Electoral_district_of_Rockdale
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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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||
- "Rockdale". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "New electorate sought by Rockdale Council". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 6 February 2015 – via Trove.
- "Mr James Guy Dalley Arkins (1888–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- "The Hon. John Francis McGrath (1893-1971)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Mr Brian Joseph Bannon". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Barrie John Unsworth (1934–)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Mr George Edmund Thompson (1945- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Frank Ernest Sartor (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Mr John Frederick Flowers". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Mr Stephen Kamper, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- LA First Preference: Rockdale, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- LA Two Candidate Preferred: Rockdale, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.