Electoral district of Coogee

Coogee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales located south-east of Sydney CBD. It is represented by Marjorie O'Neill of the Australian Labor Party.

Coogee New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–present
MP	Marjorie O'Neill
Party	Labor
Namesake	Coogee, New South Wales
Electors	59,486 (2023)
Area	12.69 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Coogee: Sydney Vaucluse Pacific Ocean Heffron Coogee Pacific Ocean Maroubra Maroubra Pacific Ocean

Geography

On its current boundaries, Coogee includes the suburbs of Bondi, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Clovelly, Coogee, Queens Park, South Coogee, Tamarama and Waverley and parts of Kingsford, Maroubra, Randwick and the University of New South Wales.^[1]

Members for Coogee

Member		Party	Period
	Hyman Goldstein [2]	Nationalist	1927–1928
	John Dunningham [3]	Nationalist	1928–1931
		United Australia	1931–1938
	Thomas Mutch [4]	United Australia	1938–1941
	Lou Cunningham [5]	Labor	1941–1948
	Kevin Ellis [6]	Liberal	1948–1953
	Lou Walsh [7]	Labor	1953–1956
	Kevin Ellis [6]	Liberal	1956–1962
	Lou Walsh [7]	Labor	1962–1965
	Kevin Ellis	Liberal	1965–1973
	Ross Freeman [8]	Liberal	1973–1974
	Michael Cleary [9]	Labor	1974–1991
	Ernie Page [10]	Labor	1991–2003
	Paul Pearce [11]	Labor	2003–2011
	Bruce Notley-Smith [12]	Liberal	2011–2019
	Marjorie O'Neill [13]	Labor	2019–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Coogee

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coogee.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Coogee^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marjorie O'Neill	22,153	45.2	+10.7
	Liberal	Kylie von Muenster	16,121	32.9	−7.5
	Greens	Rafaela Pandolfini	7,927	16.2	+1.2
	Sustainable Australia	Lluisa Murray	1,058	2.2	+0.8
	Informed Medical Options	Alicia Mosquera	924	1.9	+1.9
	Animal Justice	Simon Garrod	821	1.7	−0.2
Total formal votes			49,004	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			930	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			49,934	83.9	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marjorie O'Neill	28,440	62.3	+10.0
	Liberal	Kylie von Muenster	17,221	37.7	−10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0