| Lakemba New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location withinSydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1927–2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,253 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 23.70 km2 (9.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Lakemba was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales, located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney. It has been held by theLabor Party since its creation in 1927. It was represented byMorris Iemma, who wasPremier of New South Wales from 3 August 2005 until his resignation on 5 September 2008. It was last held byJihad Dib from the 2015 election to its abolishment.
Lakemba included the suburbs ofChullora,Greenacre,Lakemba,Mount Lewis,Punchbowl,Wiley Park and parts ofBankstown,Belmore,Beverly Hills,Narwee,Riverwood andRoselands.[1]
As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Lakemba was abolished at the2023 election; its territory split betweenBankstown,Canterbury andOatley.[2]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Stanley [3] | Labor | 1927–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1950 | ||
| Independent Labor | 1950 | ||
| Stan Wyatt [4] | Labor | 1950–1964 | |
| Vince Durick [5] | Labor | 1964–1984 | |
| Wes Davoren [6] | Labor | 1984–1995 | |
| Tony Stewart [7] | Labor | 1995–1999 | |
| Morris Iemma [8] | Labor | 1999–2008 | |
| Robert Furolo [9] | Labor | 2008–2015 | |
| Jihad Dib [10] | Labor | 2015–2023 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jihad Dib | 27,528 | 61.70 | +4.40 | |
| Liberal | Rashid Bhuiyan | 10,031 | 22.48 | +1.76 | |
| Christian Democrats | Karl Schubert | 3,170 | 7.11 | −5.70 | |
| Greens | Emmet de Bhaldraithe | 2,041 | 4.57 | −2.91 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Omar Najjar | 988 | 2.21 | +2.21 | |
| Animal Justice | Dorlene Abou-Haidar | 857 | 1.92 | +1.92 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,615 | 93.87 | −0.60 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,916 | 6.13 | +0.60 | ||
| Turnout | 47,531 | 86.02 | −0.89 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jihad Dib | 29,245 | 72.42 | +0.86 | |
| Liberal | Rashid Bhuiyan | 11,136 | 27.58 | −0.86 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +0.86 | |||