| Strathfield New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jason Yat-Sen Li | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Strathfield | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,451 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 22.80 km2 (8.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Strathfield is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales. Since aby-election in 2022, it has been represented byJason Yat-Sen Li of theLabor Party . It was first created in 1988 and derives its name from the suburb of the same name.
Strathfield is an urban electorate, covering 19 km² in area.
On its current boundaries, Strathfield takes in the suburbs ofBelfield,Burwood Heights,Burwood,Croydon,Croydon Park,Enfield,Flemington,Homebush West,Strathfield,Strathfield South and parts ofAshbury,Ashfield,Campsie andHomebush.[1]
Strathfield was created in 1988. While traditionally a marginal electorate, Strathfield tended to favour theLiberal Party in its earlier years. It was first won by LiberalPaul Zammit, who later went on to have a short-lived career as a Liberal member of the federalHouse 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 LiberalBruce MacCarthy, who was defeated after one term. His successor,Paul Whelan, was a prominent sitting minister in theCarr 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 towardsLabor ever since, with Whelan being succeeded byVirginia Judge. Judge lost the seat in 2011 to Liberal candidateCharles Casuscelli, but he was in turn defeated by Labor'sJodi McKay in 2015.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +7.8 | |||