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Camden New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1920, 1981–current
MP	Sally Quinnell
Party	Labor
Namesake	Camden, New South Wales
Electors	70,392 (2019)
Area	228 km (88.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Camden: Wollondilly Badgerys Creek Leppington Wollondilly Camden Campbelltown Wollondilly Wollondilly Campbelltown

Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Sally Quinnell of the Labor party, who achieved a 13% swing in the 2023 election.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Camden takes in the suburbs of Bickley Vale, Camden, Camden Park, Camden South, Catherine Field, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Currans Hill, Elderslie, Ellis Lane, Gledswood Hills, Grasmere, Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Kirkham, Mount Annan, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Smeaton Grange, and Spring Farm.

History

Camden was originally created in 1859, replacing part of West Camden and named after the town of Camden or Camden County, which includes Camden, the Southern Highlands and the Illawarra. It elected two members from 1859 to 1889 and three members from 1889 to 1894, when multi-member electorates were abolished. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1981. In recent decades it has been a marginal seat, falling to both the Labor and Liberal parties on separate occasions. Except in 1984-91 and 1995-2003, Camden in its second incarnation, has been held by the government party.

Camden was evident as a bellwether seat at the 1991 election when the ALP lost the seat to the Liberal Party despite the former party making huge gains at that election which was close but not enough for them to win the election. If the ALP had retained Camden in 1991, the party would have been in a strong position to form a minority government when it then won The Entrance by-election in 1992.

Members for Camden

Election results

References

1. "Camden". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camden 1859-2007". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
3. LA First Preference: Camden, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Camden, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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