South Coast New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Liza Butler | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | South Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,922 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,799.02 km2 (1,080.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
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South Coast is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It incorporates almost all of the City of Shoalhaven to the south of the Shoalhaven River, notably Nowra, Ulladulla and Milton.
Member | Party | Period | |
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Henry Bate [1] | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
United Australia | 1932–1941 | ||
Rupert Beale [2] | Independent | 1941–1942 | |
Jack Beale [3] | Independent | 1942–1948 | |
Liberal | 1948–1973 | ||
John Hatton [4] | Independent | 1973–1995 | |
Eric Ellis [5] | Liberal | 1995–1999 | |
Wayne Smith [6] | Labor | 1999–2003 | |
Shelley Hancock [7] | Liberal | 2003–2023 | |
Liza Butler | Labor | 2023–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Luke Sikora | 17,806 | 34.72 | −20.81 | |
Labor | Liza Butler | 17,414 | 33.96 | +2.75 | |
Greens | Amanda Findley | 8,021 | 15.64 | +2.38 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Robert Korten | 3,996 | 7.79 | +7.79 | |
Independent | Nina Digiglio | 3,284 | 6.40 | +6.40 | |
Sustainable Australia | Deanna Buffier | 764 | 1.49 | +1.49 | |
Total formal votes | 51,285 | 96.61 | +0.55 | ||
Informal votes | 1,797 | 3.39 | −0.55 | ||
Turnout | 53,082 | 87.56 | −1.84 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Liza Butler | 23,068 | 53.77 | +14.32 | |
Liberal | Luke Sikora | 19,834 | 46.23 | −14.32 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.32 |