Shellharbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 2007 and has always been held by the Labor Party.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Shellharbour

Election Member Party
2007   Lylea McMahon Labor
2011 Anna Watson
2015
2019

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

2023 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[5][6][7][8]
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  

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anna Watson 31,532 57.50 +4.76
Liberal Shane Bitschkat 14,924 27.21 +1.48
Greens Jamie Dixon 5,158 9.41 +0.09
Sustainable Australia Ken Davis 3,226 5.88 +5.88
Total formal votes 54,840 95.17 −0.40
Informal votes 2,783 4.83 +0.40
Turnout 57,623 91.60 −0.20
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anna Watson 34,435 68.27 +1.30
Liberal Shane Bitschkat 16,005 31.73 −1.30
Labor hold Swing +1.30

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anna Watson 26,897 52.7 +7.2
Liberal Mark Jones 13,125 25.7 −6.0
Greens Peter Moran 4,751 9.3 −5.2
Independent Wayne Quinn 2,266 4.4 +4.4
Independent Romeo Cecchele 1,596 3.1 +3.1
Christian Democrats John Kadwell 1,489 2.9 −3.4
No Land Tax Hugo Morvillo 875 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 50,999 95.6 +0.7
Informal votes 2,364 4.4 −0.7
Turnout 53,363 91.8 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anna Watson 29,678 67.0 +9.2
Liberal Mark Jones 14,640 33.0 −9.2
Labor hold Swing +9.2

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anna Watson 20,459 46.7 -11.1
Liberal Larissa Mallinson 13,766 31.4 +16.7
Greens Peter Moran 6,700 15.3 +7.7
Christian Democrats Jeff Dakers 2,880 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 43,805 95.3 -1.4
Informal votes 2,160 4.7 +1.4
Turnout 45,965 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anna Watson 22,737 58.6 -13.0
Liberal Larissa Mallinson 16,050 41.4 +41.4
Labor hold Swing -13.0

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lylea McMahon 24,718 57.8 -3.0
Independent Alex Darling 7,409 17.3 +17.3
Liberal Stuart Wright 6,307 14.8 -0.9
Greens Sonya McKay 3,242 7.6 -0.4
Against Further Immigration Tibor Patakfalvy 1,076 2.5 +1.0
Total formal votes 42,752 96.7 +0.2
Informal votes 1,445 3.3 -0.2
Turnout 44,197 94.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Lylea McMahon 27,272 76.8 N/A
Liberal Stuart Wright 8,236 23.2 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Lylea McMahon 26,430 71.6 -5.2
Independent Alex Darling 10,473 28.4 +28.4
Labor notional hold Swing -5.2

References

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  12. ^ State Electoral District of Shellharbour: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
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  14. ^ Green, Antony. "2007 Shellharbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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