Electoral district of Illawarra

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Illawarra.

Illawarra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was located in the Illawarra area and originally created in 1859, replacing East Camden. It was replaced by Wollongong in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In 1968, it was abolished and partly replaced by Kembla. In 1971, Kembla was abolished and Illawarra was recreated. In 2007, it was abolished and replaced by Shellharbour.^[1][2][3]

Members for Illawarra

Single-member (1859—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Hargrave	None	1859–1859
	Samuel Gordon	None	1859–1860
	Robert Haworth	None	1860–1864
	Patrick Osborne	None	1864–1866
	John Stewart	None	1866–1869
	James Osborne	None	1869–1872
	William Forster	None	1872–1874
	Samuel Gray	None	1874–1880
	Alexander Stuart	None	1880–1885
	Andrew Lysaght Sr.	None	1885–1887
	Francis Woodward	Free Trade	1887–1889
Two members (1889—1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Francis Woodward	Free Trade	1889–1891		Joseph Mitchell	Free Trade	1889–1891
	Andrew Lysaght Sr.	Protectionist	1891–1891		John Nicholson	Labor	1891–1894
	Archibald Campbell	Free Trade	1891–1894
Single-member (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Archibald Campbell	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1903
	Edward Allen	Liberal Reform	1904–1904
Single-member (1927—1968)
Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Lysaght Jr.	Labor	1927–1930
	Billy Davies	Labor	1930–1941
	Howard Fowles	Labor	1941–1968
Single-member (1971—2007)
Member		Party	Term
	George Petersen	Labor	1971–1987
		Illawarra Workers	1987–1988
	Terry Rumble	Labor	1988–1999
	Marianne Saliba	Labor	1999–2007

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Illawarra

2003 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marianne Saliba	23,270	55.7	+4.9
	Liberal	Benjamin Caldwell	6,372	15.3	−0.9
	Greens	Margaret Johanson	4,270	10.2	+5.6
	Christian Democrats	Richard Harris	1,973	4.7	−2.2
	Independent	Barry Hennessy	1,848	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Charles Mifsud	1,643	3.9	+3.9
	One Nation	Robert Kennedy	1,149	2.8	−6.1
	AAFI	John Cipov	588	1.4	−0.2
	Independent	Bill Heycott	465	1.1	+1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Chris Williams	187	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			41,765	96.3	−0.9
Informal votes			1,612	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			43,377	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marianne Saliba	26,135	74.8	+2.0
	Liberal	Benjamin Caldwell	8,808	25.2	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Illawarra.[edit]