Andrew Cornwell

Andrew Cornwell
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Charlestown
In office 26 March 2011 – 12 August 2014
Preceded by	Matthew Morris
Succeeded by	Jodie Harrison
Majority	10.2 points
Personal details
Born	Glen Innes, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Independent (2014)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2011–2014)
Spouse(s)	Samantha Brookes
Children	Three
Residence	Warners Bay, New South Wales
Profession	Veterinarian

Andrew Stuart Cornwell (born 29 December 1969) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from the 2011 election until 2014, representing the electorate of Charlestown. He was elected as a Liberal Party of Australia candidate, and represented that party until 6 August 2014, when he moved to the parliamentary crossbench and sat as an independent after the Independent Commission Against Corruption heard evidence that Cornwell may have breached electoral funding laws. After earlier announcing that would not contest his seat at the next state election, on 12 August 2014 Cornwell resigned from parliament with immediate effect triggering the 2014 Charlestown by-election.

Cornwell is a veterinarian with a practice located in Cardiff, New South Wales. He is married with three children and lives in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Warners Bay.

In 2011, Cornwell contested the normally safe Labor seat of Charlestown in the Hunter Valley. He defeated Labor incumbent Matthew Morris with a swing of 25.2 per cent and winning the seat with 59.9 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis. The swing was all the more remarkable since the seat had been in Labor hands since its creation in 1971; indeed, the Liberals had not even put up a candidate in the 2007 election. In parliament, Cornwell was appointed the government's chief whip in the Legislative Assembly.

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