Division of Cook

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the previous electorate, see Division of Cook (1906–55). For the state electorate, see Electoral district of Cook.

Cook Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Cook (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1969
MP:	Scott Morrison
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	James Cook
Area:	100 km² (39 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Cook is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1969 and is named for James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770. It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, including Caringbah, Cronulla, Miranda and Sylvania. In the 1970s it was a marginal seat, but demographic change has made it a blue ribbon safe seat for the Liberal Party.

In 2007, following sitting member Bruce Baird's retirement, the seat attracted significant media attention due to the controversial preselection of Liberal candidate Michael Towke. In August 2007, Towke was disendorsed as the Liberal candidate, and was replaced with Scott Morrison, former director of the New South Wales Liberal Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Don Dobie	Liberal	1969–1972
	Ray Thorburn	Labor	1972–1975
	Don Dobie	Liberal	1975–1996
	Stephen Mutch	Liberal	1996–1998
	Bruce Baird	Liberal	1998–2007
	Scott Morrison	Liberal	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Cook

Australian federal election, 2010: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	51,852	57.88	+5.73
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	25,806	28.81	-7.46
	Greens	Naomi Waizer	6,924	7.73	+1.54
	Christian Democrats	Beth Smith	1,722	1.92	-0.38
	Independent	Graeme Strang	1,568	1.75	+1.01
	One Nation	Richard Putral	997	1.11	-0.09
	Family First	Merelyn Foy	719	0.80	+0.08
Total formal votes			89,588	94.19	-2.00
Informal votes			5,528	5.81	+2.00
Turnout			95,116	94.41	-2.02
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	56,138	62.66	+6.32
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	33,450	37.34	-6.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.32

References

• Division of Cook - Australian Electoral Commission

See also

• Division of Cook (1906-55)