Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales
The Division of Kingsford Smith was created in 1949. It is named for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), pioneer aviator. (The name of the seat was spelled Kingsford-Smith until 2001, when the hyphen was removed.)
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Clovelly, Coogee, Randwick
1955: Kensington, La Perouse, Maroubra, Randwick
1969: Kensington, Maroubra, Mascot, Matraville
1977: Maroubra, Mascot, Matraville, Zetland
1984: Botany, Maroubra, Mascot, Redfern
1993: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Mascot
2001: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Mascot
2007: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Mascot
2010: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Mascot
2016: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Mascot
2025: Botany, Coogee, Maroubra, Randwick
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Labor 00.9
1951: Labor 00.5
1954: Labor 04.2
1955: Labor 05.0
1958: Labor 07.6
1961: Labor 09.4
1963: Labor 08.4
1966: Labor 01.5
1969: Labor 12.9
1972: Labor 18.8
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1974: Labor 19.4
1975: Labor 10.4
1977: Labor 17.5
1980: Labor 21.5
1983: Labor 23.5
1984: Labor 20.9
1987: Labor 14.3
1990: Labor 15.0
1993: Labor 15.2
1996: Labor 10.2
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1998: Labor 13.4
2001: Labor 08.9
2004: Labor 09.0
2007: Labor 13.3
2010: Labor 05.2
2013: Labor 02.7
2016: Labor 08.6
2019: Labor 08.8
2022: Labor 14.5
2025: Labor 17.2
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Kingsford Smith at every election since 1949.
MEMBERS FOR KINGSFORD SMITH
Gordon Anderson (ALP) 1949-55
Daniel Curtin (ALP) 1955-69
Hon Lionel Bowen (ALP) 1969-90
Hon Laurie Brereton (ALP) 1990-2004
Hon Peter Garrett (ALP) 2004-13
Hon Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP) 2013-
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| Gordon Anderson (ALP) 1949-55 |
Daniel Curtin (ALP) 1955-69 |
Hon Lionel Bowen (ALP) 1969-90 |
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| Hon Laurie Brereton (ALP) 1990-2004 |
Hon Peter Garrett (ALP) 2004-13 |
Hon Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP) 2013- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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