Strathfield is an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. It was previously represented by

Jodi McKay Jodi Leyanne McKay (born 16 August 1969) is a former Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legislat ...

of the Labor Party until her resignation in 2021.

Jason Yat-Sen Li Jason Yat-Sen Li (Chinese: 李逸仙; born 1972) is an Australian businessman and politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2022 Strathfield state by-elect ...

won the

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on the 12 February 2022 to succeed McKay. 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,

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, Croydon Park,

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, Flemington,

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North Strathfield North Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West (Sydney), inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Strathfield is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Austr ...

Strathfield Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A ...

, Strathfield South and parts of Ashbury, Ashfield, Belfield and

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History

Strathfield was created in 1988. While traditionally a marginal electorate, Strathfield tended to favour the

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in its earlier years. It was first won by Liberal

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, who later went on to have a short-lived career as a Liberal member of the federal

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. 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 Bruce Edward MacCarthy (born 15 October 1948) is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal Party member for Strathfield in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999. MacCarthy was born in Denistone, a suburb of Sydney ...

, 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 ever since, with Whelan being succeeded by

Virginia Judge Dianne Virginia Judge (born 19 August 1956) is a former Australian politician, who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Strathfield for the Labor Party from 2003 until 2011. Early life Judge was born in Cooma ...

. Judge lost the seat in 2011 to Liberal candidate

Charles Casuscelli Charles Casuscelli (; born 22 October 1956) is an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Strathfield for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015. Early years and background Casuscelli was born ...

, but he was in turn defeated by Labor's

in 2015.

Members for Strathfield

Election results

References

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Constituencies established in 1988 1988 establishments in Australia