Division of Cook

The Division of Cook is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It was set up in 1969 and is named for James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770.^[1] It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, including Caringbah, Cronulla, Miranda and Sylvania.^[1]

Cook Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Cook in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election
Created	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
MP	Simon Kennedy
Party	Liberal
Namesake	James Cook
Electors	110,313 (2022)
Area	94 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

James Cook

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 (retired)
	Scott Morrison	Liberal	2007–2024
	Simon Kennedy	Liberal	2024–present

In 2007 there were claims that the Liberal candidate Michael Towke had broken party rules and not told the truth about himself. ^[2] These claims were later found to be not true.^[3] Towke lost his Liberal party position and was replaced with Scott Morrison, former director of the New South Wales Liberal Party.^[4] In 2013 Morrison became the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.

Election results

2024 Cook by-election[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Simon Kennedy	53,478	62.66	+7.13
	Greens	Martin Moore	14,035	16.44	+6.54
	Animal Justice	Natasha Brown	5,804	6.80	+6.80
	Libertarian	Vinay Kolhatkar	5,101	5.98	+5.98
	Independent	Roger Woodward	4,888	5.73	+5.73
	Sustainable Australia	Simone Gagatam	2,043	2.39	+2.39
Total formal votes			85,349	93.23	−2.37
Informal votes			6,193	6.77	+2.37
Turnout			91,542	81.76
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Simon Kennedy	60,823	71.26	+8.82
	Greens	Martin Moore	24,526	28.74	+28.74
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.82

2022 Australian federal election: Cook[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	54,322	55.53	−8.17
	Labor	Simon Earle	24,444	24.99	+1.89
	Greens	Catherine Dyson	9,685	9.90	+3.09
	One Nation	Gaye Cameron	4,985	5.10	+1.61
	United Australia	Jacqueline Guinane	4,381	4.48	+3.27
Total formal votes			97,817	95.60	+1.73
Informal votes			4,498	4.40	−1.73
Turnout			102,315	92.83	−0.82
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	61,080	62.44	−6.58
	Labor	Simon Earle	36,737	37.56	+6.58
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.58