Electoral district 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) | |||||||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Illawarra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "2003 Illawarra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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