Electoral district of Cabramatta

Cabramatta New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1981
MP	Tri Vo
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Cabramatta
Electors	54,991 (2019)
Area	26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Cabramatta: Badgerys Creek Prospect Fairfield Badgerys Creek Cabramatta Fairfield Liverpool Liverpool East Hills Holsworthy

Cabramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Tri Vo of the Labor Party.

Cabramatta is a 25.73 km² urban electorate in Greater Western Sydney, centred on the suburb of Cabramatta from which it takes its name.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Cabramatta includes the suburbs of Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Cabramatta, Cabramatta West, Canley Vale, Edensor Park, Greenfield Park, Lansvale, Mount Pritchard and St Johns Park. ^[1]

History

The Cabramatta electorate was created in 1981, and has overwhelmingly voted Labor ever since its inception. It remains one of the party's safest seats in New South Wales, and the conservative Liberal Party barely polls at all in the electorate. The Unity Party polled well in the electorate, beating the Liberal Party by more than two thousand votes in 1999, though it slipped back to fourth in 2003.

The seat was held from 1981 to 1985 by inaugural member Eric Bedford, who served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the Wran Labor government. He resigned on 1 December 1985, and was replaced by John Newman at the resulting by-election. Newman represented the electorate until he was assassinated in 1994.

Reba Meagher was elected to replace Newman in the subsequent by-election and was the member for Cabramatta until her resignation in 2008. Meagher served as a minister in the Carr and Iemma governments, and polled more than 67% of the vote at the 2003 election. She resigned her seat on 16 September 2008, with the by-election following on 18 October.

Nick Lalich was representative from 2008 until 2023 when he announced retirement by the end of 2022. Nick Lalich was succeeded by Tri Vo at the 2023 state election.

Members for Cabramatta

Member		Party	Period
	Eric Bedford [2]	Labor	1981–1985
	John Newman [3]	Labor	1986–1994
	Reba Meagher [4]	Labor	1994–2008
	Nick Lalich [5]	Labor	2008–2023
	Tri Vo [6]	Labor	2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cabramatta

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cabramatta.[ edit ]

2023 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tri Vo	21,213	41.3	−7.2
	Liberal	Courtney Nguyen	11,604	22.6	+1.6
	Independent	Kate Hoang	8,522	16.6	+16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smaling	5,046	9.8	+9.8
	Greens	Roz Chia Davis	2,645	5.2	−0.1
	Animal Justice	Randa Moussa	2,299	4.5	+3.9
Total formal votes			51,329	94.5	−1.1
Informal votes			3,005	5.5	+1.1
Turnout			54,334	88.4	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tri Vo	24,460	61.8	−7.5
	Liberal	Courtney Nguyen	15,117	38.2	+7.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.5

References

1. "Cabramatta". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "The Hon. Eric Lance Bedford (1928-2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
3. "Mr John Paul Newman (1946–1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
4. "The Hon. Reba Paige Meagher (1967- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
5. "Mr (Nick) Nickola Lalich, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
6. "Mr Tri Dung Vo, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 April 2023.
7. LA First Preference: Cabramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Cabramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.