Electoral district of Coogee

Coogee New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–present
MP	Bruce Notley-Smith
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	12.69 km^2 (4.9 sq mi)

Coogee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Bruce Notley-Smith of the Liberal Party.

Coogee includes the suburbs of Bondi, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Clovelly, Coogee, Queens Park, South Coogee, Tamarama, Waverley and parts of Kingsford, Maroubra and Randwick.^[1]

Members for Coogee

Member		Party	Period
	Hyman Goldstein	Nationalist	1927–1928
	John Dunningham	Nationalist	1928–1931
		United Australia	1931–1938
	Thomas Mutch	United Australia	1938–1941
	Lou Cunningham	Labor	1941–1948
	Kevin Ellis	Liberal	1948–1953
	Lou Walsh	Labor	1953–1956
	Kevin Ellis	Liberal	1956–1962
	Lou Walsh	Labor	1962–1965
	(Sir) Kevin Ellis	Liberal	1965–1973
	Ross Freeman	Liberal	1973–1974
	Michael Cleary	Labor	1974–1991
	Ernie Page	Labor	1991–2003
	Paul Pearce	Labor	2003–2011
	Bruce Notley-Smith	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Coogee[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Notley-Smith	21,564	46.6	−1.1
	Labor	Paul Pearce	15,073	32.5	+6.8
	Greens	Lindsay Shurey	8,609	18.6	−2.8
	No Land Tax	Victoria Gervay-Ruben	612	1.3	+1.3
	Christian Democrats	Linda Dinkha	464	1.0	−0.4
Total formal votes			46,322	97.6	+0.5
Informal votes			1,117	2.4	−0.5
Turnout			47,439	87.3	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Notley-Smith	22,517	52.9	−5.4
	Labor	Paul Pearce	20,031	47.1	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

References

1. "Coogee". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Coogee: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Coogee: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Coogee". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 April 2015.