Andrew Cornwell
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Andrew Stuart Cornwell MP, is an Australia
n politician representing the electoral district of Charlestown
in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for the Liberal Party of Australia
since the 2011 New South Wales State election
.
with a practice located in Cardiff, New South Wales
. He is married with two children and lives in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Warners Bay
.
seat of Charlestown in the Hunter Valley. Cornwell was elected with a swing of 25.2 per cent and wining the seat with 59.9 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis. Cornwell's opponent was the incumbent Labor sitting member, Mathew Morris
. It was the first time in the seat's 40-year history that it was not held by Labor.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician representing the electoral district of Charlestown
Electoral district of Charlestown
Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Cornwell of the Liberal Party of Australia....
in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
for the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
since the 2011 New South Wales State election
New South Wales state election, 2011
Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...
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Early years and background
Cornwell is a veterinarianVeterinarian
A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
with a practice located in Cardiff, New South Wales
Cardiff, New South Wales
Cardiff is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area....
. He is married with two children and lives in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Warners Bay
Warners Bay, New South Wales
Warners Bay is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It was named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area....
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State politics
In 2011, Cornwell contested the normally safe LaborAustralian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
seat of Charlestown in the Hunter Valley. Cornwell was elected with a swing of 25.2 per cent and wining the seat with 59.9 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis. Cornwell's opponent was the incumbent Labor sitting member, Mathew Morris
Mathew Morris
Matthew Allan Morris was an Australian politician, who was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the seat of Charlestown representing the Australian Labor Party....
. It was the first time in the seat's 40-year history that it was not held by Labor.