Electoral district of Shellharbour
{{Short description|Electoral district in New South Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate |
|name = Shellharbour
|state = nsw
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Shellharbour.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-34.535|frame-longitude=150.78|zoom=10|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px}}
|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
|lifespan = 2007–present
|mp = Anna Watson
|mp-party = Labor
|namesake = Shellharbour
|electors = 62909
|electors_year = 2019
|area = 292.39
|class = Provincial
| near-n = Keira
| near-ne = Wollongong
| near-e = Pacific Ocean
| near-se = Kiama
| near-s = Kiama
| near-sw = Goulburn
| near-w = Wollondilly
| near-nw = Wollondilly
}}
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.
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).{{cite web |title=Shellharbour |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Shellharbour |access-date=23 November 2019}}
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
Election results
{{see also|Electoral results for the district of Shellharbour}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Shellharbour}}
References
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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}
{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}
{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}
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