Rockdale, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1927 to 1930, the second from in 1941 to the present. [1] [2] [3] [4]
First incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Guy Arkins | Nationalist | |
Second incarnation (1941–present) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1941 | John McGrath | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | Brian Bannon | ||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | |||
1986 by | Barrie Unsworth | ||
1988 | |||
1991 | George Thompson | ||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 | Frank Sartor | ||
2007 | |||
2011 | John Flowers | Liberal | |
2015 | Steve Kamper | Labor | |
2019 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Kamper | 21,945 | 45.82 | −0.08 | |
Liberal | Sam Hassan | 16,118 | 33.65 | −5.63 | |
Greens | Peter Strong | 3,829 | 8.00 | +1.09 | |
Keep Sydney Open | George Tulloch | 2,865 | 5.98 | +5.98 | |
Animal Justice | Paul Collaros | 1,800 | 3.76 | +3.76 | |
Independent | Hussein Faraj | 1,335 | 2.79 | +2.79 | |
Total formal votes | 47,892 | 95.38 | −0.21 | ||
Informal votes | 2,318 | 4.62 | +0.21 | ||
Turnout | 50,210 | 88.99 | −1.01 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Kamper | 25,077 | 59.55 | +4.80 | |
Liberal | Sam Hassan | 17,037 | 40.45 | −4.80 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Kamper | 21,242 | 45.9 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | John Flowers | 18,182 | 39.3 | −4.0 | |
Greens | Madeleina Snowdon | 3,194 | 6.9 | −1.9 | |
Christian Democrats | Lena El-Daghl | 1,498 | 3.2 | −1.0 | |
No Land Tax | Sam Choker | 1,154 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Jamal Daoud | 1,009 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 46,279 | 95.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,132 | 4.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,411 | 90.0 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Kamper | 23,121 | 54.8 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | John Flowers | 19,107 | 45.3 | −8.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Flowers | 19,072 | 43.3 | +9.9 | |
Labor | Steve Kamper | 15,990 | 36.3 | -14.0 | |
Greens | Lauren Moore | 3,877 | 8.8 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Michael Nagi | 3,274 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Christian Democrats | Anita Strezova | 1,881 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 44,094 | 96.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,757 | 3.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,851 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Flowers | 20,546 | 53.6 | +13.9 | |
Labor | Steve Kamper | 17,805 | 46.4 | -13.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +13.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Sartor | 20,891 | 50.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Lili Gestakovska | 13,864 | 33.3 | +9.2 | |
Greens | Liam McGillicuddy | 3,139 | 7.5 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Brian Walsh | 1,672 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Unity | Gang Wang | 1,036 | 2.5 | +0.8 | |
Amin Abbas | 533 | 1.3 | +1.3 | ||
Save Our Suburbs | Lesleyanne Azel | 461 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 41,596 | 95.8 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,816 | 4.2 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,412 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Sartor | 22,486 | 60.3 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Lili Gestakovska | 14,807 | 39.7 | +5.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Sartor | 19,122 | 49.1 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | Jan Brennan | 9,205 | 23.6 | -4.0 | |
Independent | Kevin Ryan | 3,653 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Greens | Lesa De Leau | 2,510 | 6.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Mahmoud Ghalayini | 1,275 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | John Nikolovski | 795 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Stephen Winter | 747 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Unity | Cong Tran | 674 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Against Further Immigration | Thomas Foley | 378 | 1.0 | +0.1 | |
Save Our Suburbs | Mark Curran | 335 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | Eoin Coghlan | 240 | 0.6 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,934 | 96.1 | +0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,600 | 3.9 | −0.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,534 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Sartor | 21,139 | 65.9 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Jan Brennan | 10,938 | 34.1 | +0.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Thompson | 22,258 | 55.9 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Phillip Kaloudis | 11,003 | 27.6 | -11.4 | |
One Nation | Michael Citton | 2,185 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Greens | Nola Taylor | 1,191 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Democrats | Craig Chung | 1,087 | 2.7 | -1.9 | |
Independent | Peter Johnson | 818 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Joanne Jones | 651 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Against Further Immigration | Ian Gelling | 339 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | William Ryan | 172 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Non-Custodial Parents | Pino Cardillo | 128 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 39,832 | 96.1 | +2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,629 | 3.9 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,461 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Thompson | 23,930 | 66.5 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Phillip Kaloudis | 12,042 | 33.5 | -8.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Thompson | 17,827 | 55.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Graham Abel | 11,541 | 35.9 | -3.9 | |
Democrats | Reagan Murphy | 1,479 | 4.6 | +1.2 | |
Transport Action Group | Nola Taylor | 1,324 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 32,171 | 92.9 | +6.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,477 | 7.1 | −6.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,648 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Thompson | 19,134 | 61.2 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Graham Abel | 12,125 | 38.8 | -4.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Thompson | 15,110 | 50.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Johnson | 11,859 | 39.8 | +2.4 | |
Democrats | Leslie Wand | 1,005 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Sergio Bustamante | 969 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Anne Targett | 875 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 29,818 | 86.8 | −9.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4,541 | 13.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,359 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Thompson | 16,350 | 56.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Johnson | 12,454 | 43.2 | -1.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barrie Unsworth | 15,793 | 53.6 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 9,878 | 33.6 | -0.5 | |
Independent EFF | Ian Yates | 3,251 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Independent | Robert Routledge | 520 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 29,442 | 96.2 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,148 | 3.8 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,590 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Barrie Unsworth | 16,382 | 57.0 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 12,359 | 43.0 | +7.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barrie Unsworth | 11,251 | 46.17 | −17.10 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 9,896 | 40.61 | +6.53 | |
Independent | James McLean | 1,720 | 7.06 | +7.06 | |
Socialist Workers | Valmai Frances Edwards | 725 | 2.98 | +2.98 | |
Independent | John Badman | 375 | 1.54 | +1.54 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 334 | 1.37 | −1.28 | |
Uninflated Movement | Nadar Ponnuswamy | 67 | 0.27 | +0.27 | |
Total formal votes | 24,368 | 96.50 | −0.21 | ||
Informal votes | 885 | 3.50 | +0.21 | ||
Turnout | 25,253 | 79.59 | −13.17 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Barrie Unsworth | 11,946 | 50.11 | −14.5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 11,892 | 49.89 | +14.5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
Labor hold | Swing | −14.5 [lower-alpha 1] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 18,015 | 63.3 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 9,705 | 34.1 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Edwin Bellchambers | 755 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 28,475 | 96.7 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 968 | 3.3 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,443 | 92.8 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 64.6 | -4.6 | ||
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 35.4 | +4.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 18,639 | 69.2 | ||
Liberal | John Tonkin | 8,294 | 30.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 26,933 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,094 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 28,027 | 91.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 21,643 | 75.2 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Joan Loew | 5,651 | 19.6 | -13.9 | |
Independent | Edwin Bellchambers | 1,501 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,795 | 96.8 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 953 | 3.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,748 | 92.3 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 22,943 | 79.7 | +13.2 | |
Liberal | Joan Loew | 5,852 | 20.3 | -13.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 19,017 | 66.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Raymond Scaysbrook | 9,597 | 33.5 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,614 | 97.2 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 814 | 2.8 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,428 | 93.4 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 16,826 | 62.7 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Gates | 9,056 | 33.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | Alan Lewis | 968 | 3.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 26,850 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,019 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,869 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 17,020 | 63.4 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Gates | 9,830 | 36.6 | 0.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 14,983 | 57.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Roye Gaha | 9,681 | 37.0 | +4.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Mary Hennessy | 1,053 | 4.0 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Edwin Bellchambers | 424 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 26,141 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 677 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 26,818 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 15,406 | 58.9 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Roye Gaha | 10,735 | 41.1 | -3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 14,420 | 55.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Harold Heslehurst | 10,860 | 41.5 | -2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Height | 916 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,196 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 759 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 26,955 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 14,603 | 55.7 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Harold Heslehurst | 11,593 | 44.3 | -1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 12,828 | 52.7 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | Angus Bristow | 10,749 | 44.2 | +3.0 | |
Independent | Keith Richardson | 763 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 24,340 | 98.2 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 435 | 1.8 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,775 | 94.4 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 13,210 | 54.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Angus Bristow | 11,130 | 45.7 | +1.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 13,544 | 54.8 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Sidney Alewood | 10,185 | 41.2 | −2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian Adams | 1,006 | 4.1 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,735 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 330 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 25,065 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 13,745 | 55.6 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Sidney Alewood | 10,990 | 44.4 | −4.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brian Bannon | 10,035 | 46.1 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Hislop | 9,426 | 43.3 | ||
Independent | Arthur Henderson | 1,587 | 7.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | Wesley Johns | 742 | 3.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,790 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 449 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 22,239 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Bannon | 11,208 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Hislop | 10,582 | 48.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John McGrath | 11,469 | 51.3 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | Harold Heslehurst | 10,890 | 48.7 | +9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 22,359 | 98.3 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 387 | 1.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,746 | 94.1 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John McGrath | 14,041 | 60.5 | ||
Liberal | Harold Heslehurst | 9,165 | 39.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 23,206 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 489 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 23,695 | 94.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John McGrath | 13,083 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal | George McGuire | 11,166 | 46.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,249 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 340 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 24,589 | 94.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John McGrath | 12,305 | 54.8 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | George McGuire | 10,146 | 45.2 | +13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,451 | 98.3 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 396 | 1.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,847 | 95.4 | +1.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John McGrath | 11,419 | 56.1 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democratic | Enoch Jones | 6,531 | 32.1 | +32.1 | |
Democratic | Henry Miller | 2,184 | 10.7 | -27.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Whitehouse | 227 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,361 | 96.5 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 729 | 3.5 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,090 | 93.7 | +0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McGrath | 10,995 | 55.6 | ||
United Australia | George McGuire | 7,554 | 38.2 | ||
State Labor | Reginald Williams | 1,222 | 6.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,771 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 462 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 20,233 | 93.4 | |||
Labor notional hold | Swing |
District recreated
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Guy Arkins | 7,876 | 55.1 | ||
Labor | Edgar Levey | 6,412 | 44.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,288 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 149 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,437 | 89.0 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
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