Electoral district of Shellharbour

Shellharbour
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Shellharbour; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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)
	Electorates around 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.

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
	Lylea McMahon	Labor	2007–2011
	Anna Watson	Labor	2011–present

Election results[]

2019 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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.

[1] "Shellharbour". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] State Electoral District of Shellharbour: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[3] State Electoral District of Shellharbour: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

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