Electoral district of Shellharbour
Shellharbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anna Watson who won Labor preselection after the former member Lylea McMahon decided not to contest the 2011 election.
Shellharbour New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location in the Illawarra region | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 2007–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Anna Watson | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 62,909 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 292.39 km2 (112.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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It encompasses part of the City of Shellharbour (east of the South Coast line, as far south as Shell Cove, including Flinders, Shellharbour, Warilla, Barrack Heights, Barrack Point, Oak Flats, Mount Warrigal and Blackbutt) and the southwestern edge of the City of Wollongong (including Dapto, Kanahooka, Koonawarra, Horsley, Penrose and Yallah).[1]
The seat was created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts and took in the majority of voters from the abolished Illawarra, as well as territory that previously belonged to Wollongong and Kiama.
Members for Shellharbour
Member | Party | Term | |
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Lylea McMahon | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Anna Watson | Labor | 2011–present | |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Anna Watson | 31,532 | 57.50 | +4.76 | |
Liberal | Shane Bitschkat | 14,924 | 27.21 | +1.48 | |
Greens | Jamie Dixon | 5,158 | 9.41 | +0.09 | |
Sustainable Australia | Ken Davis | 3,226 | 5.88 | +5.88 | |
Total formal votes | 54,840 | 95.17 | −0.40 | ||
Informal votes | 2,783 | 4.83 | +0.40 | ||
Turnout | 57,623 | 91.60 | −0.20 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Anna Watson | 34,435 | 68.27 | +1.30 | |
Liberal | Shane Bitschkat | 16,005 | 31.73 | −1.30 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.30 | |||
References
- "Shellharbour". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- State Electoral District of Shellharbour: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- State Electoral District of Shellharbour: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.