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- There is also a Queensland State Electoral Division of Cunningham
The Division of Cunningham is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Allan Cunningham, a 19th century explorer of New South Wales and Queensland. It is located on the coast of New South Wales between southern Sydney and Wollongong, and takes in parts of the city of Wollongong, including Corrimal, Figtree and Unanderra. It has always been won by the Australian Labor Party, except at the 2002 by-election when it was lost to the Australian Greens, the first time that the Greens had held a seat in the House of Representatives. Labor recovered the seat at the October 2004 election. Its most prominent members have been Rex Connor, a senior minister in the Whitlam government, and Stephen Martin, who was Speaker 1993-96. It covers 490 km² and the main products and means of livelihood in the area are tourism, tertiary education, steel production, coal mining, brick manufacturing, textiles and dairy farming.
Although the region is primarily rural, the vast majority of the population is located in the northern outskirts of Wollongong and along the eastern seaboard.
[edit] Geography
The Division covers areas east of the a ridge in the Great Dividing Range and is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east. It is bounded to the north by the Royal National Park and to the south by the Wollongong suburbs of Figtree, Cordeaux Heights and Coniston.
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
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| Australian federal election, 2007: Cunningham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Sharon Bird |
44,835 |
53.23 |
+12.46 |
|
Liberal |
Colin Fowler |
22,438 |
26.64 |
-2.45 |
|
Greens |
Michael Organ |
12,326 |
14.63 |
-4.80 |
|
Christian Democrats |
Nolene Norsworthy |
2,232 |
2.65 |
-0.54 |
|
Family First |
Jemma Tribe |
1,203 |
1.43 |
+1.43 |
|
Socialist Alliance |
Jess Moore |
706 |
0.84 |
+0.45 |
|
Non-Custodial Parents |
John Flanagan |
489 |
0.58 |
+0.14 |
| Total formal votes |
84,229 |
96.04 |
+2.40 |
| Informal votes |
3,471 |
3.96 |
-2.40 |
| Turnout |
87,700 |
95.68 |
+0.26 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Labor |
Sharon Bird |
57,382 |
68.13 |
+6.51 |
|
Liberal |
Colin Fowler |
26,847 |
31.87 |
-6.51 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+6.51 |
|
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