Electoral district of Kiama

Kiama New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1904 1981–present
MP	Gareth Ward
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	2,275.06 km2 (878.4 sq mi)

Kiama is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gareth Ward of the Liberal Party of Australia.

The electorate is named after and includes the Municipality of Kiama. It also includes the southern part of the City of Shellharbour (including the suburbs of Albion Park and the western part Albion Park Rail and the part of the City of Shoalhaven to the north of the Shoalhaven river (including Bomaderry and Berry). It includes a thinly-populated area to the west of Nowra south of the Shoalhaven. It also includes Marshall Mount in the City of Wollongong.

History

Kiama was created in 1859. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of parliament after federation and replaced by parts of Wollongong and Allowrie. It was recreated in 1981, replacing parts of Illawarra and South Coast.

Members for Kiama

First incarnation (1859—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Samuel Gray	None	1859–1864
	Henry Parkes	None	1864–1870
	John Stewart	None	1871–1874
	Samuel Charles	None	1874–1880
	Harman Tarrant	None	1880–1887
	Angus Cameron	Free Trade	1887–1889
	George Fuller	Free Trade	1889–1894
	Alexander Campbell	Independent Protectionist	1894–1895
		Protectionist	1895–1901
		Progressive	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1981—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill Knott	Labor	1981–1986
	Bob Harrison	Labor	1986–1999
	Matt Brown	Labor	1999–2011
	Gareth Ward	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kiama

New South Wales state election, 2015: Kiama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gareth Ward	24,618	51.6	+8.0
	Labor	Glenn Kolomeitz	15,288	32.1	+4.4
	Greens	Terry Barratt	5,271	11.1	+2.2
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	1,505	3.2	−0.7
	No Land Tax	Carmel Pellegrini	1,016	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			47,698	97.2	−0.0
Informal votes			1,382	2.8	+0.0
Turnout			49,080	92.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gareth Ward	26,114	58.7	+0.1
	Labor	Glenn Kolomeitz	18,404	41.3	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1