Electoral district of Kiama

Kiama New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1904 1981–present
MP	Katelin McInerney
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kiama
Electors	55,490 (2019)
Area	2,275.06 km2 (878.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Kiama: Goulburn Shellharbour Pacific Ocean Goulburn Kiama Pacific Ocean Monaro South Coast South Coast

Kiama is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Katelin McInerney after winning the Kiama state by election.

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 of 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 Allowrie. ^{[1] [2]} It was recreated in 1981, replacing parts of Illawarra and South Coast.

Members for Kiama

First incarnation (1859–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Samuel Gray   [3]	None	1859–1864
	Henry Parkes   [4]	None	1864–1870
	John Stewart   [5]	None	1871–1874
	Samuel Charles   [6]	None	1874–1880
	Harman Tarrant   [7]	None	1880–1887
	Angus Cameron   [8]	Free Trade	1887–1889
	George Fuller   [9]	Free Trade	1889–1894
	Alexander Campbell   [10]	Ind. Protectionist	1894–1895
		Protectionist	1895–1901
		Progressive	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1981–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill Knott   [11]	Labor	1981–1986
	Bob Harrison   [12]	Labor	1986–1999
	Matt Brown   [13]	Labor	1999–2011
	Gareth Ward   [14]	Liberal	2011–2021
		Independent	2021–2025
	Katelin McInerney	Labor	2025–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kiama

This section is an excerpt from 2025 Kiama state by-election § Results.[ edit ]

2025 Kiama state by-election ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Katelin McInerney	17,424	37.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Serena Copley	12,170	26.2	+14.2
	Independent	Kate Dezarnaulds	4,991	10.7	+10.7
	Greens	Tonia Gray	3,804	8.2	–3.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Don Fuggle	2,371	5.1	+5.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Felix Nelson	2,365	5.1	+5.1
	Libertarian	Joshua Beer	830	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Lisa Cotton	612	1.3	+1.3
	Animal Justice	Ellie Robertson	570	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Andrew Thaler	510	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Roger Woodward	390	0.8	+0.8
	Sustainable Australia	Ken Davis	367	0.8	–2.9
	Independent	Cyrille Jeufo Keuheu	64	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			46,468	96.1	−0.8
Informal votes			1,863	3.9	+0.8
Turnout			48,331	77.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Katelin McInerney	20,823	60.0	–11.0
	Liberal	Serena Copley	13,886	40.0	+11.0
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	–11.0

Results are not final. Last updated on 13 September 2025 at 10:12 pm.

References

1. "New Electorate Boundaries". Illawarra Mercury . 27 April 1904. Retrieved 12 March 2020– via Trove.
2. "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News . 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019– via Trove.
3. "Mr Samuel William Gray (1823–1889)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
4. "Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
5. "Mr John Stewart [1] (1810-1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
6. "Mr Samuel Charles (1818-1901)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
7. "Mr Harman John Tarrant (1844-1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
8. "Mr Angus Cameron (1847-1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
9. "Sir George Warburton Fuller (1861–1940)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
10. "Mr Alexander James Campbell (1846-1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
11. "William Edwin Knott (1921-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
12. "Mr (Bob) Robert Joseph Wilson Harrison (1934- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2019.
13. "Mr (Matt) Matthew James Brown (1972- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
14. "The Hon. Gareth James Ward MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 April 2019.
15. "Kiama". The Poll Bludger. 13 September 2025. New South Wales By-Election Results 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.

External links

• "Kiama". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.