Electoral results for the district of Kiama

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Kiama in New South Wales state elections. The district has had two incarnations, the first from 1859 to 1904, the second from 1981 until the present.

Members

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

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Kiama^[1]^[2]
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

New South Wales state election, 2011: Kiama^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gareth Ward	19,898	42.5	+12.0
	Labor	Matt Brown	13,366	28.6	-22.1
	Independent	Sandra McCarthy	6,009	12.8	+12.8
	Greens	Ben Van Der Wijngaart	4,126	8.8	+0.2
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	1,805	3.9	-0.9
	Independent	Adrian Daly	1,576	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			46,780	97.7	-0.2
Informal votes			1,091	2.3	+0.2
Turnout			47,871	94.6	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gareth Ward	23,030	57.5	+19.4
	Labor	Matt Brown	17,052	42.5	-19.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+19.4

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Brown	21,971	50.7	+4.1
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	13,224	30.5	-2.1
	Greens	Ben van der Wijngaart	3,759	8.7	-0.6
	Christian Democrats	John Kadwell	2,082	4.8	+0.6
	Fishing Party	Garth Bridge	1,680	3.9	+3.9
	AAFI	Jack Burnett	645	1.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			43,361	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			902	2.0	-0.1
Turnout			44,263	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Brown	24,910	62.0	+3.7
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	15,273	38.0	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

New South Wales state election, 2003: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Brown	25,074	56.2	+6.8
	Liberal	Danielle Jones	11,993	26.9	+5.1
	Greens	Howard Jones	4,107	9.2	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	John Kadwell	1,667	3.7	-0.6
	One Nation	Helga Green	698	1.6	-7.6
	Democrats	Henry Collier	529	1.2	-2.1
	AAFI	Clive Curnow	523	1.2	+0.0
Total formal votes			44,591	97.7	+0.1
Informal votes			1,059	2.3	-0.1
Turnout			45,650	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Brown	27,208	66.9	-0.8
	Liberal	Danielle Jones	13,471	33.1	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Brown	20,236	49.4	-7.1
	Liberal	Charlie Mifsud	8,936	21.8	-9.9
	One Nation	Dan Orr	3,765	9.2	+9.2
	Greens	Jim Bradley	3,157	7.7	-3.9
	Christian Democrats	John Kadwell	1,774	4.3	+4.2
	Democrats	Henry Collier	1,363	3.3	+3.2
	Independent	Philip McLeod	1,234	3.0	+3.0
	AAFI	John Murray	472	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			40,937	97.6	+3.4
Informal votes			1,018	2.4	-3.4
Turnout			41,955	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Brown	23,048	67.7	+3.1
	Liberal	Charlie Mifsud	10,995	32.3	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

New South Wales state election, 1995: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Harrison	20,385	54.3	+0.7
	Liberal	Jason Collins	12,814	34.2	+1.4
	Greens	Karla Sperling	4,319	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			37,518	94.3	+4.0
Informal votes			2,275	5.7	-4.0
Turnout			39,793	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Harrison	22,472	62.2	+0.8
	Liberal	Jason Collins	13,677	37.8	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

New South Wales state election, 1991: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Harrison	16,925	53.6	+3.2
	Liberal	Phillip Motbey	10,345	32.8	-9.7
	Democrats	Kerry Sharpe	2,648	8.4	+7.2
	Call to Australia	Glen Ryan	1,660	5.3	+4.6
Total formal votes			31,578	90.3	-6.4
Informal votes			3,382	9.7	+6.4
Turnout			34,960	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Harrison	18,524	61.4	+7.8
	Liberal	Phillip Motbey	11,644	38.6	-7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Harrison	18,122	61.4	-1.7
	Liberal	Kevin Baker	11,408	38.6	+1.7
Total formal votes			29,530	96.5	-1.5
Informal votes			1,080	3.5	+1.5
Turnout			30,610	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

New South Wales state election, 1984: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Knott	19,636	58.7	-1.2
	Liberal	Warren Steel	13,797	41.3	+1.2
Total formal votes			33,433	98.0	-0.9
Informal votes			684	2.0	+0.9
Turnout			34,117	93.3	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

New South Wales state election, 1981: Kiama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Knott	17,951	59.9
	Liberal	James Chittick	11,995	40.1
Total formal votes			29,946	97.1
Informal votes			906	2.9
Turnout			30,852	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Kiama". Retrieved 30 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Kiama: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Kiama: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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