Electoral district of Kogarah

Kogarah
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Kogarah; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1930–present
MP	Chris Minns
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kogarah
Electors	53,226 (2019)
Area	18.13 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
	Electorates around Kogarah:

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, the states premier.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Kogarah takes in the 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.

Kogarah has one of the biggest Chinese-Australian communities in Australia, with around 29,000 of the electorate's residents having a Chinese background.^[3]

Members for Kogarah

	Party	Term
Mark Gosling ^[4]	Labor	1930–1932
James Ross ^[5]	United Australia	1932–1941
William Currey ^[6]	Labor	1941–1948
Douglas Cross ^[7]	Liberal	1948–1953
Bill Crabtree ^[8]	Labor	1953–1983
Brian Langton ^[9]	Labor	1983–1999
Cherie Burton ^[10]	Labor	1999–2015
Chris Minns ^[11]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Kogarah^[12]^[13]
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

^ "Kogarah". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "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.
^ Xiao, Bang. "Chinese-Australians' political awakening was a big factor in Labor's win in Aston". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Mr James Clyde Ross (1895–1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Mr William Matthew Currey VC (1895-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ "Mr Douglas Donald Cross (1892–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Ms Cherie Ann Burton (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher John Minns MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ LA First Preference: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[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] Xiao, Bang. "Chinese-Australians' political awakening was a big factor in Labor's win in Aston". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[Mark_Gosling_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[James_Ross_NSW_parl-5] "Mr James Clyde Ross (1895–1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[William_Currey_NSW_parl-6] "Mr William Matthew Currey VC (1895-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[Douglas_Cross_NSW_parl-7] "Mr Douglas Donald Cross (1892–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Bill_Crabtree_NSW_parl-8] "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Brian_Langton_NSW_parl-9] "The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Cherie_Burton_NSW_parl-10] "Ms Cherie Ann Burton (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Chris_Minns_NSW_parl-11] "Mr (Chris) Christopher John Minns MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[12] LA First Preference: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[13] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Kogarah, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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