Electoral district of South Coast

South Coast is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Shelley Hancock of the Liberal Party. It incorporates almost all of the City of Shoalhaven to the south of the Shoalhaven river, notably Nowra, Ulladulla and Milton.

For the former Queensland state electorate, see Electoral district of South Coast (Queensland).

South Coast
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1927–present
MPShelley Hancock
PartyLiberal Party
Electors56,922 (2019)
Area2,799.02 km2 (1,080.7 sq mi)

Members for South Coast
Member Party Period
  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–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of South Coast
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § South Coast[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: South Coast [8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 27,143 55.53 +3.04
Labor Annette Alldrick 15,256 31.21 +0.83
Greens Kim Stephenson 6,481 13.26 +0.32
Total formal votes 48,880 96.06 −0.86
Informal votes 2,007 3.94 +0.86
Turnout 50,887 89.40 −0.79
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 27,902 60.55 +0.93
Labor Annette Alldrick 18,178 39.45 −0.93
Liberal hold Swing+0.93

References
  1. "Mr Henry John Bate (1881-1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. "Mr Rupert Noel Beale (1889-1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. "The Hon. Jack Gordon Beale (1917-2006)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. "Mr John Edward Hatton (1933- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. "Mr Eric James Ellis (1942- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  6. "Mr Wayne Douglas Smith (1952- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. "The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  8. "South Coast: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  9. "South Coast: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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