Electoral district of Cook's River

Cook's River
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Cook's River; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	1941
Abolished	1973
Namesake	Cooks River
Demographic	Urban
	Electorates around Cook's River:

Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941 and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River. It was abolished in 1973.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Cook's River was created by the 1940 redistribution, in which the district of Arncliffe was abolished, with Cook's River absorbing east Arncliffe and Rockdale absorbing the balance.^[4] Cook's River also included the suburbs of Erskinville, Mascot, St Peters and Tempe. Joseph Cahill was the member for Arncliffe and elected to contest Cook's River.

Cook's River was abolished at the 1973 redistribution and was divided between Rockdale and the new district of Heffron.^[5] The member for Marrickville, Norm Ryan, stood aside so that Tom Cahill could contest that seat.

Members for Cook's River

Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Cahill	Labor	1941–1959
	Tom Cahill	Labor	1959–1973

Election results

1971 New South Wales state election: Cook's River ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Cahill	17,427	66.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Kenneth McKimm	8,920	33.9	−1.0
Total formal votes			26,347	96.3
Informal votes			1,010	3.7
Turnout			27,357	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook's River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891 - 1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "1940 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ "1973 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ Green, Antony. "1971 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[Green_Cooks_River-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook's River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[Joseph_Cahill_NSW_parl-2] "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891 - 1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[Tom_Cahill_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Atlas_1940-4] "1940 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Atlas_1973-5] "1973 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Results_of_the_1971_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1971_Cook-6] Green, Antony. "1971 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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