Electoral district of Keira

Keira New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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 km^2 (78.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Keira: Wollondilly Heathcote Pacific Ocean Wollondilly Keira Wollongong Wollondilly Shellharbour Wollongong

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.

History

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.

Geography

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]

Members for Keira

Member		Party	Term
	Col Markham [3]	Labor	1988–1999
	David Campbell [4]	Labor	1999–2011
	Ryan Park [5]	Labor	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Keira

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Keira.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Keira^[6]^[7]

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

References

1. "Keira". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
2. "Keira". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
3. "Mr Colin William Markham (1940- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
4. "The Hon. David Andrew Campbell (1957- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
5. "Mr Ryan John Park MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
6. LA First Preference: Keira, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Keira, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.