Division of Cook - Citizendia

Cook Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1969
MP:	Scott Morrison
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	James Cook
Electors:	93,396
Area:	164 km² (63. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1965) is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 3 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Cook is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1969 and is named for James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, including Caringbah, Cronulla, Miranda and Sylvania. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Caringbahjpg|thumb|400px|right|The Kingsway Caringbah]] Caringbah is a Suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia Cronulla is a beachside Suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Miranda is a Suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sylvania is a Suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In the 1970s it was a marginal seat, but demographic change has made it fairly safe for the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.

In 2007, following sitting member Bruce Baird's retirement, the seat has attracted significant media attention due to the controversial preselection of Liberal candidate Michael Towke. Bruce George Baird (born 28 February 1942) Australian politician was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives Michael Towke (born Michael Moreb Taouk, 3 July, 1975, in Redfern, Australia) is a businessman former Army Reserve In August 2007, Towke was disendorsed as the Liberal candidate, and was replaced with Scott Morrison, former director of the New South Wales Liberal Party. Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1965) is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia ^[1]

1 Members
2 Election results
3 References
4 External links
5 See also

Members

	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
Scott Morrison	Liberal	2007—present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Cook

Australian federal election, 2007: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	45,116	52. James Donald Mathieson "Don" Dobie ( 28 July 1927 &ndash 25 November 1996) was an Australian politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Issues The 1969 election centred heavily on the two leaders John Gorton and Gough Whitlam Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond William "Ray" Thorburn ( 15 November 1930 &ndash 30 January 1986) was an Australian politician Issues The 1972 Election was largely focused on domestic policy issues and the role of the federal government in resolving these issues Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Donald Mathieson "Don" Dobie ( 28 July 1927 &ndash 25 November 1996) was an Australian politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1975 All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Stephen Bruce Mutch (born 4 February 1956) was an Australian politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Bruce George Baird (born 28 February 1942) Australian politician was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1965) is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Cook in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1969 until the present Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1965) is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia 40	-5. 11
	Labor	Mark Buttigieg	30,921	35. 91	+7. 69
	Greens	Naomi Waizer	5,342	6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 20	-0. 82
	Christian Democrats	Beth Smith	1,929	2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 24	-0. 17
	One Nation	Richard Putral	1,116	1. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 30	-0. 63
	Independent	Graeme Strang	693	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 80	+0. 23
	Family First	Ari Katsoulas	596	0. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 69	+0. 69
	Independent	Patricia Poulos	394	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 46	+0. 46
Total formal votes			86,107	96. 13	+1. 59
Informal votes			3,465	3. 87	-1. 59
Turnout			89,572	95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 91	-0. 18
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Scott Morrison	48,711	56. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1965) is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia 57	-6. 71
	Labor	Mark Buttigieg	37,395	43. 43	+6. 71
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 71

References

^ http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/2007seats/cook.shtml

External links

Division of Cook. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on April 26, 2007. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (PDF, 175 kB)

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Members

Election results

References

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