Electoral_district_of_Keira
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.
Quick Facts Keira New South Wales—Legislative Assembly, State ...
| Keira New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 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]
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Keira
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Keira.[edit]
- "Keira". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- "Keira". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Mr Colin William Markham (1940- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- "The Hon. David Andrew Campbell (1957- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "Mr Ryan John Park MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- LA First Preference: Keira, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- LA Two Candidate Preferred: Keira, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.