit
1953 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,486 55.7
Liberal Douglas Cross 9,927 44.3
Total formal votes 22,413 98.2
Informal votes 405 1.8
Turnout 22,818 94.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

1950

edit
1950 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,209 51.0
Labor Bill Crabtree 11,707 49.0
Total formal votes 23,916 98.5
Informal votes 354 1.5
Turnout 24,270 95.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
Kogarah was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1948 caused by the death of Labor's William Currey.

Elections in the 1940s

edit

1948 by-election

edit
1948 Kogarah by-election
Saturday 17 July [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,829 51.7 +9.1
Labor Herbert Oxford 12,007 48.4 −9.1
Total formal votes 24,836 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 361 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 25,197 90.8 −4.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.1
William Currey (Labor) died.[32]

1947

edit
1947 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Currey 14,445 57.4 −3.3
Liberal George Evans 10,713 42.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 25,158 98.5 +1.5
Informal votes 390 1.5 −1.5
Turnout 25,548 95.1 +2.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

edit
1944 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Currey 13,532 60.7 +11.9
Democratic Robert Henderson 6,464 29.0 −15.6
Liberal Democratic Thomas Claydon 2,306 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 22,302 97.0 −1.6
Informal votes 683 3.0 +1.6
Turnout 22,985 93.0 −1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

edit
1941 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Currey 10,484 48.8
United Australia James Ross 9,581 44.6
State Labor Paul Mortier 1,400 6.5
Total formal votes 21,465 98.6
Informal votes 311 1.4
Turnout 311 1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Currey 11,741 54.7
United Australia James Ross 9,724 45.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

edit

1938

edit
1938 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia James Ross 11,633 53.2 −0.4
Labor John Hibberd 8,368 38.3 −2.2
Independent John Battye 1,863 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 21,864 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 371 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 22,235 97.1 −0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

edit
1935 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia James Ross 10,799 53.6 +4.0
Labor (NSW) Mark Gosling 8,155 40.5 −1.5
Federal Labor Patrick Quinane 688 3.4 −4.0
Communist Edward Bulmer 508 2.5 +1.6
Total formal votes 20,150 98.2 0.0
Informal votes 378 1.8 0.0
Turnout 20,528 97.6 −0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

edit
1932 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia James Ross 9,664 49.6 +15.4
Labor (NSW) Mark Gosling 8,166 42.0 −23.1
Federal Labor Robert Beaton 1,444 7.4 +7.4
Communist Arthur Smith 165 0.9 +0.1
Independent Philip Coyle 27 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 19,466 98.2 −0.3
Informal votes 356 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 19,822 98.1 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia James Ross 10,579 54.3
Labor (NSW) Mark Gosling 8,887 45.7
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A

1930

edit
1930 New South Wales state election: Kogarah[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mark Gosling 12,090 65.1
Nationalist Humphrey Earl 6,351 34.2
Communist Thomas Wright 145 0.8
Total formal votes 18,586 98.5
Informal votes 283 1.5
Turnout 18,869 96.5
Labor win (new seat)
Mark Gosling (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Oatley.

Notes

edit
  1. ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1981 Kogarah election.

References

edit
  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Kogarah- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ LA First Preference: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Kogarah: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Kogarah: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ State Electoral District of Kogarah: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  10. ^ State Electoral District of Kogarah: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  11. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "2007 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "2003 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  19. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1983 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  20. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  21. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  24. ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  25. ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  26. ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  27. ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  28. ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  29. ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  30. ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  31. ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  32. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1948 results Kogarah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  33. ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  34. ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  35. ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  36. ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  37. ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  38. ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  39. ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.