Electoral district of Strathfield

Strathfield
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Location within Sydney
State New South Wales
Dates current 1988–present
MP Jodi McKay
Party Australian Labor Party
Area 22.80 km2 (8.8 sq mi)

Strathfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jodi McKay of the Labor 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 and taking in the suburbs of Burwood Heights, Burwood, Burwood Heights, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield, Flemington, Homebush, Homebush West, North Strathfield, Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Ashbury, Ashfield, Belfield and Concord West.[1]

History

Strathfield was created in 1988. While traditionally a marginal electorate, Strathfield tended to favour the Liberal Party of Australia 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 Liberal 1988–1996
  Bruce MacCarthy Liberal 1996–1999
  Paul Whelan Labor 1999–2003
  Virginia Judge Labor 2003–2011
  Charles Casuscelli Liberal 2011–2015
  Jodi McKay Labor 2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2011: Strathfield[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Casuscelli 20,001 45.6 +16.3
Labor Virginia Judge 15,581 35.6 -16.6
Greens Lance Dale 5,805 13.2 +3.9
Christian Democrats Bill Shailer 1,268 2.9 -0.4
Independent Mark Sharma 1,173 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 43,828 97.3 0.0
Informal votes 1,209 2.7 0.0
Turnout 45,037 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Casuscelli 21,487 54.4 +19.5
Labor Virginia Judge 18,014 45.6 -19.5
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +19.5

References

  1. ↑ "Strathfield". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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