Electoral district of South Coast

For the former Queensland state electorate, see Electoral district of South Coast (Queensland).

South Coast New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–present
MP	Shelley Hancock
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	2,799.02 km2 (1,080.7 sq mi)

South Coast is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Shelley Hancock of the Liberal Party of Australia. It incorporates almost all of the City of Shoalhaven to the south of the Shoalhaven river, notably Nowra, Ulladulla and Milton.

Members for South Coast

Member		Party	Period
	Henry Bate	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1941
	Rupert Beale	Independent	1941–1942
	Jack Beale	Independent	1942–1948
		Liberal	1948–1973
	John Hatton	Independent	1973–1995
	Eric Ellis	Liberal	1995–1999
	Wayne Smith	Labor	1999–2003
	Shelley Hancock	Liberal	2003–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of South Coast

New South Wales state election, 2015: South Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shelley Hancock	24,040	52.5	−7.5
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	13,915	30.4	+7.8
	Greens	Amanda Findley	5,927	12.9	−0.1
	Christian Democrats	Matt Rose	1,208	2.6	−1.8
	No Land Tax	Licio Mallia	706	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			45,796	96.9	+0.9
Informal votes			1,458	3.1	−0.9
Turnout			47,254	90.2	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Shelley Hancock	25,136	59.6	−10.5
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	17,026	40.4	+10.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.5