--- title: "Kingsford Smith: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Kingsford Smith: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingsford-smith" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, inner-metropolitan # Kingsford Smith In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Thistlethwaite.jpg?width=96)**Matt Thistlethwaite** Labor, Kingsford Smith ](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-thistlethwaite) About ## About Kingsford Smith Kingsford Smith is an inner-metropolitan federal electoral division in New South Wales, covering most of the City of Randwick and Bayside Council south and south-east of the Sydney CBD. It is held by Matt Thistlethwaite of the Australian Labor Party, who serves as the sitting member. Named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pioneer aviator First contested 1949 federal election Current member since 2013 federal election Previous members Lionel Bowen, Laurie Brereton, Peter Garrett Classification Inner-metropolitan Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FKingsford%5FSmith), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Kingsford Smith whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Kingsford Smith yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Kingsford Smith are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other divisions in New South Wales - [Banks](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/banks) - [Barton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/barton) - [Bennelong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bennelong) - [Berowra](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/berowra) - [Blaxland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/blaxland) - [Bradfield](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bradfield) - [Calare](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calare) - [Chifley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chifley) - [Cook](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cook) - [Cowper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowper) - [Cunningham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham) - [Dobell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell) - [Eden-Monaro](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/eden-monaro) - [Farrer](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/farrer) - [Fowler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fowler) - [Gilmore](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gilmore) - [Grayndler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grayndler) - [Greenway](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/greenway) - [Hughes](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hughes) - [Hume](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hume) - [Hunter](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hunter) - [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay) - [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne) - [Macarthur](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/macarthur) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.