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Electoral district of Camden

Field	Value
name	Camden
state	nsw
image
caption	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan	1859–1920, 1981–current
mp	Sally Quinnell
mp-party	Labor
namesake	Camden, New South Wales
electors	70392
electors_year	2019
area	228
class	Outer-metropolitan
near-n	Badgerys Creek
near-ne	Leppington
near-e	Campbelltown
near-se	Campbelltown
near-s	Wollondilly
near-sw	Wollondilly
near-w	Wollondilly
near-nw	Wollondilly

|mp-party = Labor | near-n = Badgerys Creek | near-ne = Leppington | near-e = Campbelltown | near-se = Campbelltown | near-s = Wollondilly | near-sw = Wollondilly | near-w = Wollondilly | near-nw = Wollondilly 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 Sally Quinnell of the party, who achieved a 13% swing in the 2023 election.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Camden takes in the suburbs of Bickley Vale, Camden, Camden Park, Camden South, Catherine Field, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Currans Hill, Elderslie, Ellis Lane, Gledswood Hills, Grasmere, Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Kirkham, Mount Annan, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Smeaton Grange, and Spring Farm.

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. In recent decades it has been a marginal seat, falling to both the and 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)	Member	Party	Term	Member	Party	Term	1889–1894, 3 members	Member	Party	Term	Party	Member
Other}}		Henry Oxley	None	1859–1860	Other}}		William Wild	None	1859–1860
John Morrice	None	1860–1872	John Douglas	None	1860–1861
David Bell	None	1861–1864
Richard Roberts	None	1864–1869
Arthur Onslow	None	1869–1880
Thomas Garrett	None	1872–1887
John Kidd	None	1880–1882
William McCourt	None	1882–1885
John Kidd	None	1885–1887
			1887–1889			William McCourt		1887–1889
		Thomas Garrett		1889–1891	Free Trade}}		William McCourt		1889–1894	Protectionist}}	John Kidd	1889–1894
		William Cullen		1891–1894
		John Kidd		1894–1895
		Charles Bull		1895–1898
		John Kidd		1898–1901
			1901–1904
		Fred Downes		1904–1913
		John Hunt		1913–1917
			1917–1920
		Ralph Brading		1981–1984
		John Fahey		1984–1988
		Peter Primrose		1988–1991
		Liz Kernohan		1991–2003
		Geoff Corrigan		2003–2011
		Chris Patterson		2011–2019
		Peter Sidgreaves		2019–2023
		Sally Quinnell		2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Camden

References

"Camden". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camden 1859-2007". [[Parliament of New South Wales]].

Wikipedia Source

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