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.

Strathfield
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1988–present
MPJason Yat-Sen Li
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeStrathfield
Electors53,451 (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 urban electorate, covering 19 km² in area.

Geography

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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

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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

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Member Party Term
  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

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2023 New South Wales state election: Strathfield[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Li 26,249 51.9 +7.1
Liberal John-Paul Baladi 16,775 33.1 −5.4
Greens Courtney Buckley 4,749 9.4 +0.6
Sustainable Australia Wally Crocker 1,588 3.1 +3.1
Animal Justice Maurie Saidi 1,257 2.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 50,618 97.1 +0.3
Informal votes 1,495 2.9 −0.3
Turnout 52,113 88.6 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Li 30,228 63.0 +7.8
Liberal John-Paul Baladi 17,717 37.0 −7.8
Labor hold Swing +7.8
Two-party-preferred vote results in Strathfield

References

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  1. ^ "Strathfield". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr Paul John Zammit (1941– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Bruce Edward MacCarthy (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ^ "The Hon. Paul Francis Patrick Whelan (1943- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Ms Virginia Judge (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Charles Casuscelli RFD (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Ms Jodi Leyanne McKay, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Labor retains NSW seat of Strathfield". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  9. ^ LA First Preference: Strathfield, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Strathfield, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.