Electoral district of Auburn

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the former Queensland state electorate, see Electoral district of Auburn (Queensland).

Auburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Lynda Voltz, after the 2019 election.

Auburn New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1927
MP	Lynda Voltz
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Auburn, New South Wales
Electors	59,152 (2023)
Area	32 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Electorates around Auburn: Parramatta Granville Parramatta Parramatta Granville Auburn Strathfield Fairfield East Hills Bankstown

Geography

On its current boundaries, Auburn includes the suburbs of Auburn, Berala, Birrong, Lidcombe, Potts Hill, Sefton, Rookwood, Wentworth Point and parts of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Chester Hill, Silverwater and Yagoona.^[1]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Jack Lang [2]	Labor	1927–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1943
		Lang Labor	1943–1946
	Chris Lang [3]	Lang Labor	1946–1950
	Edgar Dring [4]	Labor	1950–1955
	Thomas Ryan [5]	Labor	1956–1965
	Peter Cox [6]	Labor	1965–1988
	Peter Nagle [7]	Labor	1988–2001
	Barbara Perry [8]	Labor	2001–2015
	Luke Foley [9]	Labor	2015–2019
	Lynda Voltz [10]	Labor	2019–present

History

Auburn was created in 1927. It has been held by the Labor Party for its entire existence, and for most of that time has been one of Labor's safest seats in New South Wales. It is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney.^[11][12]

Auburn was once represented by former Premier, Jack Lang, and later by his son, Chris Lang. The seat was once vacant for four months; between December, 1955 and March, 1956; as a result of the death of Edgar Dring. A by-election was not held, given the relatively short amount of time left until the 1956 New South Wales state election.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Auburn

2023 New South Wales state election: Auburn^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynda Voltz	28,167	60.1	+6.0
	Liberal	Haseen Zaman	9,327	19.9	−11.3
	Greens	Masoomeh Asgari	3,237	6.9	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Morkos Douaihy	3,162	6.7	+6.7
		Jamal Daoud	1,733	3.7	+3.7
	Sustainable Australia	Shelley Goed	1,227	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			46,853	93.4	−0.4
Informal votes			3,286	6.6	+0.4
Turnout			50,139	84.8	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynda Voltz	30,701	74.0	+10.3
	Liberal	Haseen Zaman	10,793	26.0	−10.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Auburn.[edit]