--- title: "Manly: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Manly: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/manly" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw) NSW state district # Manly In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Griffin_MP.jpg?width=96)**James Griffin** Liberal, Manly ](https://politics.computer/mp/james-griffin) About ## About Manly Manly is a New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral district covering a large part of the Northern Beaches Council area. It is represented by James Griffin of the Liberal Party. The district was created in 1927 and has historically leaned Liberal, with a history of independent local members. Created 1927 Area Large portion of the Northern Beaches Council local government area Suburbs Balgowlah, Balgowlah Heights, Clontarf, Curl Curl, Fairlight, Freshwater, Manly, Manly Vale, North Balgowlah, North Curl Curl, Queenscliff, Seaforth; parts of Brookvale and Dee Why Previous member Mike Baird, former Premier of New South Wales By-election 8 April 2017, triggered by Baird's resignation; won by James Griffin Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FManly), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Manly whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Manly yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Manly are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other districts in New South Wales - [Albury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/albury) - [Auburn](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/auburn) - [Badgerys Creek](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/badgerys-creek) - [Ballina](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/ballina) - [Balmain](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/balmain) - [Bankstown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bankstown) - [Barwon](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/barwon) - [Bathurst](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bathurst) - [Bega](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bega) - [Blacktown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blacktown) - [Blue Mountains](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blue-mountains) - [Cabramatta](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cabramatta) - [Camden](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/camden) - [Campbelltown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/campbelltown) - [Canterbury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/canterbury) - [Castle Hill](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/castle-hill) - [Cessnock](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cessnock) - [Charlestown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/charlestown) - [Clarence](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/clarence) - [Coffs Harbour](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coffs-harbour) - [Coogee](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coogee) - [Cootamundra](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cootamundra) - [Cronulla](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cronulla) - [Davidson](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/davidson) --- [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.