Electoral district of Camden

Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Peter Sidgreaves of the Liberal Party.

For the Legislative Council district pre-1856, see Electoral district of County of Camden.

Camden
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–1920, 1981–current
MPPeter Sidgreaves
PartyLiberal Party
Electors70,392 (2019)
Area228 km2 (88.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around Camden:
Blue Mountains Mulgoa Liverpool
Wollondilly Camden Macquarie Fields
Wollondilly Wollondilly Campbelltown

It currently includes the suburbs of Austral, Badgerys Creek, Bickley Vale, Bringelly, Camden, Camden Park, Camden South, Catherine Field, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Currans Hill, Elderslie, Ellis Lane, Gledswood Hills, Grasmere, Greendale, Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Kirkham, Leppington, Luddenham, Mount Annan, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Oran Park, Rossmore, Smeaton Grange, Spring Farm, Wallacia and West Hoxton.[1]

History

Camden was originally created in 1859, replacing part of West Camden and named after the town of Camden or Camden County, which includes Camden, the Southern Highlands and the Illawarra. It elected two members from 1859 to 1889 and three members from 1889 to 1894, when multi-member electorates were abolished. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1981.[2] In recent decades it has been a marginal seat, falling to both the Labor and Liberal parties on separate occasions. Except in 1984-91 and 1995-2003, Camden in its second incarnation, has been held by the government party.

Camden was evident as a bellwether seat at the 1991 election when the ALP lost the seat to the Liberal Party despite the former party making huge gains at that election which was close but not enough for them to win the election. If the ALP had retained Camden in 1991, the party would have been in a strong position to form a minority government when it then won The Entrance by-election in 1992.

Members for Camden

First incarnation
1859–1889, 2 members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Henry Oxley [3] None 1859–1860   William Wild [4] None 1859–1860
  John Morrice [5] None 1860–1872   John Douglas [6] None 1860–1861
  David Bell [7] None 1861–1864
  Richard Roberts [8] None 1864–1869
  Arthur Onslow [9] None 1869–1880
  Thomas Garrett [10] None 1872–1887
  John Kidd [11] None 1880–1882
  William McCourt [12] None 1882–1885
  John Kidd [11] None 1885–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1889   William McCourt [12] Free Trade 1887–1889
1889–1894, 3 members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Thomas Garrett [10] Free Trade 1889–1891   William McCourt [12] Free Trade 1889–1894   John Kidd [11] Protectionist 1889–1894
  William Cullen [13] Free Trade 1891–1894
1894–1920, 1 member
MemberPartyTerm
  John Kidd [11] Protectionist 1894–1895
  Charles Bull [14] Free Trade 1895–1898
  John Kidd [11] Protectionist 1898–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904
  Fred Downes [15] Liberal Reform 1904–1913
  John Hunt [16] Liberal Reform 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920

Second incarnation
1981–present, 1 member
MemberPartyTerm
  Ralph Brading [17] Labor 1981–1984
  John Fahey [18] Liberal 1984–1988
  Peter Primrose [19] Labor 1988–1991
  Liz Kernohan [20] Liberal 1991–2003
  Geoff Corrigan [21] Labor 2003–2011
  Chris Patterson [22] Liberal 2011–2019
  Peter Sidgreaves [23] Liberal 2019–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Camden
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Camden[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Camden [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Peter Sidgreaves 26,999 43.01 −18.34
Labor Sally Quinnell 18,886 30.09 +2.87
One Nation Ben Casey 8,330 13.27 +13.27
Independent Andrew Simpson 4,048 6.45 +6.45
Greens Karen Stewart 2,359 3.76 −1.54
Keep Sydney Open Daniel Aragona 1,432 2.28 +2.28
Sustainable Australia Danica Sajn 718 1.14 +1.14
Total formal votes 62,772 96.14 −0.26
Informal votes 2,520 3.86 +0.26
Turnout 65,292 92.75 −0.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Sidgreaves 29,556 57.56 −10.72
Labor Sally Quinnell 21,796 42.44 +10.72
Liberal hold Swing−10.72

References
  1. "Camden". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camden 1859-2007". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. "Mr Henry Molesworth Oxley (1826-1867)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. "Mr William Vandermuelen Wild (1834-1861)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. "Mr John Morrice (1811-1875)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  6. "Mr John Douglas (1828-1904)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. "Mr David Bell (1828-1894)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  8. "Mr Richard Hutchinson Roberts (1835-1903)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. "Captain Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow, R.N. (1833-1882)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. "Mr Thomas Garrett (1830-1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  11. "The Hon. John Kidd (1838-1919)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  12. "Mr William McCourt (1851–1913)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  13. "Sir William Portus Cullen (1855-1935)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  14. "Mr Charles Bull (1846-1906)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  15. "Mr Frederick William Arthur Downes (1855–1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  16. "Mr John Charles Hunt (1856-1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  17. "Mr Ralph Charles Brading (1934– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  18. "Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  19. "The Hon. Peter Thomas Primrose". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  20. "Dr (Liz) Elizabeth Anne Kernohan (1939-2004)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  21. "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Corrigan (1953- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  22. "Mr (Chris) Christopher Stewart Patterson (1971- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  23. "Mr Peter Bryan Sidgreaves MP". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  24. "Camden: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  25. "Camden: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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