Electoral district of Cootamundra

Cootamundra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Cootamundra New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1904–1941 2015–present
MP	Steph Cooke
Party	National Party
Namesake	Cootamundra, New South Wales
Electors	56,016 (2023)
Area	34,711.35 km2 (13,402.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Cootamundra: Barwon Orange Bathurst Murray Cootamundra Goulburn Albury Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga

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, part of Hilltops Council and Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council.^[1]

History

Cootamundra first existed as an electorate from 1904 to 1941 and elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. It was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[2] It consisted of part of The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Gundagai, Wagga Wagga and Young.

In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members. Proportional representation was abandoned in 1927 and Young and Temora, were separated from it and Cootamundra reverted to being a single member electorate. It was abolished in 1941.^[3]

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.^[4][5][6][7]

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
	Greg McGirr	Labor	1920–1922		Peter Loughlin	Labor	1920–1926		Hugh Main	Progressive	1920–1925
	James McGirr	Labor	1922–1925
	Ken Hoad	Labor	1925–1927							Country	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)
Member		Party	Term
	Katrina Hodgkinson	National	2015–2017
	Steph Cooke	National	2017–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Cootamundra

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Steph Cooke	34,470	70.6	+9.4
	Labor	Chris Dahlitz	6,566	13.4	−2.3
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jake Cullen	4,209	8.6	−7.0
	Greens	Jeffrey Passlow	1,198	2.5	−0.4
	Independent	Robert Young	1,113	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Brian Fisher	674	1.4	+1.4
	Sustainable Australia	Chris O'Rourke	618	1.3	−0.1
Total formal votes			48,848	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			1,143	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			49,991	89.2	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Steph Cooke	36,446	82.1	+5.5
	Labor	Chris Dahlitz	7,959	17.9	−5.5
	National hold		Swing	+5.5