--- title: "Shortland: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Shortland: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/shortland" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, provincial # Shortland In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pat_Conroy.jpg?width=96)**Pat Conroy** Labor, Shortland ](https://politics.computer/mp/pat-conroy) About ## About Shortland Shortland is a federal electoral division in New South Wales, covering parts of the southern Hunter region and the northern Central Coast. It is held by Pat Conroy of the Australian Labor Party. The seat has been held by Labor since it was created. Named after Lt John Shortland, an early European explorer of the Hunter Region Created Proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949 First contested 1949 federal election Classification Provincial Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FShortland), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Shortland whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Shortland yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Shortland 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) - [Kingsford Smith](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingsford-smith) - [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay) - [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne) --- [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.