Rockdale is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Rockdale New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1927–1930 1941–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Steve Kamper | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Rockdale | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,421 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 41.79 km2 (16.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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On its current boundaries, Rockdale takes in the suburbs of Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Park, Bardwell Valley, Beverley Park, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Dolls Point, Kogarah Bay, Kyeemagh, Monterey, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Rockdale, Sandrigham, Sans Souci, Turella and Wolli Creek.[1]
It is represented by Steve Kamper of the Labor Party.
Rockdale electoral district was first created in 1927, with the breakup of the multi-member St George. In 1930, it was abolished and largely replaced by Arncliffe.
Rockdale Council sought a new electorate for Rockdale as early as 1937.[2] In 1941, Arncliffe was abolished and replaced by a recreated Rockdale and Cook's River.
First incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Guy Arkins [3] | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
Second incarnation (1941–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John McGrath [4] | Labor | 1941–1959 | |
Brian Bannon [5] | Labor | 1959–1986 | |
Barrie Unsworth [6] | Labor | 1986–1991 | |
George Thompson [7] | Labor | 1991–2003 | |
Frank Sartor [8] | Labor | 2003–2011 | |
John Flowers [9] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Steve Kamper [10] | Labor | 2015–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Kamper | 24,893 | 52.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Muhammad Rana | 13,942 | 29.6 | −3.6 | |
Greens | Peter Strong | 5,109 | 10.9 | +2.8 | |
Sustainable Australia | James Morris | 3,127 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 47,071 | 95.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,378 | 4.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,449 | 87.1 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Kamper | 28,468 | 65.4 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Muhammad Rana | 15,086 | 34.6 | −5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |