NSW Election 2019: Rockdale candidates

A first-term Labor MP will be looking to maintain momentum in Rockdale with voters from Kyeemagh to Kogarah Bay after snatching the seat back off the Liberals in 2015. Meet the state MP and the candidates in contention:

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A first-term Labor MP will be looking to maintain momentum in Rockdale with voters from Kyeemagh to Kogarah Bay after snatching the seat back off the Liberals in 2015.

Sitting Kogarah state Labor MP Steve Kamper will take on five other candidates at this Saturday’s NSW State Election.

STEVE KAMPER – LABOR

Steve Kamper Labor MP for Rockdale

Sitting MP Steve Kamper grew up locally in Sans Souci and has spent his entire life living and working in Rockdale. He was a senior partner in local firm Kamper Chartered Accountants before his election to Parliament in 2015.

Mr Kamper also set up a NSW industry-based income protection and work cover top-up scheme in 1994 designed to protect the welfare of injured workers, and is a former President of Sydney Olympic Soccer Club during the last year of the National Soccer League.

Mr Kamper said his priorities were delivering upgrades for St George Hospital over the next four years, and delivering ongoing funding for capital works in local schools.

Significant wins during Mr Kamper’s tenure included the expansion of Kyeemagh Infants School from K-2 to K-6, stopping the sale of the former Cairnsfoot School site at Turrella for development and the conversion of Primrose House into a school at Dolls Point.

Mr Kamper also said development and planning needed better balance as Bayside Council was slated to deliver more than 10,000 new dwellings by 2021.

SAMIR HASSAN – LIBERAL

Rockdale Liberal candidate Samir Hassan.

Liberal candidate Samir Hassan is a family man and father of four who has spent his entire working life in the public service. Mr Hassan is a long term volunteer in local sports and the current president of the Arncliffe Aurora Football Club.

Mr Hassan said he was a staunch supporter of local youth services, helping facilitate drug, alcohol and smoking awareness programs and mental health programs for teens and young adults.

Mr Hassan said he believed families and small businesses deserved better community representation.

PETER STRONG - GREENS

Rockdale Greens candidate Peter Strong.

Greens candidate Peter Strong runs a screen printing and solar sound system business in Sydney. He has been involved in social and environmental justice campaigns for many years.

Mr Strong has campaigned for the clean energy revolution, climate change and indigenous rights.

He is also part of the community movement against the controversial WestConnex motorway due to impacts on local air quality and green spaces.

Mr Strong said his campaign would use visual art, music and events to draw attention to important issues such as waste, carbon footprint, recycling and green space retention.

MINOR PARTIES

Paul Collaros – Animal Justice Party

George Tulloch – Keep Sydney Open

Hussein Faraj – Independent