Electoral district of Strathfield

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Strathfield
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Strathfield.svg
Electoral district of Strathfield
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1988–present
MP Jason Yat-Sen Li
Party Labor Party
Namesake Strathfield
Electors 53,451 (2019)
Area22.80 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Strathfield:
Parramatta Drummoyne Drummoyne
Auburn Strathfield Summer Hill
Bankstown Canterbury Canterbury

Strathfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Since a by-election in 2022, it has been represented by Jason Yat-Sen Li of the Labor Party . It was first created in 1988 and derives its name from the suburb of the same name.

Contents

Strathfield is an urban electorate, covering 19 km² in area.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Strathfield takes in the suburbs of Belfield, Burwood Heights, Burwood, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield, Flemington, Homebush West, Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Ashbury, Ashfield, Campsie and Homebush. [1]

History

Strathfield was created in 1988. While traditionally a marginal electorate, Strathfield tended to favour the Liberal Party in its earlier years. It was first won by Liberal Paul Zammit, who later went on to have a short-lived career as a Liberal member of the federal House of Representatives. Zammit later contested the federal seat as an independent on the issue of airports and air traffic over the area. Zammit was succeeded by Liberal Bruce MacCarthy, who was defeated after one term. His successor, Paul Whelan, was a prominent sitting minister in the Carr government who had shifted to Strathfield from the abolished seat of Ashfield, and subsequently served as Police Minister while the member for Strathfield. The seat has tended to lean towards Labor ever since, with Whelan being succeeded by Virginia Judge. Judge lost the seat in 2011 to Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli, but he was in turn defeated by Labor's Jodi McKay in 2015.

Members for Strathfield

MemberPartyTerm
  Paul Zammit [2] Liberal 1988–1996
  Bruce MacCarthy [3] Liberal 1996–1999
  Paul Whelan [4] Labor 1999–2003
  Virginia Judge [5] Labor 2003–2011
  Charles Casuscelli [6] Liberal 2011–2015
  Jodi McKay [7] Labor 2015–2021
  Jason Yat-Sen Li [8] Labor 2022–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Strathfield [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li 26,24951.9+7.1
Liberal John-Paul Baladi16,77533.1−5.4
Greens Courtney Buckley4,7499.4+0.6
Sustainable Australia Wally Crocker1,5883.1+3.1
Animal Justice Maurie Saidi1,2572.5+0.5
Total formal votes50,61897.1+0.3
Informal votes1,4952.9−0.3
Turnout 52,11388.6+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li 30,22863.0+7.8
Liberal John-Paul Baladi17,71737.0−7.8
Labor hold Swing +7.8
Two-party-preferred vote results in Strathfield

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References

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  5. "Ms Virginia Judge (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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  7. "Ms Jodi Leyanne McKay, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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