Federal division, provincial
Cunningham
In New South Wales.
Sitting member
About
About Cunningham
Cunningham is a provincial federal electoral division in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, covering most of the City of Wollongong. It is held by Alison Byrnes of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected at the 2022 federal election. Labor has held the seat since recovering it at the 2004 federal election, after the Greens won it at a 2002 by-election.
- Created
- 1949
- Named after
- Allan Cunningham, 19th-century explorer of New South Wales and Queensland
- Sitting member
- Alison Byrnes, Australian Labor Party
- Greens win
- 2002 by-election, the first Greens seat in the House of Representatives
- Notable former members
- Rex Connor; Stephen Martin (Speaker 1993 to 1996)
Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.
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