| Cook's River New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Cooks River | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Cook's River was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in theAustralian state ofNew South Wales, created in 1941 and named after inner southwesternSydney'sCooks River. It was abolished in 1973.[1][2][3]
Cook's River was created by the 1940 redistribution, in which thedistrict of Arncliffe was abolished, with Cook's River absorbing east Arncliffe andRockdale absorbing the balance.[4] Cook's River also included the suburbs ofErskinville,Mascot,St Peters andTempe.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 newdistrict of Heffron.[5] The member forMarrickville,Norm Ryan, stood aside so that Tom Cahill could contest that seat.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Joseph Cahill | Labor | 1941–1959 | |
| Tom Cahill | Labor | 1959–1973 | |
| 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 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
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