Electoral district of Cootamundra
| Cootamundra New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current | 1904–1941 2015–present |
| MP | Katrina Hodgkinson |
| Party | The Nationals |
| Area | 24,711.35 km2 (9,541.1 sq mi) |
Cootamundra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Cootamundra is a regional electorate encompassing the local government areas of Bland Shire, Narrandera Shire, Coolamon Shire, Temora Shire, Junee Shire, Weddin Shire, Cowra Shire, Hilltops Council and Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council.[1]
History
Cootamundra first existed as an electorate from 1904 to 1941.
The district elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. In 1920, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927, Young and Temora, were separated from it and Cootamundra reverted to being a single member electorate.
Cootamundra was recreated for the 2015 state election, combining the western part of the abolished district of Burrinjuck with the eastern part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.[2]
Members for Cootamundra
| Single-member (1904–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Holman | Labor | 1904–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Hugh Main | Progressive | 1920–1925 | Peter Loughlin | Labor | 1920–1926 | Greg McGirr | Labor | 1920–1922 | |||
| James McGirr | Labor | 1922–1925 | |||||||||
| Country | 1925–1927 | Ken Hoad | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||
| Independent | 1926–1927 | ||||||||||
| Single-member (1927–1941) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ken Hoad | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| Bill Ross | Country | 1932–1941 | |
| Single-member (2015–present) | |||
| Katrina Hodgkinson | National | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 31,080 | 65.9 | −8.8 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 12,253 | 26.0 | +9.3 | |
| Greens | Rod Therkelsen | 1,642 | 3.5 | −1.9 | |
| No Land Tax | Elio Cacciotti | 1,118 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Christian Democrats | Philip Langfield | 1,072 | 2.3 | −0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,165 | 97.3 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,305 | 2.7 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 48,470 | 91.8 | +1.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 31,896 | 70.4 | −9.9 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 13,400 | 29.6 | +9.9 | |
| National hold | Swing | −9.9 | |||