| Keira New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Ryan Park | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mount Keira | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 58,824 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 204.43 km2 (78.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Keira is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Ryan Park of the Labor Party.
Keira was established in 1988 largely as a replacement to the seat of Corrimal. [1] Like its predecessor, it is a safe seat for the Labor Party. Labor have only ever fallen below 60 percent of the two-party preferred vote three times; twice to the Liberal Party in 1988 and 2011 and once to an independent in 1999.
Keira is a northern Illawarra electorate, currently taking in the northern and western Wollongong suburbs of Figtree, Keiraville, Mount Ousley, Mount Pleasant, Balgownie, Corrimal, Bellambi, Woonona, Bulli, Thirroul, Austinmer and Coledale. [2]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Col Markham [3] | Labor | 1988–1999 | |
| David Campbell [4] | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
| Ryan Park [5] | Labor | 2011–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ryan Park | 28,938 | 57.8 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | Noah Shipp | 10,924 | 21.8 | −5.7 | |
| Greens | Kit Docker | 7,297 | 14.6 | +1.7 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Andrew Anthony | 2,867 | 5.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,026 | 96.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,589 | 3.1 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,615 | 89.6 | −2.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ryan Park | 34,592 | 74.2 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal | Noah Shipp | 12,059 | 25.8 | −5.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
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