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Electoral district of Camden

Location within Sydney

Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Corrigan of the Australian Labor Party. It was won by Corrigan in the 2003 election. Prior to that, it was held by Liz Kernohan of the Liberal Party, who retired in 2003.

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.^[1]

Members for Camden

Two members, 1859—1889
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Oxley	None	1859—1860		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		Arthur Onslow	None	1869—1880
					John Kidd	None	1880—1882
					William McCourt	None	1882—1885
					John Kidd	None	1885—1887
		Free Trade	1887—1889		William McCourt	Free Trade	1887—1889

Three members, 1889—1894
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Garrett	Free Trade	1889—1891		William McCourt	Free Trade	1889—1894		John Kidd	Protectionist	1889—1894
	William Cullen	Free Trade	1891—1894		William McCourt	Free Trade	1889—1894		John Kidd	Protectionist	1889—1894

Single-member, 1894—1920
Member		Party	Term
	John Kidd	Protectionist	1894—1895
	Charles Bull	Free Trade	1895—1898
	John Kidd	Protectionist	1898—1901
	John Kidd	Progressive	1901—1904
	Frederick Downes	Liberal Reform	1904—1913
	John Hunt	Liberal Reform	1913—1917
	John Hunt	Nationalist	1917—1920
Single-member, 1981—
Member		Party	Term
	Ralph Brading	Labor	1981—1984
	John Fahey	Liberal	1984—1988
	Peter Primrose	Labor	1988—1991
	Liz Kernohan	Liberal	1991—2003
	Geoff Corrigan	Labor	2003—present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2007: Camden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Corrigan	18,658	44.8	-5.3
	Liberal	Chris Patterson	16,071	38.6	+3.8
	Greens	Allen Powell	2,150	5.2	+0.4
	Christian Democrats	Judy Morris	1,578	3.8	+3.7
	AAFI	Chris Bowen	1,228	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Katryna Thirup	1,131	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Leon Belgrave	503	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Chris Buchtmann	346	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			41,665	96.6
Informal votes			1,366	3.4
Turnout			43,031	94.4
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Geoff Corrigan	20,314	54.0	-4.7
	Liberal	Chris Patterson	17,333	46.0	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7