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
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	2007–present
MP	Anna Watson
Party	Labor
Namesake	Shellharbour
Electors	62,909 (2019)
Area	292.39 km2 (112.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Shellharbour: Wollondilly Keira Wollongong Wollondilly Shellharbour Pacific Ocean Goulburn Kiama Kiama

Geography

It currently 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]

History

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

See also: Electoral results for the district of Shellharbour

2023 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour^[2][3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anna Watson	26,418	50.4	−7.2
	Independent	Chris Homer	10,656	20.3	+20.3
	Liberal	Mikayla Barnes	7,006	13.4	−13.8
	Greens	Jamie Dixon	3,189	6.1	−3.3
	Legalise Cannabis	Mia Willmott	2,246	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Granata	1,574	3.0	+3.0
	Sustainable Australia	Kenneth Davis	1,306	2.5	−3.3
Total formal votes			52,395	96.2	+1.0
Informal votes			2,049	3.8	−1.0
Turnout			54,444	89.6	−2.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Anna Watson	31,406	77.2	+8.8
	Liberal	Mikayla Barnes	9,298	22.8	−8.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Anna Watson	29,403	67.1	−1.3
	Independent	Chris Homer	14,390	32.9	+32.9
	Labor hold

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Shellharbour.[edit]