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title: "Wollongong: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Wollongong: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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# Wollongong

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [ **Paul Scully** Labor, Wollongong ](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scully)

About

## About Wollongong

Wollongong is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, represented by Paul Scully of the Labor Party. The seat covers 79.25 square kilometres and includes localities such as Figtree, Warrawong and Port Kembla.

Created

1904, replacing parts of Woronora and Illawarra

Area

79.25 square kilometres (since 2013 redistribution)

First elected

Won 12 November 2016 by-election after Noreen Hay resigned

Previous members

Noreen Hay resigned in August 2016, triggering the by-election

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FWollongong), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Wollongong whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Wollongong yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Wollongong are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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