Electoral district of Rockdale

Rockdale New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–1930 1941–present
MP	Steve Kamper
Party	Australian Labor Party
Area	41.79 km2 (16.1 sq mi)

Rockdale is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It's localities include Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Park, Bardwell Valley, Beverley Park, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Dolls Point, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Kyeemagh, Monterey, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Rockdale, Sandringham, Sans Souci, Turrella, Wolli Creek.

It is represented by Steve Kamper of the Australian Labor Party.

History

Rockdale electoral was first created in 1927, with the breakup of the multi-member St George. In 1930, it was abolished and largely replaced by Arncliffe.

Rockdale Council sought a new electorate for Rockdale as early as 1937. In 1941, Arncliffe was abolished and replaced by a recreated Rockdale and Cook's River.

Members for Rockdale

First incarnation (1927–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Guy Arkins	Nationalist	1927–1930
Second incarnation (1941–present)
Member		Party	Term
	John McGrath	Labor	1941–1959
	Brian Bannon	Labor	1959–1986
	Barrie Unsworth	Labor	1986–1991
	George Thompson	Labor	1991–2003
	Frank Sartor	Labor	2003–2011
	John Flowers	Liberal	2011–2015
	Steve Kamper	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 2015: Rockdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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