| Kiama New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1859–1904 1981–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Gareth Ward | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Kiama | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,490 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,275.06 km2 (878.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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Kiama is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Gareth Ward. Originally elected as a member of the Liberal Party, Ward stood down from the party in May 2021 following allegations of sexual misconduct and was re-elected as an independent in 2023.
The electorate is named after and includes the Municipality of Kiama. It also includes the southern part of the City of Shellharbour (including the suburbs of Albion Park and the western part of Albion Park Rail) and the part of the City of Shoalhaven to the north of the Shoalhaven river (including Bomaderry and Berry). It includes a thinly populated area to the west of Nowra south of the Shoalhaven. It also includes Marshall Mount in the City of Wollongong.