Electoral district of South Coast

South Coast is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It incorporates almost all of the City of Shoalhaven to the south of the Shoalhaven River, notably Nowra, Ulladulla and Milton.

South Coast New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–present
MP	Liza Butler
Party	Labor
Namesake	South Coast Region
Electors	56,922 (2019)
Area	2,799.02 km^2 (1,080.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Electorates around South Coast: Monaro Kiama Pacific Ocean Monaro South Coast Jervis Bay Territory Monaro Bega Pacific Ocean

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	2003–2023
	Liza Butler	Labor	2023–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.edit

2023 New South Wales state election: South Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Sikora	17,806	34.72	−20.81
	Labor	Liza Butler	17,414	33.96	+2.75
	Greens	Amanda Findley	8,021	15.64	+2.38
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Robert Korten	3,996	7.79	+7.79
	Independent	Nina Digiglio	3,284	6.40	+6.40
	Sustainable Australia	Deanna Buffier	764	1.49	+1.49
Total formal votes			51,285	96.61	+0.55
Informal votes			1,797	3.39	−0.55
Turnout			53,082	87.56	−1.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Liza Butler	23,068	53.77	+14.32
	Liberal	Luke Sikora	19,834	46.23	−14.32
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.32